paris cian (see-ahn)


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paris cian (1996) is an artist-scholar and curator native to and living in New Orleans, LA. Her art explores themes of devotion, time, Black memory, Black girlhood, climate change, and impermanence.



Education


MFA in Choreography, Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom
2021

BFA/BA in Dance, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2018




Archive


watabodies, (digital archive)
2024

home(love)making:watercrossing (film)
2024

m3.LA (film)
2022

theShore:in/SIGHT (film)
2021

home(love)making; woodlandcrossing (film)
2020



Press

Joan Mitchell Foundation Artist in Residence 2026 - New Orleans Artists (2026)

HowlRound Theatre Commons MicroCosmos Essay,

Surviving, Sustaining, and Grieving in Place
(2025)

A Studio in the Woods Rising Climate Crisis Residency (2024)

BODYPOETRY: A SHORT FILM (2023) by Zandashé Brown

NYFA Anonymous Was A Woman Enviornmental Arts Grant Recipient (2022)

#MYBODYPOETRYIS (2022), Dance as an instrument for Mental Health by LEDE NEW ORLEANS

Contemporary Arts Center Artist in Residence (2021) theShorein:SIGHT Film x Interview

Visual Arts Research Journal (2021), 2323BlackLuna (film)



“...ceremonies carry potential for transformation.” - Tiffany Lethabo King