Norway

Short Description Kunstnerforbundet is committed to diversity in its programming, and we encourage all professional artists to apply, regardless of education, organizational affiliation, gender, ethnic background, religion, functional ability, age and orientation. Eligibility We accept applications from professional visual artists, craft artists, duodji practitioners and freelance curators in the visual art field living in or […]

Short Description Stavanger Municipality invites you to an open prequalification before a closed competition for the design of a permanent artwork for the area around the pipeline at Mosvannsparken in Stavanger. Stavanger Municipality is inviting applications for an open pre-qualification before a closed competition for the design of a permanent artwork for the area around […]

Short Description: We are now open for applications for self-directed residencies between October 1st 2025 – January 31st 2026.  Applications in English or Norwegian/Danish/Swedish. Looking for that Twin Peaks vibe? What are your plans this autumn/winter? Do you want to come to a secluded place with dramatic surroundings for a period of deep focus on […]

Short Description The Artist in residency in Kristiansand, Norway, is open year-round, providing professional visual artists much-needed space and time to work on a project of their choice. AiR-Kristiansand is run by Agder Center of Contemporary Art, on behalf of the Municipality of Kristiansand.  The applications are reviewed by an art committee whose efforts ensure […]

Short Description: Atelier Austmarka is a self-funded, multidisciplinary artist residency in Austmarka, Finnskogen, Norway, offering artists and scholars a peaceful, nature-immersed environment for research and creative production. Open since 2014, the residency provides shared living spaces and studio facilities for 1 week to 3 months. While it does not offer stipends, it provides networking, exhibition, […]

Short Description The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action – NAARCA – unites Artica Svalbard (Norway), Cove Park (Scotland), Narsaq International Research Station (Greenland), Saari Residence (Finland), and Skaftfell Art Center (Iceland) to collaborate on research, commissions, institutional change, residency exchange, and public education around climate action.In 2025, the NAARCA network will facilitate […]

Globus Opstart+ supports the establishment of Nordic-Global collaborations with long-term ambitions Globus Opstart+ is a funding programme within the Fund’s thematic initiative Globus. The programme is developed to support the establishment and research phases of projects that could not be developed in the Nordic countries alone. Please note that in 2025 there will be one […]

Moving Identities Residency

Short Description OCA is a key partner of Artica Svalbard Art Residency, one of Norway’s leading not-for-profit residency foundations. Based in Longyearbyen, Svalbard is a place for thinking slowly in a fast-changing world. As key partner we are responsible for nominating artists for their residency programme and supporting them curatorially, as well as playing an active […]