Creative Australia and the Mordant Family are pleased to announce acclaimed artist Stanislava Pinchuk as the recipient of the 2026 Mordant Family and Creative Australia Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome.
The Fellowship offers established Australian visual artists dedicated time, space and support to undertake ambitious new work within one of the world’s most significant creative and intellectual communities.
Stanislava Pinchuk is a Ukrainian-Australian artist whose practice explores data-mapping, information-mining, conflict topographies, and the legacies of literature and politics of translation.
Stanislava Pinchuk said:
“I am honoured to become an Affiliated Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, to find the extensive time and support to begin localised research and production works, and embrace the challenge of examining Roman posthomerica in such a dynamic and thorough academic environment.”
Simon Mordant AO said:
“Stanislava Pinchuk is one of Australia’s most compelling contemporary artists, with a practice that thoughtfully engages with history, politics and human experience through remarkable technical and conceptual innovation. We are delighted to support her residency at the American Academy in Rome and look forward to seeing how this opportunity further enriches and expands her practice.”
Creative Australia Chair Wesley Enoch AM said:
“The Mordant Family and Creative Australia Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome provides Australian artists with a rare opportunity to immerse themselves in an internationally renowned creative environment, fostering artistic development, cultural exchange and global connections. Stanislava Pinchuk’s ambitious and interdisciplinary practice makes her an outstanding recipient for this Fellowship.”
For more than 130 years, the Academy has brought together internationally recognised artists, writers, architects and scholars in an environment designed to foster creative development and cross-disciplinary exchange.
Aliza Wong, Director, American Academy in Rome said:
"We are delighted to welcome Stanislava Pinchuk as our newest Mordant Family and Creative Australia Affiliated Fellow. Previous Mordant fellows have consistently demonstrated how transformative and generative the Academy experience can be, and we look forward to Stanislava bringing her extraordinary practice in data-mapping and conflict topographies into dialogue with Rome's rich historical and intellectual landscape. We are deeply grateful to the Mordant Family and Creative Australia for their continuing support, which makes these fruitful collaborations possible and allows us to welcome outstanding Australian artists to our community.”
The Mordant Family and Creative Australia Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome has supported Australian artists since 2016 through a co-investment partnership between the Mordant Family and Creative Australia.
Past recipients of the Fellowship include Lynne Roberts-Goodwin, Jenny Watson, Alex Seton, Barbara Campbell, Reko Rennie, Angela Valamanesh, Khaled Sabsabi, and Sally Smart.
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