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.
Alexander Johnson
Year/s of residence : 1995, Institut français
Music
Elisabeth Thomas Johnson Artur
Year/s of residence : 2021, Art Explora
Visual arts
Ben Ashley Johnson
Year/s of residence : 1968, Royal College of Arts of London, united Kingdom
Visual arts
Bruce Johnson
Year/s of residence : 1983, Royal College of Arts of London, united Kingdom
Visual arts
Chris Johnson
Year/s of residence : 1982, Institut français
Music
David Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2021, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis
Visual arts
Leahlani Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2015, New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia
Visual arts
Margaret Jane Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2011, South African Artistic Association for Visual Arts (SANAVA)
Visual arts
Mathew Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2002, New South Wales Art Gallery, Australia
Visual arts
Michael Johnson
Year/s of residence : 1996, University of New South Wales - Art and Design (UNSW), Australia
Visual arts
Ronald Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2002, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Sasha Alexander Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2000, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Shannon Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2005, University of New South Wales - Art and Design (UNSW), Australia
Visual arts
Simon Johnson
Year/s of residence : 1970, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Susan Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2023, 1989, 1992, Virginia Center for the Arts, Australian Arts Council
Visual arts
Tarren Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2024, 2–12
Visual arts
Joel Cocks is an artist from Ōtautahi, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Joel studied at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, New Zealand and he works with self-recorded visual archives, repurposing material from performances and video productions into new videos, scenographies, and installations. Since 2016, he has collaborated with Tarren Johnson, exploring cultural reproduction and fragmented memory through systems and poetry. Tarren Johnson grew up in North County San Diego, where she began studying dance and writing as a child. She continued her studies at CalArts in Los Angeles before moving to Europe, where she built a decade-long career in the performing arts. Her debut long-form poem, We Don’t Live Here Anymore, was published by Giselle’s Books. Tarren has performed at venues and festivals such as the Festival d’Avignon, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Faurschou New York, Romaeuropa, Manifesta 11, and Art Basel.
Together, their work transposes contexts, enabling performance to exist in incomplete and indeterminate states; it spans performance, image-making, and the recontextualization of personal and archival material. Their evolving body of work explores fragmentation, cultural reproduction, and the peripheries of spectacle and has been showcased at Volksbühne, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Les Urbaines, Sophiensæle, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Systema, and the public program of the Paris Internationale and New Theater Hollywood. Tarren and Joel were laureates of La Becque’s principal residency program. In 2025, they will present a solo exhibition at The Physics Room in New Zealand.
Tom Johnson
Year/s of residence : 1981, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Tonika Johnson
Year/s of residence : 2023
Visual arts
Rachelle Johnston
Year/s of residence : 2010, University of Sydney - Power Institute Foundation for Arts and Culture, Australia
Literature
Bernard Joisten
Year/s of residence : 1990, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
