OUR RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

In a fast moving world Artica offers a place to slow down, providing our residents with time to think, to challenge and be challenged, and to inspire.

Questioning the idea of residencies as temporary, Artica works closely with the key partners: Norwegian PEN, Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) and the Queen Sonja Print Award to support the artists, writers and researchers that come to Svalbard. Their physical stay is temporary, but the experience, friendship and knowledge (shared and gained) grows.

Our pioneering programme of residencies, artist development, community events, offsite commissions and collaborative network have gained an international reputation.

In 2023 we will welcome the first Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum and The Norwegian Nonfiction Writers’ and Translators’ Association (NFFO) nominations.

OUR RESIDENTS IN 2022:

Nominated by Norwegian PEN

Vibeke Koehler, Lene Therese Teigen, Erling Pedersen, Marianne Solberg, Taciana Niadbaj

Nominated by the Queen Sonja Print Award

Heehyun Jeong, Inma Herrera

Nominated by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA)

Augustin Maurs, Ingrid Wildi Merino Susan Schuppli