Thomas Pendeliau

Promotion Martha Graham

2024-2026

Thomas Pendeliau

Born in 1989 in Martigues (France)

I am a French artist-researcher, born in 1989, working between Lille and Arles. After studying art history and archaeology, I enrolled at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie (ENSP) in Arles, graduating in 2022. During my studies in Arles, I gradually moved away from photography as an end in itself, considering the image as data to be manipulated using contemporary digital techniques. In 2022–2023, I was involved in the images IN residency, supported by the French Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with Le BAL, Jeu de Paume, Rencontres d’Arles, Académie d’Aix-Marseille, INSEAC and ENSP. In 2024, I joined the Martha Graham cohort at Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. That same year, I won a prize the Rencontres internationales de la jeune photographie festival in Niort, and went on to do a research-creation residency at the École centrale in Casablanca. In September 2026 I will start a PhD thesis in research and creation at the Centre d’études des arts contemporains, a laboratory attached to the University of Lille with Le Fresnoy – Studio national.


WORKS PRODUCED AT LE FRESNOY

The Body Multiple

Film, 20min, 2025