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.
Youssef Chebbi
Year/s of residence : 2020, Cité internationale des arts
Cinema
Youssef Chebbi is a young author-director born in Tunisia in 1984.
After studying art and cinema, he directed two short films, Vers le Nord and Les Profondeurs, both selected at the Clermont Ferrand festival and broadcast in 2011 on France Television. He then co-directed the feature-length documentary Babylon, which tells the story of life and death in a refugee camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border. The film was awarded the Grand Prize in the international competition at the FID in Marseille and programmed at the MoMA in New York.
He is currently working on writing his first feature-length fiction film, Ashkal (Mille et une Productions). The film depicts a police investigation that takes a fantastic turn in a strange new city setting of ultra-modern buildings and derelict construction sites.
Youssef is also a musician and producer with the Bookmaker Records label. He is the co-founder of the Sailing Stones Music Festival, which takes place every year in a different region of Tunisia.
“This program allowed me to progress on my work in a serene and confident way. I was able to push my research and prepare the next shooting of my feature film. The numerous collaborations with other residents at the Cité have created strong ties and artistic connivances. These collaborations will continue and will be part of the making of my film.”
Habib Chebil
Year/s of residence : 1970, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Yana Chebotova
Year/s of residence : 2010, Union of Russian Artists
Visual arts
Alexander Chechile
Year/s of residence : 2015, Stanford University, USA
Music
Marleine Chedraoui
Year/s of residence : 2022, Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg
Visual arts
Bee Ean Sue Chee
Year/s of residence : 2002, 2013, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Visual arts
Yeo Chee Kiong
Year/s of residence : 2024, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore
Visual arts
Tina Chee
Year/s of residence : 1993, 1995, Académie of Architecture, France, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Chloe Cheese
Year/s of residence : 1974, Royal College of Arts of London, united Kingdom
Visual arts
Suzanne Cheetham
Year/s of residence : 1970, Institut français
Music
Ruzhko Asenov Chelebiev
Year/s of residence : 2010, Sofia National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria
Visual arts
Ridouane Chellaf
Year/s of residence : 2013, Ministry of Culture and State Secretariat for Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco
Visual arts
Hamida Chellali
Year/s of residence : 1987, 1991, 1992, Cité internationale des arts, Institut français
Visual arts
Helen Chellin
Year/s of residence : 1981, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Khalifa Cheltout
Year/s of residence : 1974, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Kirill Chelushkine
Year/s of residence : 2001, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Anatolii Chelyshev
Year/s of residence : 2017, Union of Artists of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Visual arts
Anna Chelysheva
Year/s of residence : 2017, Union of Artists of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Visual arts
Ridha Chemak
Year/s of residence : 2013, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Music
Soufian Chemcham
Year/s of residence : 2024, French Ministy of Culture
Visual arts
