Research Residencies

32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust

Kampala, Uganda

32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust is a contemporary art organization in Kampala, Uganda, offering artist residencies focused on creation, experimentation, and career development since 2011. The program provides access to studios, library, resource centre, workshops, and public programming at their purpose-built art centre, with flexible formats including self-funded and fully funded options for Ugandan, East African, and international artists.[1][3][4][6]

Ars Electronica Futurelab

Linz, Austria

The Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz, Austria, supports artist residencies focused on interdisciplinary collaboration between artists, designers, and scientists, often involving research and development in techno-cultural phenomena.[1][3] Residencies typically include a production phase of 3-6 weeks or about one month at Ars Electronica in Linz, following initial mentoring elsewhere, with opportunities for public presentation at the Ars Electronica Festival.[1] Participants receive funding such as artist fees and production costs, and collaborate with Futurelab experts.[1]

Atelier Mondial

Basel, Switzerland

Atelier Mondial is an international and interdisciplinary artist residency program in Basel, Switzerland, hosting guest artists from partner institutions worldwide in its seven studios for stays typically lasting three to six months. It provides live-in studios, stipends for living expenses, and opportunities for open studios and exhibitions at Salon Mondial. The program also offers grants to regional artists from Basel, South Baden, and Alsace for residencies abroad in fields like visual arts, literature, fashion & textiles, dance & performing arts, and curation.

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.[1][7][9] It provides artists with time, space, and resources to develop new ideas and projects individually or collaboratively.[1] BAC focuses on contemporary art practices and has hosted programs like The Site Residency.[5]

Bamboo Curtain Studio

Taipei, Taiwan

Bamboo Curtain Studio (BCS) is an independent arts organization in Taiwan that has operated for over 25 years, hosting 6-8 international artists per year for 1-3 month stays. The residency emphasizes site-specific work, environmental art, and cross-cultural exchange, welcoming visual artists, performing artists, curators, and professionals from various creative disciplines.

Capacete

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

CAPACETE is Brazil's oldest artist residency program, founded in 1998 in Rio de Janeiro by Helmut Batista, operating as an independent, discursive platform for researching and documenting aesthetic, social, and political processes in Brazil and South America.[1][2][5] It integrates residents into the local context through seminars, talks, workshops, and exchanges, with programs lasting typically 3 to 12 months.[1][3][8] The residency emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, intercultural exchange, and community involvement, including 8 hours weekly maintenance of the space.[2][4]

CCA Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria

The Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA Lagos) offers artist residencies through its Àsìkò Art School program, initiated in 2010 as part art workshop, part residency, and part art academy to address educational gaps in critical methodologies and histories of artistic practice in Nigeria and Africa.[1][5] It emphasizes critical thinking, conceptual ideas, research, writing, and discourse alongside studio practice, targeting artists, curators, and cultural practitioners from Africa and the diaspora.[2][1] The intensive program includes structured segments led by lead artists/curators, with international exchange residencies via partnerships like ISCP New York and ZK/U Berlin.[4]

CCA Tashkent

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

The Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Tashkent offers fully funded 8-week artist residencies welcoming emerging and established artists, writers, and researchers from around the world to engage with Uzbekistan's cultural heritage and local communities. The program runs three times annually with four to five participants per cohort and includes opportunities for cross-cultural collaboration, public engagement, and exhibition of final work.

Cemeti Institute for Art and Society

Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Cemeti Institute for Art and Society's artist-in-residence programme in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, supports post-studio based practices through artistic research, knowledge exchange, and connections with local communities, artists, curators, and academics. It runs twice yearly in March-May and September-November, each period hosting one Indonesian artist and one or two international artists via partner organizations. Residents engage in public events like Kamar Tokek sessions and culminate in a final presentation such as an exhibition, performance, or community project.

CMCArts

Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands

CMCArts offers an Artist-in-Residence program in a restored waterfront building in Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, connecting artists with the Caribbean to develop their professional practice while educating and diversifying the arts culture. The program provides a fully-furnished private suite apartment with kitchen, bathroom, and living room/studio space, plus shared facilities like a ceramics studio for multi-media production. Residents have opportunities for public presentations and are ideal for self-directed creatives seeking a reflective rural environment.

Cove Park

Helensburgh, United Kingdom

Cove Park is an international artist residency centre on a 50-acre rural site overlooking Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland, near Helensburgh, hosting national and international artists, writers, researchers, and creative practitioners across all art forms and career stages.[1][3] The program supports research, experimentation, development, and production of new work in a supportive environment with communal facilities and events.[1][2] Residencies vary from funded opportunities with stipends and housing to self-funded stays, typically lasting 2-4 weeks.[1][2]

Darat al Funun

Amman, Jordan

Darat al Funun's artists-in-residence program, initiated in 1995, creates a stimulating environment for artists from the Arab world and abroad to explore new fields, work, exhibit, and conduct workshops.[1] Housed in historic 1920s buildings in Amman alongside archaeological sites, it supports creative encounters through collaborations like UNESCO-Aschberg and Pro Helvetia, and includes initiatives such as the relaunched Summer Academy for regional artists.[1][2] Residents produce works for exhibitions and utilize spaces like The Lab for experimental projects.[5]

Eyebeam

New York, United States

Eyebeam is a New York City-based nonprofit residency program for emerging artists, technologists, and writers in the first decade of their careers, focusing on technology's role in arts and society through experimental, interdisciplinary projects.[1][2][3] The 2026 residency, guided by the prompt on building a pluralistic commons, offers NYC residents studio access in Brooklyn for creative exploration and invention.[1][5] Participants receive a generous financial stipend, shared studios, top-notch facilities, mentorship, and community engagement, with the program returning to in-person format post-pandemic.[4][6]

FLORA ars+natura

Bogotá, Colombia

FLORA ars+natura is a non-profit contemporary art space in Bogotá, Colombia that specializes in the relationship between art, nature, and the body. The residency program hosts international and Colombian artists for stays ranging from 2 months to a year, providing studio space, accommodation, curatorial mentorship, and opportunities for collaborative practices and cultural exchange.

Fogo Island Arts

Fogo Island, Canada

Fogo Island Arts is an international residency program founded in 2008 that invites professional contemporary artists, curators, writers, filmmakers, musicians, designers, and thinkers to live and work on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada, fostering creation, research, and connections around themes of sustainability, ecology, economy, and belonging.[1][2][3] Residents stay in saltbox houses within local communities, with access to individual studios in scenic locations, and are expected to engage publicly through presentations or workshops.[1][2] The program, part of the Shorefast Foundation, supports a range of disciplines and has specific opportunities like the fully funded 6-8 week Newfoundland and Labrador Artist Residency.[5]

Fresh Milk

Bridgetown, Barbados

Fresh Milk is an artist-led, non-profit organisation founded in 2011 and based in Barbados that supports excellence in the visual arts through residencies and programmes providing Caribbean artists with opportunities for development. The platform offers professional support to artists from the Caribbean and further afield, seeking to stimulate critical thinking in contemporary visual art and foster a thriving art community.

Heritage Space

Hanoi, Vietnam

Heritage Space is an independent art space in Hanoi, Vietnam, led by artistic director Nguyen Anh-Tuan since 2016, focused on nurturing young Vietnamese artists and bringing contemporary art to the public through exhibitions and publications. The artist residency program invites international artists, curators, and researchers to collaborate with emerging Vietnamese artists for stays of up to two months, centered around specific thematic focuses. It emphasizes cultural exchange, communal house transformations into creative hubs, and innovative approaches to heritage preservation.[5][7]

Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen

Innsbruck, Austria

Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen is a postgraduate center in Innsbruck, Austria, for production, research, and exchange in visual arts and art theory, offering a Fellowship Program that supports artistic and theoretical projects through residencies.[1][2] The program provides fellows with apartment studios for living and working, a monetary award, production budget, travel support, and access to multimedia-equipped project spaces, fostering exchange with experts and public presentations.[1][3][5] It targets visual/media artists, critics, theorists, and curators for typically five-month stays, combining residency benefits with non-university research opportunities.[2][3]

Les Récollets

Paris, France

Les Récollets is an 80-unit furnished international residence in Paris's 10th arrondissement dedicated to hosting established researchers, scientists, and artists from around the world. The center provides accommodation with hotel-like services and fosters interdisciplinary creative exchange among residents from diverse fields. It serves as a space for artists and researchers to develop specific projects while engaging with Paris's cultural institutions and community.

Lugar a Dudas

Cali, Colombia

Lugar a Dudas is an independent, non-profit artist residency and contemporary art space in Cali, Colombia, founded in 2005 by artist Oscar Muñoz to foster research, dialogue, reflection, and experimentation among local and international artists and curators. The residency program, started in 2006, provides an interactive platform for process-based work without rigid structure, encouraging exchanges with the local art community through talks, open studios, and access to facilities. It emphasizes visual arts but is open to diverse fields like curation, performance, dance, writing, and activism, while offering comfortable housing in a nearby house with shared workshops and communal areas.

Matadero Madrid

Madrid, Spain

The Centre for Artists in Residence (CRA) at Matadero Madrid in Nave 16 offers multidisciplinary residencies for artists, musicians, educators, and cultural agents, providing workspaces, resources, and time for research, experimentation, and reflection away from market pressures.[1] Residents share facilities like auditoriums, editing rooms, kitchens, and workshops, fostering a community with team support, mentors, and public events such as Open Days three times a year.[1] Programs like El Ranchito provide international residencies with studios, living allowances, and production support, connected to Matadero's cultural ecosystem.[3]

Nafasi Art Space

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Nafasi Art Space is Tanzania's leading independent, artist-led contemporary art centre offering an exchange-based residency programme where visiting artists work alongside 60+ member artists for 1-3 months.[2] The programme emphasizes active collaboration and knowledge exchange, with residents expected to deliver workshops and contribute to the local artistic community's development.[2]

NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore

Singapore, Singapore

NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore is a research-oriented, studio-based residency programme that has supported over 210 artists, curators, and researchers since 2014. The programme provides fully-funded residencies with curatorial support, enabling multiform creative processes and facilitating interdisciplinary knowledge production. Residents become active contributors to the Centre's cultural life and develop public programmes including talks, workshops, open studios, screenings, and performances.

Nubuke Foundation

Accra, Ghana

The Nubuke Foundation offers artist residencies at its Centre for Textiles and Clay in Loho, near Wa in Ghana's Upper West region, providing a self-directed program for artists, writers, designers, curators, scholars, and creatives to explore their practice. Started in 2022 under ACP-EU support, it has hosted over 15 participants and emphasizes textiles and clay while being open to diverse fields. Residents produce work-in-progress, public projects, exhibitions, and community engagements.

Palais de Tokyo – Le Pavillon

Paris, France

The Palais de Tokyo – Le Pavillon (also known as Pavillon Neuflize OBC) was an artist-in-residence program and research lab at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, directed by Ange Leccia from 2001 to 2017, hosting over 130 international emerging artists.[1][4] It offered an eight-month residency from November to June, sponsored by curators, featuring collective projects abroad and in France, plus solo exhibitions or performances at Palais de Tokyo.[1][2] Residents received a monthly stipend, a studio at Cité Internationale des Arts, shared workspace at Palais de Tokyo, and coverage of program-related expenses.[1]

Raw Material Company

Dakar, Senegal

RAW Material Company's Ker Issa is a residency program established in 2011 that welcomes multidisciplinary artists, writers, researchers, and curators to engage with Dakar's contemporary art ecosystem. Operating as the residential component of RAW Material Company—a center for art, knowledge, and society—it has hosted over 50 practitioners from diverse nationalities in an intellectually rigorous and socially engaged environment.

Rimbun Dahan

Kuang, Malaysia

Rimbun Dahan is a private arboretum and arts centre in Kuang, Malaysia, established in 1994, offering residencies primarily for visual artists, choreographers, writers, and researchers from Southeast Asia to develop their work in a serene garden setting.[1][2][5] It provides various programs including the Southeast Asian Arts Residency for ASEAN artists (2 months, with accommodation, studio, stipend, and limited travel support) and paid options for non-ASEAN artists longer than one month.[1][4] The centre hosts 16-20 artists at a time across 5 studios, focusing on Malaysian and regional creators while welcoming international engagement.[2]

Sacatar Foundation

Itaparica, Brazil

Instituto Sacatar is the longest continuously-operating artist residency in Brazil, founded in 2001 on the island of Itaparica across the bay from Salvador, Bahia. The residency provides fully-funded fellowships to artists of all disciplines from around the world, hosting up to eight artists at a time across five annual sessions. Since its inception, Sacatar has awarded residencies to over 550 artists from more than 75 countries.

Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The Sharjah Art Foundation Residency Programme invites visual artists, writers, poets, researchers, musicians, performance artists, filmmakers, and other creatives to explore and expand their experimental, interdisciplinary practices in Sharjah, UAE. Selected participants receive flights, transportation, accommodation, a monthly stipend, and access to the Foundation's networks and resources at venues like Bait Obaid Al Shamsi. Residencies typically last 2-3 months, such as from 17 November 2025 to 15 January 2026 or 2 February to 30 March 2026.

Tabakalera International Centre for Contemporary Culture

San Sebastián, Spain

Tabakalera, located in San Sebastián, Spain, is an International Centre for Contemporary Culture that offers artist and creator residencies providing time, space, and resources to develop artistic projects.[10] It promotes contemporary culture across various fields, supporting all stages from research and production to exhibition.[6] The program aims to open doors to creation through dedicated facilities and opportunities for artists.[10]

Toji Cultural Foundation

Wonju, South Korea

The Toji Cultural Foundation in Wonju, South Korea, offers a residency program primarily for foreign writers, artists, and scholars in various cultural and artistic fields, providing a space to create works in a natural, tranquil environment while interacting with Korean artists.[3][9] The program typically runs for two months from September to October, including accommodation, meals, and workspaces at the Toji Cultural Centre.[1][2][9] It supports creative activities without mandatory outputs, fostering friendships among 16-19 residents.[1][7]

Townhouse Gallery

Cairo, Egypt

Townhouse Gallery's Artist in Residence programme is considered one of the cornerstones of the organisation's activities, offering resident artists access to artist networks across Cairo. The program provides private studio space within the gallery premises and local staff with active knowledge of the arts scene, enabling residents to engage their work with the city and its people. International artists hold residencies at the Townhouse while pursuing independent projects in the city, often leading workshops during their stay.

Treasure Hill Artist Village

Taipei, Taiwan

The Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei, Taiwan, is part of the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Taipei program, which provides international artists with residency opportunities, free accommodation, studios, and spaces for presentation and rehearsal to foster innovation, experimentation, and cross-cultural exchanges.[1][2][3]

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.[1][4][7]

Villa Kujoyama

Kyoto, Japan

Villa Kujoyama is a pluridisciplinary research residency located in Kyoto, Japan that has welcomed established and emerging artists, artisans, and creators since 1992. The residency provides time and space for residents to dedicate themselves fully to their practice and research while engaging with artistic, cultural, academic, and economic communities across Japan. It is operated by Institut français du Japon and supported by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation.

Villa Medici – French Academy in Rome

Rome, Italy

The Villa Medici – French Academy in Rome offers residency programs for French-speaking artists, authors, researchers, and craftsmen from all disciplines, including visual arts, music, literature, architecture, design, choreography, theater, and art history. Residents and fellows stay for periods ranging from two weeks to one year, focusing on creative, experimental, or research projects in a supportive environment that encourages interdisciplinary exchanges. Fellows receive grants covering room, board, workspace, and artistic support, while shorter residencies are available through thematic calls and partnerships.[1][2][4]

Youkobo Art Space

Tokyo, Japan

Youkobo Art Space is a Tokyo-based artist residency program providing studios, accommodation, and exhibition spaces for domestic and international artists to create new work, engage in research, and foster cultural exchange. Established in a former clinic, it offers flexible residency options prioritizing artists' goals across various disciplines, with opportunities for community involvement and networking. The program operates on a self-funded rental basis without financial support.

ZKM Center for Art and Media

Karlsruhe, Germany

The ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany, hosts various artist residencies focused on media art, digital technologies, performative art, and interdisciplinary practices, often in collaboration with international partners. Programs like the Rauschenberg Residencies, Web Residencies, and specialized calls for machine learning or videopoetry artists provide opportunities for research, production, and experimentation at their Hertz-Lab facilities. Residencies typically last from four weeks to three months and offer stipends, housing, and access to advanced technological resources.

Zoma Contemporary Art Center

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Zoma Contemporary Art Center (ZCAC) is an eco-sensitive, educational artist-in-residence village in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-founded by artist Elias Sime and Meskerem Assegued, featuring architecture built with traditional techniques and recycled materials.[1][2][5] It serves as a museum, garden, and residency space that inspires artists through sustainability, material innovation, and integration of tradition with contemporary practice, particularly suiting installation artists and sculptors.[1][3] The program fosters knowledge exchange, hosts workshops with international artists, and integrates residents into Ethiopia's creative networks.[1][6]