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.
Khaled W Y S H A Algharaballi
Year/s of residence : 2018, Institut français
Visual arts
Mahmoud Alhaj
Year/s of residence : 2023, Welfare Association (Taawon)
Visual arts
Afaf Alhajji
Year/s of residence : 2024, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Paris
Literature
Aljazi Alhajri
Year/s of residence : 2026, FireStation
Visual arts
Ashraf Ali
Year/s of residence : 2025, Institut français
Architecture and design
Badr Ali
Year/s of residence : 2018, Al-Mansouria Foundation
Visual arts
Reem Ali Bakhyer
Year/s of residence : 2025, Al-Mansouria Foundation x Cité internationale des arts, Institut français x Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Reem Ali, 1996. An artist and photographer, her works express personal reflections on domestic life and the intertwined concepts surrounding it. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology and then made a thoughtful transition into the world of art, driven by her exceptional visual language. Her works take a highly introspective and contemplative approach, focusing on the inner life and poetic spaces that define the human experience. A self-taught artist, she focuses on photography and alternative photography as a primary medium, prompting reflections on visual narratives of experiences that have an inner and profound nature.
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Zoé Ali
Year/s of residence : 2014, New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia
Visual arts
Fatemeh Aliasghar
Year/s of residence : 2026, Cité internationale des arts
Literature
Fatemeh Aliasghar is an Iranian journalist, writer, and narrative researcher with more than 25 years of experience. She has served as editor-in-chief and managing director of a national newspaper focused on the environment and sustainable development, making her one of the few women in Iran to hold such a position. Her work explores women’s rights, collective memory, and the links between history and contemporary questions such as migration, loneliness, discrimination, freedom, war, and peace. She is the author of two books, Forty-Five Degree Deviation and The Unfinished Event, and has produced multimedia reports on women, history, and cultural heritage. She also manages a specialized archaeology and cultural heritage publishing house, which has published more than 40 titles.
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Olivier Alibert
Year/s of residence : 2003, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Bonita Alice
Year/s of residence : 1996, 2003, 2008, 2013, Cité internationale des arts, South African Artistic Association for Visual Arts (SANAVA)
Visual arts
Remo Albert Alig
Year/s of residence : 2022, 2005, 2013, Visarte Graubünden, Visarte - Graubünden Professional Association of Visual Artists, Switzerland, Visarte - Professional association of Swiss visual artists
Visual arts
Aida Alikadic
Year/s of residence : 1988, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Samira Alikhanzadeh
Year/s of residence : 2006, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Visual arts
Alisher Alikulov
Year/s of residence : 2006, International Confederation of Artists Unions
Visual arts
Adnan Alili
Year/s of residence : 2013, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia
Visual arts
Nour Eddine Alimazighi
Year/s of residence : 1977, Institut français
Visual arts
Mohammed Alimrani
Year/s of residence : 2022, Welfare Association (Taawon)
Visual arts
Reza Alipour Saadani
Year/s of residence : 2010, Visual Arts Administration of Iran
Visual arts
Wilder Alison
Year/s of residence : 2022, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
