Curation Residencies in Poland

AIR Wro

Wrocław, Poland

AIR Wro is one of Poland's longest-running artist mobility programmes, developed as a legacy of Wrocław's European Capital of Culture designation. It supports Polish and international artists, curators, researchers, journalists, activists and animators through residencies and study visits, focusing on contemporary culture, urban issues, and international cultural exchange.

Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art

Warsaw, Poland

The Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw offers interdisciplinary artist residencies since 2002, hosting over 300 professionals including artists, curators, researchers, and collectives from more than 50 countries. These invitation-based or open-call stays, lasting several months, emphasize individual practice, experimentation, research, and collaboration with local context, providing access to production facilities and leading to diverse outcomes like performances, lectures, and community projects.

Villa Decius

Kraków, Poland

The Villa Decius Institute for Culture in Kraków, Poland, operates the Artists' Residencies Centre, hosting multiple residency programs for writers, translators, visual artists, scriptwriters, playwrights, and persecuted creators from around the world. Each program provides housing in comfortable rooms at the historic Łaski's House within the Renaissance palace-park complex, along with monthly scholarships, travel reimbursements, and opportunities for professional development and cultural engagement. Specific initiatives include the Krakow UNESCO Residency, ICORN for at-risk artists, Artistic Scholarship for visual artists focused on Polish heritage, and others like Arts in Exile for literature, visual arts, and music.

Wyspa Progress Foundation

Gdansk, Poland

The Wyspa Progress Foundation, founded in 1994 in Gdansk, Poland, operates an interdisciplinary artist residency program called Wyspa AIR Port, aimed at introducing international researchers, theoreticians, critics, and creators of visual culture to the Tricity and Polish art scene. Residents collaborate with curators and project coordinators, access production resources, and engage in several-week stays focused on research and experimentation in their chosen fields. The program supports bold initiatives exploring connections with new technologies, ecology, posthumanism, and experimental forms at their Art Lab Wyspa venue on Sobieszewo Island.