Te Ataata 2026 - Alizée Armet
Artist-researcher Alizée Armet has been selected as the 2026 Te Ataata artist in residence at Auckland University of Technology’s Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha.
The Te Ataata Residency is hosted by AUT in partnership with the French Embassy in New Zealand and Institut Français, and runs from July to August 2026.
Born in Bayonne, France, in 1991, Armet lives between Bayonne, Bilbao (Spain) and Montreal (Canada). An artist and researcher with a PhD from the University of the Basque Country, Armet’s hybrid installations, often created in collaboration with scientists and engineers, explore the intersections between art, technology and biology.
Armet’s work has been exhibited across Europe - including France, Spain and Germany, and she has completed residencies in Canada, Spain, France, Slovenia and Germany.
About Te Ataata
Each year, AUT hosts a practice-based French scholar under the Te Ataata Residency programme, which is a joint initiative between AUT and the French Embassy in New Zealand, with the support of Institut Français.
The programme aims to develop collaborations and initiatives between the two countries and is an opportunity for the scholar to work alongside their AUT peers on interdisciplinary art-science research, with access to the same facilities, expertise and materials as staff during their stay in Aotearoa.
Hosted by AUT’s Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies - Te Ara Auaha, the residency recognises that design as a discipline is central to advancing transdisciplinary learning and research. The faculty’s range of discipline areas include art and design; communication studies; engineering, computer and mathematical sciences; and creative technologies.
Portrait of Alizée Armet courtesy Hana Marn / Kapelica Gallery