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.
Saadia Souyah
Year/s of residence : 2021, Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso
Visual arts
Oriental cabarets in Paris, accompanied by the best musicians; a foray into the theatre with Guy Jacquet and the Compagnie des Quatres Chemins, in Trakiniaï, an “Arabised” Greek tragedy; immersion in the world of Bartabas, at the Théâtre Zingaro, as a Berber singer-dancer in Opéra équestre; an extra in Mozart’s L’Enlèvement au sérail at the Salzburg Festival… Her eclectic work is the fruit of her multiple artistic experiences, from her encounter with Sumako Koseki’s bûto, Laura Sheleen’s work on space-time, the Theatre of Movement, France Schott-Bilman’s Primitive Expression, and her knowledge of the dances of the Arab and Berber worlds.
Since 2000, she has been creating a professional training for oriental dancers, artists and art therapists, through various associations. This is the work she continues today, within her studio Cie Saâdia Souyah.
In 2003, Saâdia Souyah was the first oriental dancer to be invited to the Centre National de la Danse in Paris. On this occasion, she has presented her creation Nissa, which has met the public in many theatres.
Since then, she has regularly shared her research with contemporary dancers and school audiences. She has presented various performances including Éclats de Femmes (2007), Lila (2009), Nouba de Femmes (2015), in Oslo, Paris (Théâtre de Ménilmontant, Institut du monde arabe, Forum du Cent-quatre, Théâtre Le Vent se lève…), Bordeaux, Montpellier (Arabesques Festival), Arles, Marseille, Hamburg and in Birmingham.
Artist's website
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Valéria Sovaradi
Year/s of residence : 2001, City of Paris, France
Visual arts
Noutnapha Soydala
Year/s of residence : 2019, Institut français
Dance
Elvire Soyez
Year/s of residence : 2013, Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Visual arts
Deniz Sozen
Year/s of residence : 2014, Federal Ministry for arts, culture, the civil service and sport
Visual arts
Anna Soz
Year/s of residence : 2026, Atelier Mondial
Visual arts
Anna Soz (born 1993) is an artist, curator, and educator who develops a practice at the intersection of installation, curatorial work, and experimental dialogue-based formats. Her work explores tensions between ethics and aesthetics in contemporary techno-social contexts, alongside regimes of temporality, hauntology and the conditions through which meaning is produced. A laureate of the PAUSE programme (2023–2025) at the Haute École des Arts du Rhin, where she taught from 2025 to 2026, she is currently in residence at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris with the support of Atelier Mondial.
Installation-of-Anna-Soz's © Alexey-Narodizkiy
Valerio Spada
Year/s of residence : 2015, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Henri Spaeti
Year/s of residence : 1994, Visarte - Professional association of Swiss visual artists
Visual arts
Jerry Spagnoli
Year/s of residence : 2007, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Sadik Spahija
Year/s of residence : 2003, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Georgia Spain
Year/s of residence : 2025, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Cinema
Ulrik Spang Hanssen
Year/s of residence : 1979, Danish Agency for Culture
Music
Alexandros Spanidis
Year/s of residence : 1983, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Ines Spanier
Year/s of residence : 2020, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Visual arts
John Sparagana
Year/s of residence : 1987, Stanford University, USA
Visual arts
Cameron Sparks
Year/s of residence : 1976, University of New South Wales - Art and Design (UNSW), Australia
Visual arts
Valerie Sparks
Year/s of residence : 2006, Institut français
Visual arts
Peter Sparling
Year/s of residence : 2010, Cité internationale des arts
Spectacle vivant
Victor Sparre
Year/s of residence : 1990, Frits Thaulow Foundation, Norway
Visual arts
Andrea Sparta
Year/s of residence : 2020, École nationale supérieure d'art et design de Dijon
Visual arts
