OPEN CALL FOR ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 2022-2023 | AIR PROGRAM Application Deadline: April 15, 2022 | Notifications: May 15, 2022

Kunstraum is a community of artists by artists with the goal of redefining the collaboration between artists and curators. Through our program, we aim to explore the relationships between artists and curators by opening our gallery spaces to those interested in exploring unconventional, engaging ideas and taking risks.

Our Artist-in-Residency program offers three-month residencies for national and international artists on a quarterly cycle. In 2023, the three-month residencies will take place from January-March, April-June, July-September, and October-December, with multiple spots available for each period. For 2022, there is one opening, from April-June. Please apply as soon as possible as applications for the 2022 term will be reviewed before the deadline.

All resident artists are invited to pursue their independent projects, interact with our established community of artists, designers, and filmmakers, interact with the incoming artists and curators of our ongoing exhibition program, participate in the monthly studio visits, and exhibit in the Annual Members’ Show. To learn more about Kunstraum, please visit our website and Instagram account.

 Each Residency Includes:

A desktop-size studio space inside our subdivided lofts with 24/7 access (workspace only, no living)

Access to our gallery space (4-5 exhibitions a year) and participation in our Annual Members’ Show, including professional documentation

Sales opportunities via an online gallery for the duration of 6 months with your participation in our members’ show

A great artist community to meet and interact with

Monthly studio visits by 1-2 New York curators, gallerists, critics, and art advisers (full list under “About” on the website)

Bimonthly Zoom-in Studio Visits with our Curator-in-Residence and artist community

Social media promotion and a feature of your work on our website

Access to our internal monthly newsletter, which includes news, events, an open call list with exhibition, grant, and residency opportunities

Community events in which all resident artists are invited to attend

These community events vary and include gallery openings, curator walkthroughs, discussions, salons, and open studios.

The studio spaces have 24/7 access with 13 ft. ceilings, a freight elevator, slop sink, secure Wi-Fi, and are meant to be used for non-toxic materials only–all painters work on a non-toxic basis. Blick Art Supply, hardware stores, post office, print shops, supermarkets, restaurants, and delis are just 1.5 blocks away, and Home Depot is as close as 10 blocks.

No living is included. The resident artist is responsible for finding their own living arrangements. Referrals to short-term listings can be provided.

KUNSTRAUM is born out of a necessity to create community and foster collaboration between artists, architects, curators, designers, filmmakers, and writers. The KUNSTRAUM model features excellent studio locations, networking, research opportunities, and discourse for creative production. After successfully inaugurating our first space in New York as of February 2015, we seek to expand to Berlin. Kunstraum’s global identity is designed to offer and promote an international community, mobility, and visibility in the visual arts. Recent press coverage includes Communication Arts, Creator’s Project, Huffington Post, Artnet News, Interview Magazine, Art F City, Artnet News, and Musée Magazine. With "Video Shop," a project at NADA New York, Kunstraum won the 2016 Artfair Goers Award and best booth.

Image credit: Hanae Utamura in studio visit with Will Hutnick at Kunstraum