CARLA FENDI ROME PRIZE 2024
TO KAMROOZ ARAM
During the McKim Medal Gala on June 5th, 2024, an event supporting artist and scholar residencies at the American Academy in Rome, Iranian-American artist Kamrooz Aram received the 2024 Carla Fendi Rome Prize. Kamrooz Aram's selection for the residency in Rome was motivated by his ongoing research into the boundaries between art, architecture, and artifacts, and the intersection and clash of Eastern and Western influences. The project he completed during his residency (February–July 2024) is titled Renegotiating Ornaments and explores the connections between the Euro-American avant-garde and non-Western forms of abstraction through painting, sculpture, collage, photography, and exhibition design. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
(Photo by Claudia Gori. Courtesy American Academy in Rome)
Photo by Emily B. Frank. Courtesy of American Academy in Rome
