Artists in residence
Each year, the Cité internationale des arts welcomes more than 1,000 artists from around the world, offering them a space for creation, research, and exchange in Paris, in the Marais and Montmartre districts. Open to all artistic disciplines—visual arts, music, literature, film, design and architecture, performing arts, and curating—it enables artists to develop their projects in an environment that fosters experimentation and meaningful connections.
Hadiseh Soleimani
Year/s of residence : 2015, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Visual arts
Marie Agnes Soler
Year/s of residence : 1989, Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Visual arts
David Soley
Year/s of residence : 1997, Stanford University, USA
Music
Ali Soleymani
Year/s of residence : 1983, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Visual arts
Mohammad Soleymani Hessari
Year/s of residence : 1987, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Visual arts
Jens Stubbe Solgaard
Year/s of residence : 1997, Danish Agency for Culture
Music
Timothy Solien
Year/s of residence : 1982, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Shukran Sue Soliman
Year/s of residence : 2006, Cité internationale des arts, University of New South Wales - Art and Design (UNSW), Australia
Visual arts
Erik Solin
Year/s of residence : 2026, Finnish Cité internationale des arts Foundation
Visual arts
Mar Solis
Year/s of residence : 2004, City of Paris, France
Visual arts
Philippe Solms
Year/s of residence : 1987, City of Geneva - Simon I. Foundation Patiño, Switzerland
Visual arts
Juliane Solmsdorf
Year/s of residence : 2008, Federal Ministry of Culture and Media, Germany
Visual arts
Naomi Solomon
Year/s of residence : 2007, 2008, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Kristina Solomoukha
Year/s of residence : 2001, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Matilda Solonen
Year/s of residence : 2007, Finnish Foundation of the Cité des Arts de Paris
Music
Natalya Solopova
Year/s of residence : 1997, Académie of Architecture, France
Visual arts
Farah Soltani
Year/s of residence : 2019, 2025, Cité internationale des arts, 2–12
Visual arts
Farah Soltani is a visual artist born in Tehran (Iran). She received a high school diploma in graphic arts from Saba vocational college and a degree in interior decoration at Beheshti University in Tehran. She also studied abroad, in the UK but also in the United Arab Emirates, at the American University in Dubai (AUD) where she graduated Cum Laude* in Studio Arts.
Her work focuses on how human beings are defined and affected by their environment throughout their lives, as well as their past and the materials they use. Farah Soltani has started her career with figurative paintings done in “Pop Art” style, before choosing to paint everyday objects. Through these painted objects, Farah Soltani then tells a story about a person, a place, an event and life in general; and shows how things and materials can reflect on human’s mind, meanings and lifestyle. Nostalgia is then a significant part of her work, imbued with memories for the viewer’s attention.
As she says “Sometimes, we can know better about a person by entering their house; searching in their closets and drawers without them being there. At the end materials hardly pretend to be something rather than what they are. But, human’s expressions have the potential to lie and hide some characteristic of them.”
Farah Soltani has participated in local and international exhibitions.
Roozbeth Soltanmohammadi
Year/s of residence : 2014, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Visual arts
Nihan Somay
Year/s of residence : 2019, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV)
Visual arts
Inga Somdyala
Year/s of residence : 2024, South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA)
Visual arts
