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.
Saulo Pedro Mercader
Year/s of residence : 1974, 1975, 1976, Cité internationale des arts, Institut français
Visual arts
Edgardo Mercado
Year/s of residence : 2025, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Paris
Dance
Rachel Mercer
Year/s of residence : 2002, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Mustapha Merchaoui
Year/s of residence : 1985, 1986, 1988, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Astrid Mercier
Year/s of residence : 2020, Martinique Department of Cultural Affairs
Theater
Astrid Mercier is an actress, director and assistant director based in Martinique since 1997.
She has been working as an actress since 2004 with many directors, including Philippe Adrien, Yoshvani Medina, Ricardo Miranda, Ruddy Sylaire, Aliou Cisse, Hassane Kouyate.
Since 2007, she has assisted in the direction of José Exelis, Ruddy Sylaire, Aurélie Dalmat, Patrick Le Mauff, and works regularly with Nelson Rafaell Madel and Hassane Kouyate, notably for her latest creation Congo Jazz Band (text by Mohamed Kacimi), created at the festival les Francophonies – des écritures à la scène de Limoges in September 2020.
She created Dimwazell’ Compagnie in 2015 to promote cultural exchanges between Martinique and elsewhere, and to question, through her singular artistic projects, the world and her contemporaries.
The term “exchange” takes on a very particular meaning here because it means to join, unite and to bring together cultures, words, languages from all horizons and territories to give them a profoundly human and universal meaning.
Astrid Mercier is in residency at Tropiques Atrium, Martinique’s national stage for the 2020-2021 season around the creation and diffusion of the show Gaz, based on a text by Tom Lanoye, a single show that she directs and interprets.
Her residency at the Cité internationale des arts is supported by the Direction des Affaires Culturelles Martinique.
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Julien Mercier
Year/s of residence : 2014, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Visual arts
Mathieu Mercier
Year/s of residence : 1998, 2001, 2002, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Valentine Mercier
Year/s of residence : 2006, City of Geneva - Simon I. Foundation Patiño, Switzerland, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Rolaphton Mercure
Year/s of residence : 2024, 2013, Institut français
Literature
Francisco Merel
Year/s of residence : 2010, Cité internationale des arts, Institut français
Visual arts
Elina Merenmies
Year/s of residence : 1999, 2006, Finnish Foundation of the Cité des Arts de Paris
Visual arts
G. Bernhard Mergner
Year/s of residence : 1995, Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Germany
Music
Alibek Merguenov
Year/s of residence : 1999, International Confederation of Artists Unions
Visual arts
Erkin Merguenov
Year/s of residence : 1999, International Confederation of Artists Unions
Visual arts
Shimshon Merhav
Year/s of residence : 1988, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Israel
Visual arts
Aurélien Merial
Year/s of residence : 2020, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Music
Lissa Meridan
Year/s of residence : 2007, Cité internationale des arts, Institut français
Music
Julien Meriglier
Year/s of residence : 2001, 2002, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Music
Ukri Merikanto
Year/s of residence : 1982, Finnish Foundation of the Cité des Arts de Paris
Visual arts
Usko Aatos Merilainen
Year/s of residence : 1984, Finnish Foundation of the Cité des Arts de Paris
Music
