Artists residency of Lens

After welcoming the Iranian duo Tirdad Hashemi & Soufia Erfanian, the Pinault Collection has invited Saudi artist Anhar Salem as the next artist in residence to carry out a new project, beginning in October 2025.

After having hosted the artist Céleste Rogosin, the Pinault Collection has invited the Iranian duo Tirdad Hashemi & Soufia Erfanian to take up residency in Lens and to create a new work, starting in October 2024.

As the tenth artist invited to the Pinault Collection residency program in Lens, Céleste Rogosin is developing an original project between October 2023 and August 2024, based on an exploration of the landscapes of northern France.

Benoît Piéron becomes the ninth artist to participate in the Pinault Collection’s residency programme in Lens.

Since September 2021, Melik Ohanian is the eighteenth guest of Pinault Collection’s artist residency program in Lens.

From September 2020 to June 2021, the Pinault Collection welcomes Enrique Ramírez, the seventh artist as its artist-in-residence at Lens.

After Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson, Edith Dekyndt, Lucas Arruda, Hicham Berrada, the Pinault Collection welcomed Bertille Bak in its artists’ residency in Lens, from September 2019 to July 2020.

During the year he spent at the Pinault Collection’s artist residency in Lens, Hicham Berrada transformed its workshop into a poetic laboratory. A look back at this fourth season, at the crossroads of science and art.

For its third season, the Pinault Collection’s artist residency in Lens welcomed Brazilian artist Lucas Arruda. Here he describes the work he created there, inspired his first experience of a real winter, far away from his homeland, in the distinctive light of northern France.

The Pinault Collection’s artist residency welcomed Edith Dekyndt for its second season. The artist paused to describe the projects she developed during her eight months in Lens, which have since been shown in major exhibitions in Europe.

In 2016, Pinault Collection’s artists residency welcomed its first occupants, Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson. They look back on their immersion in the area.