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Stéphanie Chazalon
Director General of the ICI (Institute of Islamic Cultures)

www.institut-cultures-islam.org

French, English, Spanish
Specialty: Multidisciplinary

Stéphanie Chazalon has been director of ICI - Institut des Cultures d'Islam since 2016. By supporting the production and dissemination of visual arts related to the cultures of Islam, she supports a project that is rooted in the region and open to the world. Encounters, dialogue and co-construction nourish its approach: it invites international or local curators and artists to take over the spaces of ICI as well as the streets of the district, and regularly involves local residents. This active participation is at the heart of the mediation programs and artistic and cultural education initiatives developed in close collaboration with the ICI team and artists, both inside and outside the walls.

Stéphanie Chazalon is also co-president of TRAM, the Paris/Ile-de-France contemporary art network, which federates 35 venues testifying to the vitality of creation in this region, and sharing values such as cooperation, exemplarý practices and artistic rigor.

Previously advisor to Bertrand Delanoë and then Anne Hidalgo, mayors of Paris, she worked on public policies for equality, solidarity and hospitality.