Performance Residencies in Sweden

AiC Residency

Orust, Sweden

Artist in Coexistence (AiC) is a platform for artistic exploration from a posthumanist perspective for creatives from all artistic disciplines. A residency at AiC means that you work in close relationship with the site and in an exploratory collaboration with more-than-human, to open up new patterns of thought and notions of coexistence between human and more-than-human. You as an artist should be curious about how a posthumanist perspective can enrich your own artistic practice but also how your work can contribute to change towards a sustainable planetary coexistence.

Aira Dance Company AB

Jokkmokk, Sweden

Aira Dance Company AB is the world's first Sami dance center, opened in November outside Jokkmokk in Vuollerim, Sweden. It offers artist residencies for dancers, musicians, and other artistic disciplines, with facilities including a dance studio, amphitheater, music studio, and accommodation for up to eight people. The center provides a safe creative space for professional artists to develop work, with opportunities for regional tours and community engagement.

Art Inside Out

Halmstad, Sweden

Nomadic art institution in Halland, Sweden, including Halmstad, offering artist residencies for site-specific contemporary art in unexpected locations.

Art See Ocean Gallery & Artist residence

Nynas Sandvik 1, Sweden

Art See Ocean Gallery & artist in residence Sweden

Ateljé Bredgrind

Bredgrind 6, Sweden

Name of Residency: Ateljé BredgrindAteljé Bredgrind Artist-in-Residency is open to professional artists. The residency program is self-directed. The artist’s residence is in a scenic area, near waterways, rivers, lakes, forests and fields. There are a nature reserve and a national park nearby. Ateljé Bredgrind artist residency is in Avesta Municipality, just 150 km from Stockholm. The place is an inspiring and creative platform for artistic work. Our artist residency offers accommodation and a s

Baltic Art Center

Visby, Sweden

Baltic Art Center (BAC) is a prominent artist residency program based in Visby on the island of Gotland, Sweden, since 2001, serving as an international meeting place in the Baltic Sea region for contemporary artists. It provides artists with time, space, and resources to develop new ideas and projects individually or collaboratively. BAC focuses on contemporary art practices and has hosted programs like The Site Residency.

Björkö Konstnod (BKN)

Björkö, Sweden

Björkö Konstnod (BKN) is an artist-run, non-profit organization located in Björkö, Sweden, offering residencies predominantly to visual, performance, and sound-based artists. Founded in 2020, BKN provides a unique environment for artists to focus on their practice in a peaceful rural milieu where the forest meets the sea. The residency includes access to well-equipped studios, workshops, darkrooms, and other facilities. BKN fosters a peer-based environment encouraging collaborative and site-sensitive exploration. Artists are selected through open calls and are expected to participate in maintaining the workspace and engaging with the local community. While BKN offers studio grants, artists cover their living expenses.

Cirkör LAB

Norsborg, Sweden

Cirkör LAB is a residency program by Cirkus Cirkör, Sweden's leading contemporary circus organization, offering year-round international residencies for performers, groups, and companies to develop cross-boundary arts, science, and circus projects in dedicated spaces. It provides two residency areas with facilities like rigging, dance mats, project rooms, kitchens, and showers, emphasizing undisturbed work alongside opportunities for sharing processes through documentation and presentations, though no housing is available. Located in Norsborg, the program supports both short- and long-term stays with potential technical and creative assistance.

Konstepidemin

Gothenburg, Sweden

Konstepidemin is Sweden's largest workplace for independent artists, located near Linnéplatsen in Gothenburg, housing over 130 professionals across visual arts, music, writing, film, theater, and dance. Its artist-in-residence program, running since 1990, offers five guest studios to international artists, writers, musicians, curators, and speakers for 1-6 month stays, fostering a productive environment for artistic development and public engagement. Residents live and work in equipped studio apartments with access to shared facilities like a graphics workshop.

Rejmyre Art Lab Center for Peripheral Studies

Rejmyre, Sweden

Rejmyre Art Lab Center for Peripheral Studies is an artist-run organization in Rejmyre, Sweden, founded in by artists Daniel Peltz and Sissi Westerberg, focusing on long-term, place-based artistic research exploring rural, industrial, ecological, and social contexts through ensemble residencies and embedded practices. It offers funded international residency programs like Tropism and Refuging, providing stipends, housing, production support, and access to spaces such as the Refuging Pavilion, with emphasis on collective reflection, community engagement, and site-specific installations. Activities include post-MFA fellowships, experimental glass projects, seminars, exhibitions, and pedagogical programs in the village.

Ricklundgården

Axel Arons väg 6, Sweden

Name of Residency: Emma Ricklunds StiftelseResidents are each provided with a private living room, bedroom with bunkbed, work space, kitchen and expansive views of our Marsfjäll mountains.We invite artist to join us at our new art education workshop EMMAS.EMMAS workshop is mainly for children and young people in Vilhelmina municipality, but also young and older adults and retirees. Here we want to create opportunities for people in the community to meet and work with different art forms, but als

RUD AIR is an Artist-In-Residence program in the rural area of Laxarby. It is situated ten km east of the small town of Bengtsfors, in the province of Dalsland, South-West Sweden. Away from the energetic and often hectic art world of the cities, this residency provides a tranquil and intimate space for art and reflection.The program is self-directed. RUD AIR aims to be a retreat for the artists. It simply intends to provide breathing space away from the obligations and routines of everyday life.

Stiftelsen Gamleby Tingshus /Foundation Gamleby Courthouse

Storgatan 1, Sweden

Name of Residency: Tingshusresidens/The Old Courthouse ResidenceWelcome to Tingshusresidens in an old courthouse building in Gamleby, Småland!The Courthouse Residence is located in an old courthouse registry on the ground floor. There is one large studio/bedroom and a fully equipped kitchen.The old notary rooms on the top floor have smaller studios and a shower. There is also a washing machine available in another building . The bedroom is big enough for two persons if you are willing to share a

Tomelilla Konsthall

Tomelilla, Sweden

Tomelilla Konsthall, nestled in the charming Swedish countryside, offers the Sten Malmquist Grant for international artists to engage in a 4-6 week residency. Established in 2017, this grant honors the memory of Sten Malmquist, a local benefactor passionate about the arts. Artists from disciplines such as visual arts, sculpture, textile, film, video, installation, or performance are invited to apply, provided they hold a nationality other than Swedish and work primarily outside Sweden. The residency includes a single room accommodation, a work studio, travel costs, and a stipend for production. A requirement for the residency is the artist’s active engagement with the local community through workshops and public presentations of their work. This residency fosters an intimate connection with the rural landscape of southeast Skåne and promotes cultural exchange with the local inhabitants.

Unga Dramaten/The Royal Dramatic Theatre

Nybrogatan 2, Sweden

Name of Residency: Unga Dramaten International Writing Residency ProgrammeThe Writing Residency for young audiences is a newly launched programme aimed at professionals working within the performing arts or academia who want to explore an idea, question or theme for children and young people aged 3-15 years old.What we offer in our international Writing residency:A 3-week long residency at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in StockholmAccess to an apartment during the entire periodA travel budget of 10