Émilie Villez is a Paris-based curator. Her practice centres on artistic and curatorial methodologies as well as on the construction of institutions and institutional ecosystems. With decentralization as her key method, she looks to create relationships between artists from different generations and geographical backgrounds in order to find ways of apprehending the contemporary world.

In 2024, she curated “Des lignes de désir”, an exhibition of work by the 28 graduates of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris whose work had been commended by that year’s jury. Together with Neringa Bumblienė, she is co-curating an exhibition that will take place at the Palais de Tokyo and at KADIST in Paris this autumn as part of the Saison de la Lituanie.

As director of the KADIST Foundation in Paris from 2013 to 2023, she developed a programme of solo and group exhibitions in Paris and at international partner institutions. She also contributed to the enrichment of the foundation’s collection by overseeing the acquisition of work by emerging and recognized artists.