The École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris Cergy is a National public school of art and design established in

Cergy-Pontoise Cergy-Pontoise () is a new town and an agglomeration community in France, in the Val-d'Oise and Yvelines departments, northwest of Paris on the river Oise. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise. Its population ...

. It is one of the five National Art schools in France, run by the French

Ministry of Culture (France) The Ministry of Culture () is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, ...

. Recognized as France's second best graduate school of arts, it delivers the DNSEP,

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

of Fine Arts, as well as Post Masters. It presents itself as a "laboratory for contemporary art" around dance studios, film, sound, video, painting, photography, drawing, writing, and multimedia. It runs its own art gallery, Ygrec, located in Paris It runs exchange programs with

La Cambre L'École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (ENSAV), more known as La Cambre, is a renowned visual arts school founded by Henry van de Velde in Brussels in 1926. It was founded as the ''Institut supérieur des Arts décoratifs' ...

in Brussels;

Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art university in London, England. The college offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of short ...

, London;

Otis College of Art and Design Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is located in the former IBM Aero ...

, Los Angeles;

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts () has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Danish Academy of Portraiture, Sculpture, and Architecture in Cope ...

, Copenhagen, among others

Notable teachers

* François Bon *

Geoffroy de Lagasnerie Geoffroy de Lagasnerie (born 1981) is a French philosopher and sociologist. He is the author of several books, articles and lectures pertaining to social and political philosophy, epistemology and critical theory, and the sociology of culture ...

Luc Lang Luc Lang (born 1956 in Suresnes) is a French writer, born into a working-class family. Biography Lang attended literary preparatory classes: Upper Letters (Hypokhâgne) at the lycée Honoré-de-Balzac, then Upper First (khâgne) at the lyc� ...

* Orlan

Notable alumni

Zoulikha Bouabdellah Zoulikha Bouabdellah (born 20 June 1977) is a Russian-born contemporary artist of Algerian descent. She lives and works in Casablanca and Paris. Biography The daughter of , a film director and author, and Malika Dorbani, former head of the N ...

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec (born 1971 and 1976) are brothers noted for their design work, which has been featured in publications and museums globally — and spans a wide range from tables and chairs to tableware, rugs, textile walls, office furnit ...

* Cyril Duval *

Loris Gréaud Loris Gréaud (born February 7, 1979, in Eaubonne, France) is a conceptual installation artist, as well as a filmmaker and architect. Biography He is seen in the media and recognized by international critics as one of the most important and ...

Emmanuel Guillaud Emmanuel Guillaud (born 1970) is a French artist. Biography Guillaud is a French visual artist working with photography. He mostly exhibits his work as synchronized slideshows / multi-screens installations. Resident at Villa Kujoyama. Instal ...

Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius ( ; born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer. He is best known for his 2011 film, ''The Artist (film), The Artist'', which won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 84th Academy Aw ...

Jean-Michel Othoniel Jean-Michel Othoniel (born 27 January 1964) is a French contemporary artist. He has worked in a variety of artistic media, including film, installation, photography and sculpture. In 2000 he designed a new entrance for the Palais Royal–Mus ...

Eshel Meir Eshel () may refer to: Organizations * Eshel (organization), Orthodox LGBTQ support organization Places ;Israel * Eshel HaNasi, Israel * Beit Eshel, Mandatory Palestine ;United States * Eshel, California People with the surname * Hanan Eshe ...

References

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