Artists in residence

In 2018, Charlotte Vitaioli was awarded a scholarship from the French Institute to study weaving and dyeing skills in Japan, and was invited by the French Embassy in Australia as part of a research project on Aboriginal dance. From these experiences will be born Le Ballet Tribalesque, a series of eclectic alive paintings, performed by dancers dressed in painted costumes, manipulating sets and objects

In parallel to her teaching at the European School of Art in Brittany, she studies the parties and meals given by artists in art history and works on the staging of a “banquet-exposition”. “In search of a state of joy” to put it in the words of Rudolph Von Laban.

“If I had to propose an artistic godmother to Charlotte Vitaioli, I would gladly choose Sophie Taeuber-Arp, although she was more adept at abstract expressions than her goddaughter, who, without denying geometric compositions, explores a multiplicity of representations inspired by reality. But both enter in total complicity when they grant each other the complete freedom to constantly move their practice. Moving from drawing to felt pen to object, from installation to weaving, from painting to embroidery, from carpet to costume … they transgress the hierarchy of academic categories, such as techniques and boundaries between decorative arts, applied arts and fine arts …”

– Text by Jacques Py for the exhibition Garderas-tu cet éclat of the Fondation Zervos

Born in Brazil, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro lives and works on planet Earth. Through photography, video, dance, painting and installations, her practice explores healing in the existential and corporeal fields, and the reterritorialization of the body and the spaces in which it circulates and inhabits.

In his multi-disciplinary practice, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro investigates the mystery between life and death, and ways of navigating between these existential zones. His work has been shown in numerous institutions, including the 35th São Paulo Biennale (Brazil, 2023), Serpentine (UK, 2023), Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas (USA, 2022), Kunsthalle Wien (Austria, 2021) and the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (Germany, 2020).

Nicolás Daniel Vizcaíno Sánchez creates art through painting, drawing, installation, curation, printmaking, and video. He participated in three pivotal artistic residencies over the first ten years of his career. At Cooperartes (Bogotá, 2016), he gained international exposure, including opportunities with a gallery in Los Angeles and a biennale in Ireland. At Lugar a dudas (Cali, 2017), he deepened his critical approach, leading to a master’s degree in history. Finally, at Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart, 2022), he delved into the struggles of the African diaspora.

Now based in Paris, Nicolás engages in debates around historical reparations for Black populations, rewriting historical narratives, and critiquing colonial legacies. His research, rooted in the Chocó region and inspired by local Black intellectual traditions, aims to develop concepts that reimagine the common good while challenging traditional authority structures.

For Nicolás, professional art-making involves navigating precarious contracts and political agendas, but he approaches these challenges strategically, always prioritizing the collective good.

Nicolás Daniel Vizcaíno Sánchez (Colombia) is in residence through the “Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Knowledges of Colombia x Cité internationale des arts” programme