New Media Residencies in India

Art Junction Residency

Udaipur, India

Art Junction Residency is an independent, non-profit artist residency program located in the rural village of Badanga near Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, founded in to foster cultural exchange, creative exploration, and collaboration among emerging and established artists from diverse backgrounds. It offers short to medium-term stays in eco cottages with shared studios, supporting a wide range of disciplines including visual arts, performance, new media, and more, while hosting community workshops, exhibitions, and public talks. The program emphasizes immersion in a peaceful natural environment to encourage experimentation and dialogue with local culture.

Artinn Jaipur Center

85 GURUKRIPA 3RD AVENUE GOMES DEFENCE COLONY VAISHALI NAGAR JAIPUR, India

Name of Residency: ARTINN JAIPUR CENTERAn artist residency where the actual local artists and artisans were.ArtInn Jaipur today provides a platform for both local and international artists to come together to learn, ideate and create works of art.We run personalised workshops at ArtInn Jaipur. Some are run at the residency while others are at the artists village.The traditional arts of Rajasthan are varied and many. Just as the dialect changes every few kilometres, the arts and crafts of the reg

Chander Haat

Kolkata, India

Chander Haat is an artist-run commune and residency program in Sarsuna, on the southern fringes of Kolkata, India, founded in the late 1980s and offering residencies since to artists, academicians, curators, and creatives in visual arts, performing arts, new media, and curatorial practices. It provides a space for reflection, research, production, and cultural exchange, accommodating 1-4 residents for 1 week to 4 months in private or shared rooms with access to 3 studios. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary, experimental, and community-based art within a supportive environment fostering innovation and immersion in local culture.

Farside Collective

Ladakh, India

Farside Collective is an artist-run studio and project space in Sankar village, Leh, Ladakh, India, offering short (2 weeks) and long (1-2 month) residencies for artists, writers, and designers to live in their house and produce work around themes, with access to studios equipped for printing, zine making, and more. The program emphasizes contemporary arts, graphic design, photography, films, and printed matter like artist books and zines, including community feedback, exhibitions, and pop-up shows. Open calls occur in January/February, with rolling applications in summer (May-October).

Last Ship

Near Sound and Light gate, India

Name of Residency: Last ShipLast Ship is now in Khajuraho, the UNESCO World Heritage site in Madhya Pradesh, and Kalinjar, Uttar Pradesh, India. Last Ship’s Artist in Residence program provides an opportunity for artists from around the world to experience this ancient region, its history, and its mystic and spiritual traditions while they are still alive in this small pocket of time, before they are lost forever.Last Ship’s artist studios, along with its restaurant and community space, are loca

Sarai Media Lab

Delhi, India

Sarai Media Lab is a prominent new media initiative at CSDS in Delhi that hosts artist residencies, fellowships, and collaborative projects focused on urban space, media culture, and contemporary practices. The program invites artists, scholars, and practitioners from South Asia and internationally to engage in creative and experimental work across various media forms including video, audio, digital, and installation art.