Artist residencies & exchanges in Germany
18 opportunities across 10 cities in Germany. Apply directly to hosts on Artaway.
Germany's residency landscape revolves around Berlin — particularly the former East/GDR industrial corridors of Treptow, Neukölln, and Kreuzberg, home to Flutgraben, ZK/U, GlogauAIR, and Takt Berlin. Rents have climbed sharply over the last decade, but the infrastructure of artist-run studio buildings remains unusually deep. Outside Berlin, Munich and Leipzig host selective residencies tied to academies; Cologne and Hamburg have smaller independent scenes. Most hosts work in DE/EN.
AlmResidency — Mountain Residency in the Bavarian Alps
Waakirchen, Bavaria
Five artists gather annually for an intensive 10-day period of work and research in two secluded mountain huts in the Bavarian foothills. With 42 international residents to date, AlmResidency is a recognized cultural institution funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich.
Alte Tischlerei — Figurative Art Residency near Berlin
Grünheide, Brandenburg
A residency dedicated to figurative painting and drawing in a converted joinery on a lakeside in Brandenburg, 25 minutes from Berlin-Ostkreuz. A 100m² studio with northern lights and high ceilings, wood workshop, mini loft accommodation, and a shared kitchen. Up to 10 residents at a time, with weekly group meetings and an open studio at the end of each stay.
Künstlerhaus Götz — Art & Nature Residency near Berlin
Groß Kreutz, Brandenburg
A year-long residency in a rural farmhouse 50 minutes from Berlin-Charlottenburg, reachable by the RE1 train. Set in a nature reserve with swimming spots and hiking trails. The residency connects artistic practice to self-sufficiency: goats, chickens, a vegetable garden, beehives, and fruit trees are part of daily life. All media welcomed — artists with an interest in nature, technology, or sustainable living are especially encouraged to apply.
Floodwater Residency — Stilt House on the River Seege
Gartow, Lower Saxony
A stilt house built directly on the River Seege in Gartow — an artistic work by American artist Mark Dion, operating as a social sculpture since 2007. No electricity, WiFi, drinking water, or sanitary facilities; bed linen provided. Artists explore a theme related to their stay and share results (writing, images, sound) with the Kunstverein archive. The stilt construction is suitable even during flood season. Stays: 1–4 weeks.
Künstlerhaus Hooksiel — Contemporary Art Residency on the North Sea
Hooksiel, Lower Saxony
A contemporary art residency on the North Sea coast committed to critical and experimental artistic practice. Residents receive a full apartment in the Künstlerhaus, a vernissage at the start and finissage at the close of their stay, with work created on location exhibited publicly. Optional workshops with adults and children. Located in the Weser-Ems region.
Ponderosa — Rural Residency for Movement, Performance & Writing
Stolzenhagen, Brandenburg
Ponderosa is a residency and gathering place in a farmhouse in Stolzenhagen, a village in the Nationalpark Unteres Odertal on the German-Polish border. Four studios, endless fields, forests, lakes, and the Oder river. Residencies are self-organised; residents share meals, exchange creative practices, and give work-in-progress showings. Cost is €30 per day including housing. Minimum two weeks recommended.
Ponderosa
Artists Unlimited e.V. — Künstlerhaus Residency in Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Artists Unlimited is an artist-run Künstlerhaus in Bielefeld with an active residency programme, gallery, and community. Residencies run for approximately 3 to 4 months and include studio space, housing, and financial support. The house has a continuous exhibition programme spanning visual art, performance, and multimedia.
Artists Unlimited e.V.
Institut für Alles Mögliche — Experimental Residency in Berlin
Berlin
Institut für Alles Mögliche runs micro-residencies and experimental project spaces across Berlin. The program is non-commercial and not market-oriented — it exists for artistic practices that happen beyond galleries and art fairs. Residencies of 3 to 6 months let artists try out unfinished concepts and playful ideas that can succeed brilliantly or fail spectacularly.
Institut für Alles Mögliche
Kunsthaus Erfurt — Studio Residency for Women Artists in Erfurt's Old Town
Erfurt
Kunsthaus Erfurt is a historic artist space in Erfurt's old town, founded in 1990 by the artist group Ex Terra XX. The house is open primarily to female artists and women writers, and promotes cultural experiments across all disciplines. Residents can exhibit in the gallery during their stay. Residencies run from 1 to 6 months.
Kunsthaus Erfurt
Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg — Scholarship Residency in a Former Railway Station
Bad Münster-Ebernburg
Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg has awarded residency scholarships in a converted historic railway station since 1979, in the Nahe wine valley in Rhineland-Palatinate. Each 2-month scholarship includes a studio, accommodation, health insurance, and the purchase of one artwork up to €800. Residents exhibit their work in the station gallery during the second month. Two to three scholarships are awarded per year to early-career professional artists.
Künstlerbahnhof Ebernburg e.V.
Callie's — Free Self-Directed Residency in Berlin
Berlin
A laboratory for expansive thinking in Berlin's Wedding neighbourhood. Callie's is a non-profit experimental institution for artists at any career stage and in any discipline. The program is entirely self-guided — no production requirements, no deliverables — just space and a creative community to explore new ideas across movement, sound, writing, and visual art.
Callie's
ZK/U — Artist Residency for Urban Research in Berlin-Moabit
Berlin
ZK/U is an artist-led residency and production space in a former freight depot in Berlin-Moabit, focused on urban themes and cross-disciplinary exchange. The program brings together artists, scholars, and practitioners working with city life, public space, migration, ecology, and collective action. Residents have access to studios, housing, and a shared community kitchen.
ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics
TAKT — 3-Month Artist Residency in Berlin (also Leipzig & Zeitz)
Berlin
TAKT is an independent arts organisation offering a three-month residency in Berlin alongside two gallery spaces and an academy programme. The residency combines studio time with artist-led critiques, talks, studio visits, gallery tours, and life drawing classes. All resident artists show in a curated group exhibition at the end of their stay. Residency spaces also available in Leipzig and Zeitz.
TAKT Berlin Leipzig Zeitz
Residency and studio exchange at Flutgraben, Treptow — Berlin
Berlin
Flutgraben e.V. is an artist-run association in a converted industrial building on the Flutgraben canal, Treptow-Kreuzberg, Berlin. Houses studios, project spaces and a riverside venue used for exhibitions, performance and screenings.
Artist-in-residence at GlogauAIR, Kreuzberg — Berlin
Berlin
GlogauAIR is an independent art space in Kreuzberg, Berlin, with studio space, public open studios and exhibition opportunities for international visual artists in a converted historic building.
Research residency at ZK/U, Moabit — Berlin
Berlin
ZK/U — Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik is an interdisciplinary space in Moabit, Berlin, focused on the intersection of art and urban research. Based in a converted train depot, it gathers artists, researchers and architects working on urban questions.
Three-month residency with group show at Takt Berlin
Berlin
Takt Kunstprojektraum is an artist-run space in Berlin offering studios, exhibitions and project programmes to international visual artists.
Artist-in-residence program at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Berlin
Künstlerhaus Bethanien é uma instituição internacional de arte contemporânea em Berlim, em atividade desde 1975. Tem sede em Kreuzberg e mantém programação de ateliês e exposições com foco em artistas em meio de carreira.