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.
Yara Al Hasbani
Year/s of residence : 2022, Académie des beaux-arts
Dance
Born in 1993 in Damascus, Syria, Yara Al Hasbani studied dance at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Art in Damascus. She is a prizewinner of the FoRTE programme of the Île-de-France Region, the Caisse des dépôts, the SACD and AFAC for Elham, her first group creation about the confiscation of women’s bodies in the world.
Yara Al Hasbani is currently working on the Elham project, a 50-minute trio in which she wishes to present her own story and that of the dancers by her side. The aim is to explore the relationship we have with our own bodies through the confiscation of that of women. During her residency at the Cité internationale des arts, Yara Al Hasbani will continue to work on the second part of the project which represents the liberation of bodies, a celebration of the achievements and the powers of women.
For this project, the artist collaborates with Aurélia Chalono and Ludivine Mirre (dance), Hiba Salameh (music), Khaled Alwarea (scenography), Fanie Ciara (costumes).
Mohammed Al Hawajri
Year/s of residence : 2008, 2009, 2012, Al-Mansouria Foundation, Saudi Arabia, Cité internationale des arts, Welfare Association, Palestine
Visual arts
Nawaf Al Janahi
Year/s of residence : 2023, Institut français
Cinema
Ahmed Khalid Al Jufairi
Year/s of residence : 2018, Fire Station
Visual arts
Abed Al Kadiri
Year/s of residence : 2021, Al-Mansouria Foundation
Visual arts
Mohamed Al Kalaoui
Year/s of residence : 1974, 1983, Cité internationale des arts, Institut français
Music
Sheikha Al Khulaifi
Year/s of residence : 2024, Fire Station
Visual arts
Mohammad Al Madhoun
Year/s of residence : 2012, Welfare Association, Palestine
Visual arts
Aisha Al Mannai
Year/s of residence : 2022, Fire Station
Visual arts
Asma Al Mannai
Year/s of residence : 2019, Fire Station
Visual arts
Abdullah Al Mutawah
Year/s of residence : 2025, Fire Station
Curating
Rafa Al Nasiri
Year/s of residence : 2003, 2008, Al-Mansouria Foundation, Saudi Arabia
Visual arts
Jaffey Al Oraiby
Year/s of residence : 2006, Al-Mansouria Foundation, Saudi Arabia
Visual arts
Zahiyah Al Raddadi
Year/s of residence : 2022, Al-Mansouria Foundation
Visual arts
Tamara Al Samerraei
Year/s of residence : 2014, Al-Mansouria Foundation, Saudi Arabia, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Razi Al Sawaf
Year/s of residence : 1979, Académie of Architecture, France
Visual arts
Zaabi Al Zaabi
Year/s of residence : 1975, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Faatiha Al Zemmouri
Year/s of residence : 2009, Ministry of Culture and State Secretariat for Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco
Visual arts
Ayman Mohammed Wageeh Al Zorkany
Year/s of residence : 2025, Institut français
Visual arts
Wamidh Al-Ameri
Year/s of residence : 2010, Canton of Zurich ) Internal Department of Justice and Cultural Affairs, Switzerland
Visual arts
