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.
Zhen Hua Lei
Year/s of residence : 1997, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China
Visual arts
Michael Leibovici
Year/s of residence : 1973, 1975, 1987, Cité internationale des arts, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Visual arts
Joël Leick
Year/s of residence : 2001, 2002, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Daniel Leidenfrost
Year/s of residence : 2009, 2010, Land of Salzburg, Austria
Visual arts
Yuri Leiderman
Year/s of residence : 2003, 2004, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Peter Leidig
Year/s of residence : 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2025, Düsseldorf Artists' Association, Germany, Düsseldorf Artists' Association (VdDK1844)
Visual arts
Barbara Leifer
Year/s of residence : 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2014, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Alda Leifsdottir
Year/s of residence : 2024, City of Reykjavík
Cinema
Mark Leighton
Year/s of residence : 1970, Royal College of Arts of London, united Kingdom
Visual arts
Kaja Leijon
Year/s of residence : 2013, City of Paris, France, Cité internationale des arts
Spectacle vivant
Sandra Leimane
Year/s of residence : 2006, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Visual arts
Jouni Leino
Year/s of residence : 1998, Finnish Foundation of the Cité des Arts de Paris
Visual arts
Ritva Leinonen
Year/s of residence : 1981, Finnish Foundation of the Cité des Arts de Paris
Visual arts
Florina Leinss
Year/s of residence : 2021, Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg
Visual arts
Max Leiss
Year/s of residence : 2014, Atelier Mondial of Bale, Switzerland
Visual arts
Philipp Leissing
Year/s of residence : 2018, Austrian Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport
Visual arts
Sergio Leitão
Year/s of residence : 2025, Academy of Architecture
Visual arts
Luciano Leite Barbosa
Year/s of residence : 2021, Capsule
Music
Luciano Leite Barbosa, born in Brazil in 1982, grew up inspired by choral music, Brazilian poetry and contemporary theater. During his early formative years in Rio de Janeiro, he discovered the symbolist movement in Brazilian literature, as well as the work of Geração 80, a group of Brazilian artists active during the 1980s, which would nourish his music. His inspiration comes from the intersection of multiple art forms, plastic arts, symbolist poetry, theater…
Today he is a composer and is interested in computer-assisted composition and sound synthesis.
He studied music composition with Joshua Fineberg at Boston University where he received his Ph.
Before moving to the United States, he studied acoustic and electroacoustic composition at UniRio, Brazil, with Marcos Lucas and Vania Dantas Leite. His music has been performed in numerous concerts and festivals by ensembles such as the Nieuw Ensemble, Les Cris de Paris, Ensemble Meitar, Jack Quartet, and Ensemble Dal Niente.
In 2017-18, Luciano Leite Barbosa attended the Cursus composition and computer music training at IRCAM. He collaborated with accordionist Jean-Étienne Sotty and researcher Benjamin Matuszewski for the creation of Color Fields, a piece for XAMP microtonal accordion, smartphones and electronics. The artist is currently collaborating with the guitarist Rémy Reber for the composition of a piece for electric guitar and electronic sounds.
He was a laureate of the 2013 New Music Meetings in Canada and of the National Foundation of Arts “Funarte” of Brazil. The latter awarded him the “Funarte de Composição Clássica” prize in 2016 and in 2019.
Luciano Leite Barbosa was also recipient of the Music Committees of the Cité internationale des arts in 2017.
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Jan Leitner
Year/s of residence : 2021, Land of Salzburg
Music
Paul Albert Leitner
Year/s of residence : 1997, Federal Ministry for arts, culture, the civil service and sport
Visual arts
