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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 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.
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.
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.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
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
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.
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.