Building on the success of its three previous editions, the Intermix Residency POUSH returns for its fourth edition, further strengthening the partnership between the Visual Arts Commission of the Ministry of Culture of Saudi Arabia, Manifesto Middle East, and POUSH.

Running from 5 December 2025 to 2 March 2026, this edition will bring together five Saudi visual artists and one curator for a three-month immersive residency in Paris and its surroundings. The inclusion of a curator reinforces the program’s interdisciplinary approach, fostering dialogue, collaboration, and the expansion of both artistic and curatorial perspectives.

With a strong focus on professional development and training, the residency provides participants with privileged access to Paris’s dynamic cultural landscape. Through workshops, mentoring sessions, studio visits, and meetings with curators, artists, and other art-world professionals, residents will have the opportunity to explore new creative territories, experiment with innovative techniques, and further develop their practice.

Edition after edition, Intermix POUSH continues to establish itself as a leading platform for creative exchange and cultural dialogue—a program that nurtures talent, builds bridges between France and Saudi Arabia, and contributes to shaping the future of contemporary art.

Artists:
Zahiyah Alraddadi  is an architect and visual artist based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Her work unfolds through a spontaneous exploration of thoughts and emotions, navigating the space between reality and imagination, consciousness and the subconscious, severity and stillness. Working primarily with oil paint and ink, she creates immersive, dreamlike worlds where the personal and universal intersect. She has exhibited at Art Riyadh, the Emerging Artists exhibition with Naila Gallery, and the Summer Exhibition with Misk Art Institute in Riyadh (2025), as well as the Internet Exhibition with Estiraha in Jeddah (2025). Previous exhibitions include the 8th edition of Young Saudi Artists with Athr Foundation (2023), 21,39 Jeddah Arts with SAC (2021), and the Apostrophe Exhibition with Madina Art Center (2019). Her residencies include Mono Lisboa with Misk Art Institute (2024), Cabin Studio by Studio Hrdinů in the Czech Republic (2024), and the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris with Al-Mansouria Foundation (2022).

Asmaa Aljohani is a textile artist, designer, and researcher from Madinah, now based in Riyadh. Her practice explores weaving and electronic textiles, blending traditional techniques with contemporary approaches to uncover new possibilities. She holds an MA in Textile Art from Kent State University (2015) and a PhD in Art and Textiles from the University of Jeddah (2024). Her work transforms textiles into expressions of memory, form, and meaning. Asmaa has exhibited widely and was selected for the Ministry of Culture’s Intermix Residency (2024) and Noor Riyadh Festival (2024).

Alif (b. 1986, Tarut Island) is a Saudi artist working across sculpture, graffiti, and calligraphy. Since 2014, he has reimagined Arabic calligraphy through diverse media, exploring the intersection of tradition and contemporary visual culture. He has exhibited widely, received national art awards, and conducts sculpture workshops. His works are held in both private and public collections.

Jana Ghalayini (b. 1993, Jeddah) is a visual artist whose practice embraces flux and intuition, centering abstraction and fragmentation rather than linear narratives. She works with weaving, mixed media, and printmaking to explore personal memory and the experience of environments. Jana holds a BFA in Printmaking from OCAD University and is a self-taught weaver. She presented her first solo exhibition at Union Gallery, Queen’s University (2023), and has participated in group exhibitions including Carbon 12 Gallery (2024), MisK Art Institute’s travelling exhibition (2023–2024), and Fenaa Al Awal (2023).

Aliaa Kurdi (b. 1994, Jeddah) is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based between Jeddah and Berlin. Working across ceramics, photography, painting, and poetry, her practice explores memory, migration, and the quiet rituals of everyday life. She draws on heritage crafts and overlooked narratives, embedding text and poetry into her visual works and artist books, investigating how we preserve people, places, and traditions in a rapidly changing world.

Curator:
Shadin AlBulaihed (b. 27 June 1994, Jeddah) is a curator based in Riyadh. She is currently Assistant Curator at the Misk Art Institute, leading the Misk Art Grant program and co-curating several exhibitions. Her previous roles include Assistant Curator for the Saudi National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2023), curator’s residency at The Delfina Foundation in London (2022), and Production Manager for the AlUla Residency during the AlUla Arts Festival. She has also assisted in the 21,39 Jeddah Arts exhibitions (2021, 2022) and Noor Riyadh (2022). Shadin holds a BA in Architecture from Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah (2017) and an MA in Museum and Gallery Studies from Kingston University, London (2020).