NICOLAS DOYARD is a professional in cultural and international cooperation, with more than 25 years of impactful experience across continents. Starting in television documentary production, he quickly pivoted to the French cultural network abroad, first as a consultant at Namibian Broadcasting Corporation in Windhoek, Namibia, and then as an audiovisual attaché for Southern Africa based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Upon returning to France in 2012, he coordinated the French leg of the South African Season under the auspices of the South African Ministry of Culture. He then joined the Institut Français, where he served as a performing arts project manager for several cross-cultural seasons, including the Year of France-Korea, the Singapore Festival in France, and the France-Croatia Festival. In 2016, Doyard moved abroad once more to lead the Franco-Guinean Cultural Center in Conakry. Three years later, back in Paris, he coordinated the Digital Lab Africa program, an incubation initiative for digital creation (XR/VR, video games, animation, digital art) in sub-Saharan Africa, implemented through the South African incubator Tshimologong. In 2021, Doyard joined the International Affairs department of the French Ministry of Culture as officer for Africa and performing arts, where he dedicated three years to advancing the Ministry’s transformational agenda with African nations. Since September 2024, he has taken on the role of cultural and education attache/director of Villa Albertine in Miami.
