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.
Marwa Zein Elebdin Seed Ahmed
Year/s of residence : 2018, Institut français
Cinema
Zahra Zeinali
Year/s of residence : 2019, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Visual arts
Georges Zeisel
Year/s of residence : 1991, 2004, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Veljko Zejak
Year/s of residence : 2010, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Emira Zekiri
Year/s of residence : 2009, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia
Visual arts
Ognian Zekoff
Year/s of residence : 2005, Cité internationale des arts, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Karel Zelenko
Year/s of residence : 1989, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Rok Zelenko
Year/s of residence : 2011, Union of Visual Artists of Slovenia
Visual arts
Zvika Zelikovitch
Year/s of residence : 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Israel
Visual arts
Lubomir Zelina
Year/s of residence : 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, Cité internationale des arts, Union of Visual Artists of Slovakia
Visual arts
Fredrik Zeller
Year/s of residence : 2000, Federal Ministry of Culture and Media, Germany
Music
Agnese Zeltina
Year/s of residence : 2008, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Visual arts
Kristine Zelve
Year/s of residence : 2019, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Literature
Shira Zelwer
Year/s of residence : 2015, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Israel
Visual arts
Simona Zemaityte
Year/s of residence : 2020, Vilnius Academy of Arts
Cinema
Estère Zemite
Year/s of residence : 1996, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Visual arts
Hacene Zemrani
Year/s of residence : 2021, Institut français
Music
Ali Zenaidi
Year/s of residence : 1995, 1996, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Verim Zendeli
Year/s of residence : 2010, 2015, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia
Visual arts
Driant Zeneli
Year/s of residence : 2025, Art Explora
Cinema
Driant Zeneli was born in 1983 in Shkoder, Albania. He lives and works between Tirana and Turin.
In his films, and video sculpture installations, the representation of power, science, mythology, and fairy tales are interlaced with individual narratives, giving rise to utopias that subvert the natural order of things. The creative act feeds on unplanned encounters and the relationship with the architectural heritage of places. He represented Albanian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale, 2019.
Driant Zeneli’s work has been presented in numerous institutions, including EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Greece (2025), Sharjah Biennial 16, United Arab Emirates (2025), Manifesta Biennial 14, Kosovo (2022), 39th EVA International Biennial, Ireland (2020), Centre Pompidou, France (2016).
© Johan Kosta
