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.
Dimitar Nikolaev
Year/s of residence : 2002, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Stefan Nikolaev
Year/s of residence : 1998, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Kapka Nikolaeva Kaneva
Year/s of residence : 2006, 2016, Cité internationale des arts, Sofia National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria
Visual arts
Anna Nikolaeva Metodieva
Year/s of residence : 2015, Sofia National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria
Visual arts
Vladimir Nikolaevskiy
Year/s of residence : 2006, 2007, Cité internationale des arts, International Confederation of Artists Unions
Visual arts
Heidi Nikolaisen
Year/s of residence : 2007, 2015, Cité internationale des arts, Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards Foundation, Norway
Visual arts
Kosmas Nikolaou
Year/s of residence : 2025, EMΣΤ | The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
Visual arts
Kosmas Nikolaou was the recipient of SNF ARTWORKS Artists Fellowship in 2018.
He has carried out solo exhibitions in Athens, Cologne, Malta, and Paris.
He has taken part in several residency programs in Greece, Germany, Italy, Poland, Lithuania, Malta, the United Arab Emirates, and in the IdeasCity program of the New Museum in New York. In 2023, he was commissioned to present a lecture performance in Athens by the SNF Public Humanities Initiative of Columbia University, New York.
Later in the year, he was a resident in the Onassis AiR program led by the Onassis Foundation in Athens. In 2025, he founded the virtual entity Black Market, which looks at labour conditions in the cultural field. He has taken part in group shows in Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East.
Since 2012, he has established and co-directs the art space 3 137 in Athens along with Paky Vlassopoulou and Chrysanthi Koumianaki. 3 137 is one of the longest-running artist-led initiatives in Europe.
Ilko Nikolchev
Year/s of residence : 2006, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Jasna Nikolic
Year/s of residence : 2008, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Vlatismir Nikolic
Year/s of residence : 1986, Union of the Association of Artists (SULUJ), Serbia
Visual arts
Eleni Nikolitsa
Year/s of residence : 2000, Greek Embassy in Paris
Music
Branko Nikolov
Year/s of residence : 2007, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Kalin Nikolov
Year/s of residence : 2024, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Vladislav Nikolov
Year/s of residence : 1993, Académie of Architecture, France
Visual arts
Madgalena Nikolova
Year/s of residence : 2009, Sofia National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria
Visual arts
Nadejda Plamenova Nikolova
Year/s of residence : 2015, Sofia National Academy of Arts, Bulgaria
Visual arts
Vera Nikolova
Year/s of residence : 1977, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Veselka Nikolova
Year/s of residence : 2016, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Ralitza Nikolowa
Year/s of residence : 1978, Union of Bulgarian Artists
Visual arts
Victoria Nikonova
Year/s of residence : 1996, 1998, International Confederation of Artists Unions
Visual arts
