Grégoire Schaller is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice operates at the intersection of performance and visual arts. His projects explore the representation of the body, drawing on both archetypal figures—such as the bodybuilder, the matador, or the cowboy—and his intimate circle of family and close relations. Through his work, he examines our relationship to death and loss, the naturalization of power structures, and the construction of dominant narratives. His work has been presented at institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Palais de Tokyo, MAC VAL, La Ménagerie de Verre, and Villa Noailles.

Through a situated and contextual research approach, Grégoire Schaller develops projects rooted in specific territories and communities, within which he immerses himself over extended periods. These field investigations, conducted over several months, take the form of encounters, interviews, and the direct learning of embodied practices such as bodybuilding, bullfighting, or freediving—disciplines he experiences from within. This immersion is accompanied by photographic and video documentation, which constitutes the primary material of his work.

Between 2024 and 2026, he has been awarded several residency programs, notably at Villa Albertine (Marfa, Texas), Villa Kujoyama (Kyoto), and Fondation Fiminco (Romainville).

In 2024 and 2025, he was selected as a resident artist for programs at the Villa Albertine (Marfa, TX) and the Villa Kujoyama (Kyoto). He has also performed as an interpreter in works by Théo Mercier and Stéphanie Aflalo.

Founded in 2020, MAINTENANT is an art and fighting laboratory with two gallery spaces–one of which also serves as an active boxing gym–set on 25 acres in the High Chihuahuan Desert, two miles east of town, overlooking Marfa. We focus on work created in Marfa, or made specifically for MAINTENANT’s particular spaces and surrounding land or ethos, and work made across the Chihuahuan Desert–including Chihuahua City, El Paso, and Juarez–as well as in France and Chicago. We champion those who are punching up. What Are You Fighting For?

Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, is a division of the French Embassy in the United States. 

Under the leadership of Mohamed Bouabdallah, Cultural Counselor of France and Director of Villa Albertine, we craft projects and programs aimed at making French language and culture accessible to US audiences and build partnerships between French and American higher education institutions. We have offices in ten cities across the country.

In the field of education, we work to ensure broad and equal access to French language programs for US-based learners of all ages. Offerings include support for instructors and schools and teaching resources. By collaborating with and forging connections between French and American higher education institutions, we facilitate transatlantic research projects and education abroad for US-based scholars and students. Our Campus France USA team manages all aspects of issuing education visas.

Since 2021, on the cultural front, we provide customized exploratory residencies across the US for global creators and thinkers. We also offer incubators and grants for French and American culture professionals; public events across creative disciplines; and a print magazine and podcast. Villa Albertine’s credo is that artists can contribute key insights to address society’s pressing questions, and that collaborating across borders deepens those insights.

Villa Albertine also encompasses Albertine, a bookshop within our New York headquarters that is dedicated to French-American exchange around the humanities, social sciences, and literature.