Istanbul
• 1 grant for 3 months – September – November 2025
• 1 grant for 3 months – March- May 2026
New York
• 1 grant for 3 months – September – November 2025
Tokio
• 1 grant for 3 months – September – November 2025
Los Angeles
• 2 grants for 3 months each– one quarter in 2026 each (in liaison with Villa Aurora)
Target group / Purpose of Funding
The cultural exchange grants serve the artistic development of professional visual artists based in Berlin. The stay abroad should enable the artists to gain an understanding and knowledge of the cultural scene of the residency city, to study current developments of the local scene, to network, exchange ideas, gain inspiration and to realise an artistic project on site. The local partner institutions provide a studio or studio flat.
Eligibility and conditions
- Grants are awarded to artists who have proven themselves through their artistic work and are able to verify this with their portfolio.
- Recipients are required to remain on location during the grant period
- Artists applying to this programme must live and work in Berlin, and be registered in Berlin (‚Erstwohnsitz‘)
- Students cannot apply artists holding a permanent professorship
- Artists from non-EU-States are only eligible to apply if they hold a valid residency permit which qualifies them for self-employment.
- Former grantees can re-apply, if their residency ended at least two years ago (September 2022 or before)
Funding volume
The grant comprises
- for Istanbul: a monthly payment of 2.500 € and use of a studio flat
- for New York: a monthly payment of 3.000 €, use oft he studio at ISCP plus 1000 € per month for accommodation (as the ISCP cannot offer accommodation);
- for Tokyo: a monthly payment of 3.000 € and use of the studio flat;
- for Los Angeles: a monthly payment of 2.500 € and use of a private room, the communal areas, and a studio at Villa Aurora, plus flight costs.
During the artist’s residency the partner institutions look after the Berlin artist and arrange contacts to the local scene on request. Events organised by the partner institutes (i.e. open studios, exhibitions, artists‘ talks) offer opprtunities for Berlin artists to present their work to an international audience.
Partner institutions
Call for applications
The call for applications to this programme usually opens in July of each year for the following years.
Jury
The jury process has two stages. An independent expert jury appointed by the Senate Department for Culture makes a pre-selection in November 2024. The jury members are Korhan Erel, Inka Gressel, Christina Landbrecht, Nazanin Noori and Valentin Schmehl. The partner institutions make the final selection. Results of the pre-selection will be communicated via email in December 2024, results of the final selection probably in January 2025.
Application procedure
Please note, that you can only submit an application for ONE residency place per year. Multiple applications (for several residency cities) are no longer possible!
We strongly advise you to please read all the information provided on the current information sheet.
