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.
Souheil Ben Azzouz
Year/s of residence : 2000, Ministry of Culture and State Secretariat for Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco
Visual arts
Mahdjoub Ben Bella
Year/s of residence : 1971, Institut français
Visual arts
Zoubeir Ben Bouchta
Year/s of residence : 2011, Ministry of Culture and State Secretariat for Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco
Literature
Mohammed Ben Damir
Year/s of residence : 1999, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Meirav Ben David
Year/s of residence : 1996, 1997, Cité internationale des arts, Institut français
Music
Yaël Ben-Ezer
Year/s of residence : 2025, Institut français
Dance
Baker Ben Fredj
Year/s of residence : 1993, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Ismail Ben Fredj
Year/s of residence : 2018, Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Visual arts
Walid Ben Ghezala
Year/s of residence : 2024, Trame
Visual arts
Kaouther Ben Hania
Year/s of residence : 2021, Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso
Cinema
Kaouther Ben Hania, a Tunisian director, studied cinema in Tunis (EDAC) and in Paris (Fémis and Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris 3 University).
She has directed several short films including Peau de Colle/ Wooden Hand (2013), which has been selected in several international festivals and has won several awards (Tanit d’or at the Carthage Film Festival, Audience Award – CINEMED Montpellier 2013, Audience Award – Leiden International Short Film Festival (Netherlands).
Her documentary Les Imams vont à l’école/ Imams Go to School has been unveiled at IDFA 2010 in official competition.
Le Challat de Tunis/ Challat of Tunis, her first feature film, opened the ACID section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 and has been an international success both in festivals and cinemas.
She then directed ZAINEB N’AIME PAS LA NEIGE/ Zaineb Hates the snow, a feature-length documentary film shot over a period of six years between Tunisia and Canada, which has been revealed in 2016 in the official selection at the Locarno International Film Festival. It has subsequently won the TANIT D’OR at the Carthage Film Festival, the BEST DOC prize at the CINEMED festival in Montpellier…
Her film LA BELLE EST LA MEUTE/Beauty and the Dogs has been selected in official competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in the UN CERTAIN REGARD category, where it has won the prize for best sound creation. This film has been distributed in a dozen countries.
Her latest film The Man Who Sold His Skin/L’homme qui a vendu sa peau, selected at the 2020 Venice Film Festival (Best Actor Award) is nominated for the Oscar for “Best International Film” at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021.
Artist's website
Omar Ben Hassine
Year/s of residence : 2012, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Wissem Ben Hassine
Year/s of residence : 2007, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Nafie Ben Krich
Year/s of residence : 2016, Ministry of Culture and State Secretariat for Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco
Visual arts
Mohamed Ben Meftah
Year/s of residence : 1972, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Férid Ben Messaoud
Year/s of residence : 1980, 2002, City of Paris, France, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Hamadi Ben Saad
Year/s of residence : 1977, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Abdelhakim Ben Salah
Year/s of residence : 1984, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
David Ben Shaul
Year/s of residence : 1995, 1999, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Israel
Visual arts
Mohamed Ben Slama
Year/s of residence : 2002, 2012, 2013, City of Paris, France, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Tunisia
Visual arts
Zied Ben Slama
Year/s of residence : 2017, Tunisian Ministry of Cultural Affairs
Visual arts
