Open Call for Expression of interest for Short-Term Art Research Residency in Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, Timișoara (Romania), Chișinău (Moldavia) or Berlin (Germany)*. 

Other potential hosting countries for which expression of interest can be submitted, as well: Debrecen (Hungary), Warsaw (Poland), Reykjavík (Iceland), Paris (France), Sienna (Italy), Athens (Greece) (pending agreements with local partners).

 

Eligibility: artists, art writers, art curators and art researchers currently based in other country than the country of residency, with actual or former Eastern European or Balkan citizenship or residency. 

Eligible countries of actual residence of the artists: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, as EU Member Countries, plus Albania, Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Tunisia, Ukraine.

Eligible countries of origin of the artists: Eastern Europe & Balkan countries, such as Moldova and Romania as priority countries of origin, and the following countries as results of our extended focus for further cooperation: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.

Examples: a Romanian-based artist can apply for Moldova, but not Romania, and a diaspora based artist originating from Romania can apply for either Romania or Moldova residency.

Deadline to apply: 15 February 2026

Application form: register first here in NPK maintained Curated Artists Registry and after registration, send us a short contact note, expressing your interest for you preferred city/cities (other practicalities will be discussed later, in case of residency approval). 

 

Preferred research areas (list is not exclusive): queer art, queer identity, feminism, marginalised masculinities, pervasiveness of othering, identity critique, global majority, East-West relations, fascination with the everyday.

 

Residency duration: min. 21 days max. 3 months in 2026 or 2027, the exact timeline to be arranged later within the period starting earliest 10 June 2026 / ending latest 30 May 2027.

Residency period: final period to determined later, by mutual agreement with local partners.

Costs covered: return travel, local accommodation and per-diem.

 

Note: we are working on ensuring our local partners will offer the residency spots for interested artists, therefore this open call is a call for an expression of interest only, at the current stage, and the candidates preselected for potential residency will be contacted only in case funding is approved and a local partner agrees to receive her/him; thank you for your kind understanding.

 

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