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.
Flobert Wanja
Year/s of residence : 2026, Institut français
Music
Flobert Wanja, a Cameroonian musician and multi-instrumentalist. Having grown up surrounded by music – his father was a musician – he first tried his hand at the guitar, then the piano, which became his instrument of choice for several years; he later took up the saxophone. He embarked on a professional music career in the 2000s. It took him only a few years to climb the ranks and make a name for himself, thanks to his undeniable talent… He went on to perform at numerous major professional venues, first as a pianist and then as a saxophonist… and gave a string of performances alongside several big names in African and international music, including Etienne Mbappé, Cheick Tidiane Seck and others… He is also the saxophonist and arranger for the group Jazzstellation.
Flobert Wanja © Gedeon 2025
Marcelle Sandrine Bengono
Year/s of residence : 2019, Institut français
Theater
Kristina Bength
Year/s of residence : 2012, Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Visual arts
Maria Bengtsson
Year/s of residence : 1985, 1986, 1987, Cité internationale des arts, Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Sweden
Music
Silvana Benguria
Year/s of residence : 1991, Mozarteum Argentino Foundation, Argentina
Visual arts
Mohamed Benhadj
Year/s of residence : 1973, Institut français
Visual arts
Michel Benhaiem
Year/s of residence : 1987, 1994, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Pierre Benhaiem
Year/s of residence : 1980, 1995, Cité internationale des arts, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Music
Jérôme Benhaim
Year/s of residence : 2006, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Music
Charif Benhelima
Year/s of residence : 2003, Flemish Government - Directorate of Arts and Heritage, Belgium
Visual arts
Jonathan Benichou
Year/s of residence : 1999, 2000, City of Nice, France, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Mario Benicio Ribeiro
Year/s of residence : 2003, Cité internationale des arts
Visual arts
Juan Carlos Benitez
Year/s of residence : 2017, 1969, 2005, Mozarteum Argentino, Cité internationale des arts, Mozarteum Argentino Foundation, Argentina
Visual arts
Avi Benjamin
Year/s of residence : 2015, 2016, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Israel
Music
George Benjamin
Year/s of residence : 1984, Cité internationale des arts
Music
Mario Benjamin
Year/s of residence : 2001, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, City of Paris, France, Cité internationale des arts, Institut français
Visual arts
Gabriel Benjano
Year/s of residence : 1991, 1992, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Israel
Visual arts
Kenza Benjelloun
Year/s of residence : 1999, 2000, Cité internationale des arts, Ministry of Culture and State Secretariat for Culture of the Kingdom of Morocco
Visual arts
Zineb Benjelloun
Year/s of residence : 2021, Trame
Visual arts
Born in Rabat in 1984, Zineb Benjelloun is an artist trained in fine arts and documentary filmmaking. Since 2013, her practice has focused on drawing and writing.
The forms that her works take are cartography, graphic novels and illustration. Her work focuses on the relationship between the intimate and the collective, and seeks to understand how history shapes us as individuals and societies. By dissecting the everyday life in her graphic narratives, she questions dominant discourses and acquired knowledge.
Zineb Benjelloun has exhibited in Morocco and abroad, including La Gaîté lyrique in Paris, Voice Gallery in Marrakech, Ministerium für Illustration in Berlin, the Cité de la bande dessinée in Angoulême and the Tanit Gallery in Beirut. She designs visual identities for cultural events, brands and associations such as Rock en Seine in Paris, Les Nuits sonores in Tangier or Quartiers du monde in Rabat and publishes in specialized graphic arts books (Samandal in Lebanon, Slanted in Germany, Dyptique in Morocco and Fractal in Mexico). She also leads writing and drawing workshops with children and visual arts schools in her country and abroad.
Zineb Benjelloun has also had the opportunity to participate in several artist residencies including Dar al mamùn in Marrakech, RAW material company under the direction of Chimurenga in Dakar and the TRAME residency program at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris.
She currently lives and works in Casablanca where she develops her writing and exhibition projects, including her first graphic novel to be published in 2021 by ça et là publishing house in Paris and the Le Sirocco publishing house in Morocco.
Artist's website
Al-Wahid Benkebil
Year/s of residence : 2026, Patiño Foundation
Music
