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.
Maria Alcaide
Year/s of residence : 2023, 2–12
Visual arts
Maria Alcaide is a Spanish visual artist working with installation, film and text. She is interested in flexible methodologies and references that haven’t been normalized within the art field or academia, always taking as a starting point her own bodily experience and her economic and spatial limitations.
After having explored different expanded forms of narratives—such as a Youtube choreography about her lover, an ethnographic mockumentary about her family, a story-telling scenography about her job, and several movie-performances—her work has flourished into ultra-narrative, epic and colorful yet always politically engaged films and video installations, often working with amateur performers and actresses.
The combination of acute, bright visceral colors and a poignant exploration of identity and technology are present in her installations by using textiles, foam, and plastic or by giving a second chance to waste and leftover materials. Maria Alcaide also likes to play with the physical form of moving images, using multiple video channels or embedded screens into furniture.
In that way, she creates situations where everyday objects are altered or detached from their natural function. By establishing unexpected thematic liaisons, Maria Alcaide creates site-specific artworks where the personal and political intertwines, prompting the viewer to question their own social position.
Juan Alcalde
Year/s of residence : 1971, 1973, City of Paris, France, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Julie Alcaraz
Year/s of residence : 2016, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Music
Pinas Alcera
Year/s of residence : 2019, Institut français
Literature
Pascual Aldave
Year/s of residence : 1966, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1994, Cité internationale des arts
Music
James Aldridge
Year/s of residence : 1994, Royal College of Arts of London, united Kingdom
Visual arts
Tara Aldughaither
Year/s of residence : 2025, Intermix
Music
Tamara Alegre
Year/s of residence : 2019, Centre national de la danse
Dance
Alexander Aleksandrov
Year/s of residence : 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2014, Cité internationale des arts, International Confederation of Artists Unions, Union of Russian Artists
Visual arts
Borislav Aleksic
Year/s of residence : 1983, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Jasmina Aleksic
Year/s of residence : 2005, 2008, Cité internationale des arts, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Nikolay Aleksiev
Year/s of residence : 2009, 2018, Sofia National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria
Visual arts
Arayik Alekyan
Year/s of residence : 2011, Armenia State Academy of Fine Arts
Visual arts
Bizuneh Alemayehu
Year/s of residence : 1980, Institut français
Visual arts
Mahjoubeh Alemi
Year/s of residence : 2015, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Literature
Katarina Alempijevic
Year/s of residence : 2009, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Ileana Alesi
Year/s of residence : 2025, Italian Cultural Institute of Paris
Visual arts
Ileana Alesi (Rome, 1995) is a multidisciplinary artist who weaves drawing, textile, writing, and performance into a research practice focused on the concept of Place as an emotional and relational territory. Her work considers home and body as living archives, where dwelling manifests as an amorphous gesture. She experiments with organic materials to explore the ephemeral and the relationship between art, time, and life, evoking images that draw on collective memory and childhood. Trained in painting at the Academies of Venice and Rome, as well as in historical tailoring and costume, she collaborates in scenography and costume design for theatre and film. Since 2022, she has been a resident member of the artist-run space Porto Simpatica.
Ndavogo Jude Aleva
Year/s of residence : 2018, Institut français
Dance
George Alexander
Year/s of residence : 2002, University of New South Wales - Art and Design (UNSW), Australia
Literature
Leni Alexander
Year/s of residence : 1973, City of Paris, France
Music
