Marie Gastini, 2025 recipient of the Villa Swagatam × ÆQUŌ grant

June 25–August 30, 2026
Marie Gastini × Galerie Æquō × Villa Swagatam
With the embroidery workshops: Amal Embroideries
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Marie Gastini develops a practice at the intersection of art and design, informed by the reinterpretation of domestic objects and textile craft traditions. Through her installations, she explores the presence of the living within spaces and inert forms, drawing on an intimate and sensory imaginary rooted in the domestic sphere.

At festival Design Parade - interior design 2025, organised by villa Noailles, she receives the Villa Swagatam × Galerie Æquō grant, enabling her to undertake a production residency in Mumbai.

This immersion gives rise to a dialogue between her artistic practice and Indian artisanal heritage. In collaboration with local craftspeople, notably the embroidery workshop Amal Embroideries, she spends five weeks exploring different craft traditions and the new perspectives they open onto intercultural collaboration and contemporary design. The collection ‘The Bond’ brings together sculptural light fittings, ennobled modular seating and a series of embroidered pieces, including a large-scale wall work. This collection was presented for the first time at the India Art Fair in February 2026 with Galerie Æquō.

EXHIBITED WORKS

• NECKLACE
  Marie Gastini pour Æquō Bronze
  Mumbai, Maharashtra L30 × W5 × H90 cm Édition numérotée
• KNOTTED WALL LIGHT Marie Gastini pour Æquō en collaboration avec Amal Embroideries Bronze, Soie tissée main Mumbai, Maharashtra L16 × W11 × H200 cm Édition numérotée
  -WALL LIGHT
  Marie Gastini pour Æquō Bronze
  Mumbai, Maharashtra L90 × W14 × H90 cm Édition numérotée

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To the teams at Æquō Gallery: Tarini Jindal Handa, Florence Louisy,
Sejal Jain et Rahul Gautam.
To the teams at Villa Swagatam: Amandine Roggeman and Sanchit Saluja. To the teams at embroidery studio Amal Embroideries:
Arun Jothi, Constantin Leblan, Mélanie and Tanavi Sagar.
To the teams at the Villa Noailles.