The artists’ final works will also be included in the Cultural Olympiad at the Summer Olympic Games LA28.
Rayvenn D’Clark, selected for QOSM by the international jury, has been granted a two-month residency with studio space at the Doha Fire Station. Alioune Thiam will similarly take part in a two-month programme at the Olympic Museum with studio space at La Becque Artist Residence.
Both artists will receive mentorship opportunities from members of the esteemed international jury, and will have a unique opportunity to explore the museums’ collections, archives and storylines relating to sports culture and the Olympic Games.
“These residencies bring together the creative power of digital art with the Olympic Games’ historic and cultural significance. We invite artists to be part of future open calls for this remarkable programme, which will be offered annually until the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles,” QOSM director Abdulla Yousuf al-Mulla said in a press statement.
The residency, which marks the first year of a partnership between QOSM and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, will run from October 1 to December 1. The artists’ work will be exhibited at the Summer Olympic Games LA28 as part of the Cultural Olympiad and enter the respective museum’s permanent collection.
“Since its creation, the Olympic Museum has strived to preserve and share the rich legacy of the Olympic Movement while embracing innovation to keep that heritage alive and relevant,” Olympic Museum associate director and chair of the Jury Yasmin Meichtry said.
Twenty-nine year-old D’Clark is a digital sculptor from London. Her practice explores race, representation, and digital hybridity in contemporary art. Her work blends digital with sculptural methods, focusing on nuanced representations of Black anatomy. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree (2024), her recent work includes a major public commission for the Equal Justice Initiative, Montgomery, Alabama.
Thirty-two year-old video artist Thiam is from Senegal and specialises in projection mapping and interactive installations. His work explores the impact of digital technology on Senegalese and African culture through immersive audio-visual creations. In 2022 he became the first Senegalese artist in residence at Les Dominicains de Haute Alsace Cultural Centre in France with his project ‘ARTIST 2.0 The Creative Scope of Digital Technology’.
D’Clark and Thiam were selected by an international jury from a pool of applicants representing 20 nations across six continents.
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