The Institut français x Cité internationale des arts program is aimed at foreign artists wishing to develop a research and creation project in Paris. These artists are supported by one or more cultural partners who may be institutions of the French cultural network abroad and/or French and foreign structures (art centers, associations, galleries, theaters, venues, etc).

A studio apartment is made available to selected artists for a period of three, six or nine months. The Institut français, in conjunction with the Cité internationale des arts, provides support to enable the program's winners to expand their professional network, while encouraging collaborations with the Ile-de-France and French art scenes.

Winners & prizewinners

• ABO REBIEH Azza - Lebanon - Visual Arts (Institut français du Liban)
• ADILBEK Aida - Kazakhstan - Visual Arts (SCAC Kazakhstan)
• AL RASHEED Amjad - Jordan - Cinema (Institut français de Jordanie)
• AL-AMERI Ayman - Iraq - Photography (Institut français d'Irak)
• ALI BAKHYER Reem - Saudi Arabia - Photography (SCAC Saudi Arabia)
• ATROKPO Doegamou Jorfre - Benin - Dance (Institut français du Bénin)
• BALADRAN Zbynek - Czech Republic - Visual Arts (Institut français de Prague)
• BEZZINA Aaron - Malta - Visual Arts (SCAC Malta)
• BOSSMAN-DAMIBA Maria - Ghana - Music (Institut français du Ghana)
• DIMAKATSO Mathopa - South Africa - Visual Arts (Institut Français d'Afrique du Sud)
• DRAPER Alex - United States - Theatre (Middlebury College Performing Arts Series)
• EL-SHAFEE Magdy - Egypt - Comics (French Institute of Egypt)
• ERCAN Askin - Turkey - Visual Arts (Institut Français de Turquie)
• FEREYDOUN Fatemeh - United Arab Emirates - Cinema (French Institute of the United Arab Emirates)
• FREEMAN Lisa - Ireland - Visual Arts (Temple Bar Gallery + Studios)
• GAMAL Amr - Yemen - Cinema (French Embassy for Yemen)
• GERGES Diana - Egypt - Theatre (French Institute of Egypt)
• KAMRUZZAMAN Shadhin - Bangladesh - Visual arts (Alliance française de Dhaka)
• KASSIANENKO Nikita - Russia - Street Arts, Circus (Institut français de Russie)
• KERSCHEN Nathalie - Luxembourg - Architecture (Institut français du Luxembourg)
• KOPCSAYOVÁ Iris - Slovakia - Books (French Institute of Slovakia)
• LISICKINAITE Agnietė - Lithuania - Dance (Institut français de Lituanie)
• LUYKEVICH Kirill - Russia - Street Arts, Circus (French Institute of Russia)
• MAGDY Zainab - Egypt - Visual Arts (Institut Français d'Égypte)
• MARGALIOT Nitsan - Germany - Dance (Institut Français d'Allemagne)
• MIGAN Bardol - Benin - Theatre (Institut français du Bénin)
• MIKHAILOV Vadim - Russia - Visual Arts (Institut français de Russie)
• MITTWOCH Matan - Israel - Photography (Centre Photographique d'Île-de-France)
• MOHAMED Ashraf - Bahrain - Architecture (Alliance française de Bahreïn)
• PAYNE Anousha - United Kingdom - Visual arts (Sperling)
• RAMSES Halim - Egypt - Exhibition curator (Institut Français d'Egypte)
• RIGA Eleni - Greece - Exhibition curator (French Institute of Greece)
• SINNONG Sutarath - Thailand - Street arts, Circus (French Embassy in Thailand)
• SIVASUBRAMANIAM Kajendran - Sri Lanka - Visual Arts (French Embassy in Sri Lanka)
• SUESCUN PINEDA Catalina - Colombia - Visual Arts (El Circulo Publishing House)
• SUFFREN Samuel - Haiti - Cinema (KITFILMS)
• TEVZADZE Marita - Georgia - Cinema (Institut français de Géorgie)
• WIRTH BORG Andrew - Malta - Architecture (SCAC Malta)

In addition, the program will welcome some fifteen additional laureates selected through awards and partnerships including:

• CORTES Silvina - Uruguay - Visual Arts (Prix Cézanne)
• CROWTHER Racheal - United Kingdom - Visual Arts (Magnetic 3 - French Institute of the United Kingdom and Bétonsalon)
• GOMEZ PRIETO Daniel - Paraguay - Visual Arts (Prix Matisse)
• QUISPE DE SARHUA Violeta - Peru - Visual arts (Prix Pasaporte para un artista)
• Prix de l'Alliance française de Florianópolis - Brésil - Arts visuels (à venir)
• Prix Braque - Argentina - Visual Arts (coming soon)
• PAIR Award - India - Visual Arts (forthcoming)
• AIR Artists in Residence in Paris program (Chishima Foundation / Villa Kujoyama / Kyoto Art Center) - Japan - Pluridisciplinary (coming soon)
• Temps fort Ukraine - Pluridisciplinaire (coming soon)
• Group residency as part of Saison Méditerranée - Pluridisciplinaire (coming soon)

The commission

The commission was held on December 12, 2024.

It was chaired by Anne-Sophie Braud, Deputy Director of Mobilities and International Events at the French Institute, and brought together the following:

• Chloé Fricout, Head of Residences (French Institute - DMMI)
• Lucie Brechette, Project Manager, Residences division (Institut français - DMMI)
• Anouk Le Lay, project assistant in the Residences division (Institut français - DMMI)
• Oscar Finjean, in charge of current music, jazz and innovation at the Music and Performing Arts division (French Institute - DCAIC)
• Bénédicte Alliot, General Manager (Cité internationale des arts)
• Vincent Gonzalvez, residency manager (Cité Internationale des Arts)
• Marine Demailly, rédactrice en charge des résidences à la sous-direction de la Culture et des Médias (Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Étrangères)
• Fabienne Brütt, in charge of Mobilité des artistes et des professionnels de la culture (Ministry of Culture)
• Julia Trouilloud, attachée pour le Livre et le débat d'idées en Inde (Institut français en Inde)
• Marc Bembekoff, director (La Galerie - Centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec)
• Coline Davenne, artistic advisor (Palais de Tokyo)
• Abdessamad El Montassir, artist
• Clément Postec, artistic director (Le Nouveau Printemps)
• Caterina Zevola, Arts vivants programming manager (Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles)

The commission took into account the following evaluation criteria:

• Candidate's career path
• Quality of the project and working protocol envisaged
• The project's connection with Paris and the French art scene
• Involvement of one or more Ile-de-France cultural structures (for local support)

It also paid close attention to the overall balance of the final selection (geographical areas and parity).

Next call for entries: autumn 2025