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Founded by Keith Folca in October 1971.

Initially, it organised annual 3–4-months exhibitions, open to the public and animated with concerts, plays, poetry readings. Over time, activities have focused on exhibitions of paintings and sculptures, photographs and other objects, in exhibition spaces provided by the Administration, featuring different artists from all walks of life sponsored by staff members each month, with opening days open to the public by invitation.

07/10/2026

- Bodies and Movements
Exhibition from 21/09/2026 to 30/10/2026, in Palais.

Link to the artist's website : https://www.instagram.com/eve_marine_arts/

After about ten years of painting and drawing, I began sculpting at the age of 25—an art form I had always dreamed of exploring.

For the first few years, I mainly worked with clay, before gradually experimenting other materials: papier-mâché, plaster, wire, stone…

I don't have a favorite material; the choice depends on the subject I wish to tackle or simply on my mood. Clay and plaster offer a particular sensuality and flexibility, while wire or stone require more physical energy.

Most of my sculptures are not smooth: they deliberately retain their roughness, as a reflection of life's own irregularities.

My inspiration is multiple—imagination, everyday objects, photographs, exhibitions, and more—everything becomes a pretext to create, transform, and give shape.

My works represent human figures, male or female, as well as animals or more abstract forms. Their sizes range from a few dozen centimeters to nearly two meters in height.

07/10/2026

- Within
Exhibition from 21/09/2026 to 30/10/2026, in Palais.

Link to the artist's website :
http://www.facebook.com/fitoreberishaartist

Fitore Berisha Alísdóttir is a prominent visual artist from Kosovo*, widely recognized for her powerful murals that confront urgent social and cultural issues.

With over 25 years of artistic practice, she has cultivated a distinctive voice that speaks to universal human experiences. Her work explores themes of violence against women, societal inequality, and the ongoing pursuit of human rights.

Dividing her time between Kosovo* and Iceland, Fitore draws inspiration from both environments, blending their cultural influences into a singular, expressive visual language. Raised in a family of artists, she was surrounded by creativity from an early age; her grandmother's traditional costume designs and her uncle's professional career in Paris played key roles in shaping her artistic sensitivity. During her adolescence, amidst the political unrest in Kosovo*, art became both a refuge and a means of emotional expression. These formative experiences cemented her belief in art as a transformative force, a medium capable of healing, inspiring empathy, and driving social change.

Her murals are distinguished by their emotional resonance and profound social relevance. For Fitore, art is not confined to galleries; it belongs in public spaces, where it can engage communities and spark conversation. Each piece invites reflection, amplifying collective voices and challenging entrenched norms. Through this approach, Fitore democratizes art, making it both accessible and impactful.

Among her most notable works is “Andrrat e Thyera” (“Broken Dreams”) in Pristina, which portrays two women with bruised faces, symbolizing the widespread issue of domestic violence. Created in collaboration with the Kosovar* Center for Gender Studies, the piece stands as both a memorial to victims of gender-based violence and a call for systemic change.

In Brussels, her mural “Haunted” explores the lasting trauma of feminicide, visualizing the lingering pain and grievance caused by violence against women while emphasizing the need for collective healing.

In Peja, her mural celebrating women's empowerment uses bold colors and expressive imagery to honor women's resilience and solidarity in the face of adversity.

Across Kosovo* and Europe, Fitore's art continues to merge activism with aesthetics, transforming public spaces into platforms for reflection, empowerment, and social awareness.

*Any reference to Kosovo in this text, whether to the territory, institutions or population, should be understood in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo.

24/09/2026

- Palette des Rêves / Palette of Dreams
Exhibition from 21/09/2026 to 30/10/2026.

Link to the artist's website : https://www.confuciusalsace.org/galerie/exposition-de-peintures-de-lartiste-madame-zeng-hong

Born in 1963 in Fuzhou and raised in Nanjing, Zeng Hong is a distinguished Chinese artist whose career spans over three decades. A graduate of Nanjing University of the Arts with a major in craft painting, she began her professional journey as an art instructor in the Department of Architecture at Southeast University. Her artistic path later led her to Japan, where she conducted research at Seian University before settling in Shanghai and, more recently, in Colmar, France.

Zeng Hong’s work has been showcased in over sixty major exhibitions across Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Paris, and beyond. Her paintings are collected by prominent figures in the cultural and design worlds, including corporate leaders and diplomats.

Artistic Style and Vision
Zeng Hong’s paintings are intimate visual poems—dreamlike bo***ir impressions rendered in a palette dominated by reds and greens, enriched with golden and black inks. Her work evokes a feminine instinctual poetry, blending solitude, independence, inner joy, and the quiet desires of contemporary women.

Rather than seeking to preserve life, her colors sing elegies to vanished years. Her canvases explore the fragile glory of a fading past and the melancholic pursuit of a lost paradise, seen through a poetic and imaginary lens. Her art invites viewers into a dreamlike refuge—an intimate space erased by modernity and abandoned by man.

Her technique is a fusion of traditional Chinese and Western methods. The delicate precision of Asian woodblock prints meets the expressive freedom of Western painting. Each element in her compositions seems to float on abstract backgrounds, creating a unique pictorial space where every canvas becomes a sacred relic.

24/09/2026

Irena Tatiboit - Impulsions chromatiques intérieures.
Exhibition from 21/09/2026 to 30/10/2026, in Agora.

Link to the artist's website : https://tatiboit-irena.com/

Irena Tatiboit est une artiste pluridisciplinaire, peintre, chorégraphe et éditrice littéraire.

Elle se définit comme un bon exemple de créateur-nomade-transfrontalier, toujours au bord d’une frontière, à l’Est de la Pologne, à l’Est de la France, avec ses spectacles de danse, ses expositions de peinture, ses livres d’art qui ont pour expression commune une transversalité multiculturelle, qu’avec un inlassable enthousiasme, elle s’applique à transmettre. Son langage de création personnel est très riche de multiples expériences artistiques.

Irena Tatiboit vit en France depuis 1989. Elle a fait ses études à Varsovie, à l’École de l’Opéra et à l’Académie de Musique Frédéric Chopin de Varsovie, puis à l’Alvin Nicolais School à New York et l’Art School à Kuala Lumpur.

Elle a exercé ses activités artistiques dans des nombreux pays, d’abord la Pologne, puis la Malaisie, la Russie, les Etats-Unis, la Tunisie, l’Espagne, le Portugal, et aujourd’hui la France.

Irena Tatiboit présente ici une série de ses dernières peintures intitulées Terra botanica. Les tableaux peints à l’acrylique et pastel sur le papier-lavis, qu’elle maroufle dessus des caissons en bois ou sur de la toile. Dans ses créations abstraites d’inspiration végétale, on devine des paysages intérieurs, des rythmes organiques, des fragments d’éclats où rien n’est démonstratif, tout n’est que suggestion.

24/09/2026

Quelques bons souvenirs de l'exposition Summer in the City XII.
See you next year the same time at the same place!

24/09/2026

Quelques bons souvenirs de la fermeture de l'exposition Summer in the City XII.

See you next year the same time at the same place.

18/09/2026

The annual exhibition "Summer in the City" XII edition had a great success this year. Nearly 40 artists exhibiting their artworks excersised by various mediums - watercolor, oil on canvas, paintings, photographies, etc. Artists and visitors had a great oportunity to exchange during a warm gathering finissage last night.
Looking forward for the next edition!!!

08/06/2026

Alina Araslanova - Refuge de papier
Exhibition from 01/06/2026 to 10/07/2026, in Palais.

Private view on 02/06/2026, in Palais, gallery B

Link to the artist's photo gallery : https://www.instagram.com/al_araslanova/

La série photographique PAPER SHELTER a été réalisée entre 2023 et 2024 sous l’influence de la guerre en Ukraine. Elle raconte une histoire personnelle de l’adolescence vécue dans l’émigration – la perte du foyer, de l’école et de l’entourage proche.

La série explore le thème du passage à l’âge adulte, montrant le désir de dissimuler son visage et de cacher ses émotions. Elle parle de solitude, de transformations intérieures et extérieures, d’incertitude, de sentiment de suspension, de quête de soutien et de découverte de soi dans une nouvelle réalité.

Ces photographies permettent de suivre visuellement le chemin qui mène d’une répression émotionnelle totale vers une acceptation progressive, une prise de conscience de soi, une compréhension de ses propres limites, de son parcours, de sa féminité et de ses désirs.

En 2024, deux amies ont également souhaité participer au projet, lui donnant une dimension internationale. À travers la photographie, elles ont cherché à aborder des thèmes qui leur sont chers : « la féminité présente en chaque homme » et « la sensation d’être soi, ici et maintenant ».

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZIVEL7NV1Z/?igsh=djY5Y2toNW5zcG52

06/05/2026

Sheryl M (Sheree) Rasmussen - Sparkle: The Spirit in Everything

Exhibition from 13/04/2026 to 29/05/2026, in Palais.

Link to the artist's website : http://www.shereerasmussen.com/

Sparkle: The Spirit in Everything.

"My textile work explores the shimmering edge between exhuberance and grace- where surface beauty meets spirit.

Using luminous fabrics and layered textures, I invite viewers to look beyond decoration and discover vitality within the material itself. Textile art, once dismissed as "women's work," has gained new ground as a medium of power, nuance and meaning. I create large scale tapestry-like hangings to convey this."

Sheree Rasmussen is a Canadian textile artist whose work explores the emotional and spiritual presence of fabric. Her influences ranging from the traditions of the Balkans and Middle East, wall rugs of Bedouin tents, modernist paintings, and contemporary quilts of the American Gees Bend quilters..

Sheree Rasmussen grew up in Toronto, Canada, one of the most mult-cultural cities in the world, and these merging influences have shaped her. Drawing on traditions often considered domestic or decorative, she transforms shimmering materials into contemporary reflections on connection, vitality and beauty.

Her artistic process is textile based, her earliest artistic influence was her mother, who sewed fabulously coloured outfits. Dance training imprinted on her an ability to create patterns through movement, that feeling has been transposed from movement through space to the movement of colour, shape and pattern.

Being a garden designer for many years has also influenced her work.The word “paradise” comes from the Persian word meaning walled garden, a perfect little universe. The garden is a symbol of unity and wholeness, and a well designed garden has the effect of creating harmony within.

Rasmussen is an award winning graduate of The Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Canada, and has exhibited across Canada and internationally, and currently divides her tiime between Ontario and Strasbourg.

06/05/2026

- City silhouettes and inner monologues.

Exhibition from 13/04/2026 to 29/05/2026, in Palais.

Link to the artist's website : https://www.argentinyann.com/

Yann ARGENTIN: contemporary painter, born in 1971.

In the discreet turmoil of cities, at the crossroads of neon lights and shifting shadows, Yann Argentin captures suspended moments and transforms the banalities of everyday life into poetry. His art, deeply rooted in cinema and photography, sculpts light like a director shaping his work.

The streets stretch out in a mysterious mist, the cafés echo with untold stories. Women are omnipresent in his work, like muses who give soul to unfinished stories. Through a fogged-up window, that lost gaze, accompanied by a wisp of smoke, becomes a fading silhouette...

Each canvas invites the viewer to immerse themselves in the scene and weave their own story.

Influenced by Edward Hopper, Yann Argentin develops a more modern language, playing with contrasts and perspectives to capture urban intimacy. His strokes draw moments of solitude charged with possibilities, where the viewer immediately grasps and recognises themselves.

In his Akoun series, exhibited in France and China, Yann Argentin does not simply paint pictures: he creates fragments of life, where everyone can project their emotions, memories and dreams still waiting to be realised.

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