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.
Mbaye Diop
Year/s of residence : 2026, General Management of Cultural Affairs of the State of Vaud
Cinema
Mathias Diot
Year/s of residence : 2001, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Spectacle vivant
Mbaye Babacar Diouf
Year/s of residence : 2019, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Mbaye Babacar Diouf (born in 1983) graduated from the National School of Arts of Senegal in 2007 and holds a Master 2 degree from the Higher Institute of Arts and Cultures of the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. He is one of the most prominent young Senegalese artists of his generation. After receiving several national prizes, he has won silver medal at the last Francophonie games in Abidjan in 2017. His works have been presented at various international exhibitions and fairs, such as Art Paris Art Fair, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London, or the DAK’ART International Biennale of Contemporary African Art.
His artistic approach is characterized by two aspects.
On the one hand, Mbaye Babacar Diouf talks to us about signs, a writing that he elaborates by drawing inspiration from signs that recall hieroglyphics, Arabic writing or other ancient civilizations. This work based on the notion of “rhythm” refers to the notions of memory, identity, code, mysticism and imprint. He is an artist who always seeks the intimate relationship between graphic signs and the human mind that creates them voluntarily, spontaneously or unconsciously.
On the other hand, Mbaye Babacar Diouf addresses the question of the human condition by questioning the relationship of the individual to others or to his social environment. This work is done in pencil with a simplicity that recalls the first steps in drawing using silhouettes.
Abdelhaï Diouri
Year/s of residence : 2006, 2007, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and State Secretariat for Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco
Visual arts
Marcela Dioverti
Year/s of residence : 2019, Institut français
Visual arts
Paul Dipasquale
Year/s of residence : 2012, University of Central Virginia, USA
Visual arts
Joujou Dipesa
Year/s of residence : 2009, Institut français
Spectacle vivant
Sven Dirkmann
Year/s of residence : 2024, Düsseldorf Artists' Association (VdDK1844)
Visual arts
Julien Discrit
Year/s of residence : 2007, 2009, 2011, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Frances Mary Disley
Year/s of residence : 2003, Royal College of Arts of London, united Kingdom
Visual arts
Juan Carlos Distefano
Year/s of residence : 1994, Mozarteum Argentino Foundation, Argentina
Visual arts
Stéphanie Ditche
Year/s of residence : 2003, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Radka Ditcheva
Year/s of residence : 1995, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Iris Dittler
Year/s of residence : 2014, 2022, Federal Ministry for arts, culture, the civil service and sport
Visual arts
Paul Heinz Dittrich
Year/s of residence : 1984, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Ida Divinzenz
Year/s of residence : 2016, Federal Ministry for arts, culture, the civil service and sport
Visual arts
Christine Dixon
Year/s of residence : 2009, University of Sydney - Power Institute Foundation for Arts and Culture, Australia
Literature
Pauline Dixon
Year/s of residence : 1991, University of Central Virginia, USA
Visual arts
Volkan Diyaroglu
Year/s of residence : 2007, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Sabine Dizel
Year/s of residence : 1999, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
