Artist residencies & exchanges in United Kingdom
7 opportunities across 5 cities in United Kingdom. Apply directly to hosts on Artaway.
Hospitalfield Residency — Victorian Arts House in Arbroath, Scotland
Arbroath, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hospitalfield offers residencies in a remarkable Victorian house surrounded by walled gardens on the Scottish coast. Short summer residencies are intensive and community-focused; longer programmes allow more independent development. The house contains a working library, drawing rooms, and dedicated studio spaces alongside shared accommodation.
Edinburgh Printmakers — Residency in a World-Class Print Studio
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Printmakers offers access and residency programmes in a landmark building in Edinburgh city centre. The studios cover the full range of historical and contemporary printmaking processes — etching, lithography, screenprint, woodblock, photopolymer, and digital print. Residents have supervised access to all print rooms and access to the Printmakers' community.
Spike Island Residency — Studio in a Bristol Harbour Warehouse
Bristol, United Kingdom
Spike Island offers residency placements in a large converted warehouse on Bristol's Floating Harbour, surrounded by a community of 70 working artists. Residents have their own studio space and access to shared workshops. The building also contains a contemporary art gallery with a strong exhibition programme that residents are welcome to engage with.
Wysing Arts Centre — Live/Work Studio on a Cambridge Farm
Bourn, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Wysing offers live/work residencies in converted farm buildings set in fields outside Cambridge. The site is home to a mix of long-term resident artists and shorter-term visiting residents. Facilities include large working studios, a wood-fired kiln, darkroom, and a programme of events that bring collaborators and audiences to the farm throughout the year.
Gasworks International Residency — Studio in South London
London, United Kingdom
Gasworks provides fully funded 3-month residencies for international artists in its South London studios. Residents receive a private studio, accommodation support, a production budget, and access to a broad professional network across the London art world. Public programming and regular studio visits from curators and critics are a core part of the experience.
Studio residency within East London's largest artist community
London
Bow Arts is East London is longest-running artist studio provider and arts education charity, in operation since 1994. The organisation hosts over 900 artist studios across multiple sites — alongside the Nunnery Gallery, the Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead, and the East London Art Prize. Artists joining Bow Arts become part of an active, mixed community of emerging and mid-career practitioners. The organisation is charitable mission means workspaces are genuinely affordable, and the programme connects with local schools, community spaces, and public galleries across East London. Best suited to artists making studio-based visual work (painting, printmaking, sculpture, illustration, photography) who value being part of a large creative community.
International residency at an independent London non-profit for contemporary art
London
Delfina Foundation has been a London-based platform for thematic artistic and curatorial programming since 2007. Based in central London with shared accommodation, workspace, and a public programme of talks and open studios, it runs cycles around themes such as politics of food, science, collecting, and performance as process, in partnership with an extensive network of institutions.