Visual Arts Residencies in Greece

ARC Athens

Athens, Greece

ARCAthens, established in 2017 as a not-for-profit organization in Athens, Greece, offers a flagship program known as the Athens Residency. This program provides two fully-funded fellowship opportunities, one each for visual artists and curators. These fellowships enable participants to live and work in Athens, immersing themselves in the city's ongoing cultural renaissance. The program is renowned for its comprehensive approach, including promotional services and robust networking opportunities like studio visits, private collection tours, and bespoke tours of local institutions. Additionally, fellows participate in various community events, enhancing their immersion and response to the vibrant local culture. The residency aims to enrich the professional and creative lives of its participants, offering a platform for deep engagement with Athens' artistic scene. ARCAthens values diversity, welcoming international applicants and focusing on fostering a broad range of creative thought and practice. The residency, free from extensive obligations, does require fellows to participate in a bespoke seminar and a public end-of-residency event. Practical aspects of the fellowship include a two-month duration, a $2,000 USD prize, air travel, a weekly stipend, and accommodation with shared facilities. The selection process involves an independent committee.

Argo Studios multidisciplinary artist and writer's

Athens, Greece

Argo Studios is a multidisciplinary art residency program in Athens, Greece, offering dedicated workspaces, neo-classical apartments, and connections to the local art scene for artists, writers, performers, scholars, and creatives.

Cycladic Arts is an artist-run residency program in a renovated traditional Cycladic house in Alyki, a seaside village on Paros, Greece, fostering dialogue and exchange among creatives from diverse backgrounds through living and working in a unique cultural setting. It provides opportunities for visual artists, theorists, curators, writers, and others to reflect, research, produce work, receive studio visits, and exhibit at the end of their stay. The program emphasizes international collaborations and artistic experimentation inspired by the island's heritage.

EIGHT, critical institute for arts and politics

Athens, Greece

EIGHT is a cultural space in central Athens that hosts an artist residency program open to artists, theorists, and researchers across artistic, curatorial, and critical practices, particularly encouraging research-based work engaging with socially/politically engaged practices, alternative ecologies, and urban interventions. The program provides time and space for developing, testing, and presenting work through an initial work-sharing presentation, meetings with the collective, and a final public presentation, with opportunities for collaboration on hybrid events across art, politics, and theory. Located near Exarcheia and Omonoia square, it supports urban research and social action in response to Greece's socio-political landscape.

Name of Residency: EVENT HORIZON CRETEOPEN CALL – 27 ROLLING ADMISSIONS, NO DEADLINEEvent Horizon is a Crete based retreat for production and experimentation. Studio space is available following an application which is evaluated by the Event Horizon selection panel. Artists are assessed through reference to six criteria. Interviews will be held on Skype (or other apps) with video.The residency is a private retreat within the Greek speaking local community and residents do not usually overla

FaveLAB

Zaimi, Greece

The FaveLAB residency and workshop programs aim at stimulating the dialogue between guest artists and the local community.FaveLAb provides living and working space, access to local art networks and institutions, expertise and resources allowing the artists to work on their concepts, reasearch and study new techniques while living in Athens.FaveLAB ensures the communication and presentation of the work developed during the residency program. Shows and presentations take place in changing location

Gaia Artist Residency

Vounaria, Greece

Name of Residency: Gaia Artist ResidencyThe residency aims to provide a safe, tranquil and inspiring place for artists to develop their practice and  contribute to the revitalisation of the area through cultural exchange. Specific programmes may be offered as the opportunity and funding  arises but the main focus of the residency is to provide a place for individual artists to work on thier own practice. To this end we work closely with the individual artists to identify their specific needs.Thr

Hermitage Sykaminea

Lehrter Straße 43, Greece

Hermitage Sykaminea offers self-organised residencies on a monthly basis. The residency format is intentionally non-curated and non-competitive. There is no selection committee, no predefined theme, and no required outcomes.Residencies are open to individual artists, writers, researchers, and self-organised groups who wish to use the space as a temporary working and living environment. Residents determine their own working rhythm, focus, and internal structure.The residency is conceived as a ret

IRIS ART CENTRE

P.O. Box 46007 Drosopigi, Greece

Name of Residency: Coaching ResidencyThe IRIS Artist Coaching Residency in Greece: time, space and support!Immerse yourself in an inspiring studio environment in the Greek countryside. The IRIS ART CENTRE offers you a unique opportunity to create art and discover new trails in the development of your own artistic expression. Situated in the foothills of Parnitha National Park, a protected mountainous area filled with wildlife and pine trees, just outside Athens, Greece, the IRIS ART CENTRE provi

KINITIRAS CHOROTHEAMA

NIKIOU 133, Greece

Kinitiras is the first Residency Centre for performing arts in the city of Athens, It was created in December and until August it hosted numerous artists throughout the world from the fields of dance, theatre and performance. Inside its small premises located underneath Akropolis, Kinitiras became a creative hub while at the same time it opened the pathway for the idea of residency centre in Greece.It is now time for us to move on and create another flexible model of residency that wil

Kinono Tinos Art Gathering

Tinos, Greece

Kinono Tinos Art Gathering is a multidimensional cultural organization in Tinos, Greece, since , running the 'Four-plus one- Elements' residency program that integrates the landscape, seasons, and elements (earth, water, air, fire, plus time) into artistic creations. It hosts interdisciplinary artists for site-specific works including visual arts, performing arts, sound, film, workshops, and research projects in non-urban island locations, fostering collaboration with locals and producing content for a digital artistic map of Tinos. The program emphasizes reflection on nature, tradition, history, and metaphysics, with past editions like the residency involving around 45 participants across five landmarks.

La Chapelle Saint-Antoine

Chora, Naxos, Greece

La Chapelle Saint-Antoine is a unique artist residency located in the historic Kastro of Chora on the Greek island of Naxos. Set in a beautifully restored old Venetian house that once served as a monastery, the residency intertwines rich history with artistic creativity. It offers a tranquil and inspiring environment for artists from various disciplines and nationalities to develop their work. The residency program, running from April to November, accommodates two artists each month, providing them with private rooms, personal workshops, and shared living spaces. Artists at La Chapelle Saint-Antoine benefit from the serene surroundings and the cultural richness of Naxos, an island known for its diverse landscapes and historical significance. The residency emphasizes the importance of creative exploration, cultural exchange, and the development of new works. Additionally, it fosters a community-oriented atmosphere, where artists can share ideas and experiences. La Chapelle Saint-Antoine represents a bridge between the past and present, offering a unique space where art and heritage coalesce.

The Lakkos Artist Residency is an independent, artist-run multidisciplinary space founded in by visual artist Mathew Halpin, located in the historic Old Town of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, aimed at revitalizing the Lakkos district through creative research, urban exploration, and cultural immersion. It offers self-directed stays with no obligation for exhibitions, emphasizing unhurried creation, access to local art scenes, Minoan sites, and community engagement via murals and pop-up events. Artists enjoy shared or private accommodation, studio access, and proximity to beaches, museums, and a secondary village location 30 minutes away.

Name of Residency: ‘Living in the Garden’For a creative artist, the inspirational value of an actively focused retreat in a remote and beautiful location cannot be underestimated.Surrounded by open hillsides with long sea views, no streetlights, close neighbors or noisy traffic, the primary aim of our residency is to provide an ideal environment for those artists who wish for a distraction free space in a remote and natural environment, where they can comfortably relax into a focused state of mi

Mudhouse Residency

Agios Ioannis, Greece

The Mudhouse Residency, situated in the serene village of Agios Ioannis on Crete, Greece, is a haven for artists seeking inspiration from the stunning natural environment, solitude for creative growth, an artistic community for enriching professional practices, and a deep cultural immersion in a region with a rich historical background. Founded in 2015, the Mudhouse is now in its eighth year and offers three two-week sessions each summer to a diverse, multicultural, and multi-generational group of international contemporary artists. The residency welcomes artists from various disciplines, including visual arts, writing, music, and performance, fostering dialogues across traditional boundaries. Participants are invited to share their work with fellow residents through presentations and to partake in a closing exhibition that integrates the local historical and natural scenery. The Mudhouse is distinct for its commitment to affordability and diversity, achieved through the support of individual donors and foundations, which allows the provision of both full and partial fellowships determined by a competitive, juried process based on merit and financial need. The residency fee covers accommodations, as well as lunch and dinner served daily, with artists encouraged to explore Crete's rich landscape and historical sites.

nekubi art residency

El. Venizelou 79, Greece

Name of Residency: Nekubi Art ResidencyThe residency program offers: shared working studio space accommodation exhibition space curated event at the end of the program (exhibition of works, open bar, DJ’s, promotion to our community)RESIDENCY LENGTH: 3 WEEKS or 6 WEEKS The are two residency program options (3 or 6 weeks). Residency programs are open to artists based anywhere in the world.Residency Programme since: 2022Description of Organisation: We are an artist run cultural space in the form o

Peru Athens Residency

Athens, Greece

ARCAthens' flagship Athens Residency offers fully-funded 2-month fellowships for visual artists, curators, and scholars. Includes housing, $2,000 prize, weekly stipend, air travel. Open to non-Greek residents; features networking and public events.

Phoenix Athens

Athens, Greece

Phoenix Athens is a nonprofit artist-run gallery and residency in Athens that provides international and local creatives with space, facilities, and time to develop their artistic practice while engaging with the local community. Founded in by artist Dimitri Yin, the residency emphasizes inclusion, social justice, ecology, and multiculturalism through its Villa Exarcheia program, which offers lodging, workshop access, and exhibition opportunities.

Name of Residency: Heraklion Art Studio ResidencyΤο πρόγραμμα φιλοξενίας καλλιτεχνών βρίσκεται στην Κρήτη και προσφέρει στους καλλιτέχνες την ευκαιρία να πειραματιστούν ελεύθερα με καλλιτεχνικό μέσο, ​​ενω ζουν στην ιστορική πόλη της Ηρακλείου. Οι καλλιτέχνες έχουν την ευκαιρία να εξερευνήσουν τα μαγευτικά φυσικά τόπο της Κρήτης, αποκτώντας δημιουργικότητα και έμπνευση. Το πρόγραμμα φιλοξενίας καλλιτεχνών προσφέρει ιδιωτικό κατάλυμα με μπάνιο, κουζίνα και χώρο εργασίας, καθώς και εστιατόριο. Καλ

The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts

PO Box 56, Greece

Name of Residency: Create art on the beautiful island of Skopelos.The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts offers three-week residencies in ceramics, mixed media, painting and printmaking, from April to October.Each person that visits the Foundation is extremely important to us and we make sure to give everyone individual attention. Our commitment is that you not only fulfill your artistic goals but also have a taste of island living.Residency Programme since: 2001Description of Organisation: The Sk

Vovousa Festival Residency

Vovousa, Greece

The Vovousa Festival Residency is an artist residency program associated with the annual Vovousa Festival held every August for 10 days in the historic village of Vovousa, Greece, emphasizing themes of mountain altitude and nature conservation through sustainable practices. It supports artists in creating works inspired by the natural surroundings, as evidenced by past participants exhibiting photography and participating in festival events like performances and workshops. Residencies have included one-week stays and month-long programs, often involving multidisciplinary activities such as dance, photography, and experiential literature.

Water & Rock Nature

Thassos Island, Greece

The Thassos artists' retreat, also known as Water & Rock art residency, is a nature-focused program on Thassos Island, Greece, welcoming artists, writers, musicians, researchers, and scientists to nurture creative expression in a mountainous village setting surrounded by forests and sea. It emphasizes cross-disciplinary exchanges, art-nature excursions, community living, and immersion in the local Greek island lifestyle, with options for guided hikes, yoga, and permaculture volunteering. Residencies typically last 1 week to 1 month, housed in a shared house with studio spaces, though a separate marble sculpting-focused retreat exists.