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- Date
- 2025
- Location
- Civitella Ranieri · Umbria, Italy
- Format
- Residency
In 2025, Driaan Claassen was the inaugural Tyburn Foundation Affiliated Fellow at Civitella Ranieri in Umbria, Italy. The residency gave him dedicated time to develop his painting practice alongside artists working in other disciplines.
The fellowship is a partnership between Tyburn Foundation and Civitella Ranieri. Alongside the six-week residency, the programme offers mentorship and exhibition opportunities.
In his published reflection, he describes experimenting with colour and gesture, and the importance of exchange with fellow residents. Paintings developed during the fellowship were subsequently exhibited in Quiet Grounds at PIASA in Paris.
Read Driaan’s residency reflection
Driaan Claassen at Tyburn Foundation
The Ranieri castle stands near Umbertide in Umbria, on a site documented in 1053. Ursula Corning began renting the castle indefinitely in 1968; Civitella Ranieri has hosted its international residency programme since 1995.