Short Description

The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, in collaboration with NIROX Foundation and the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand, offers a residency in South Africa to support an Indian artist.

Without impeding privacy, artistic integrity or productivity, the residency promotes and enables resident artists to:

  • Engage with diverse local artists, communities, educational facilities and the unique physical environment;
  • Be introduced to institutions, individuals, and places of interest.
  • Interact with other resident and visiting artists, events, guests, and service providers.
  • Develop their practice through exhibitions, performances, studio visits, interviews, texts and other means.
  • Participate in the production and dissemination of social and other related media, including podcasts and photographic / film productions that arise naturally from the residency and ensuing encounters.

Eligibility

  1. The applicant must be an Indian citizen currently residing in India.
  2. The applicant must be born on or after 1st January 1990.
  3. The applicant may be an emerging and mid-career Indian artist.
  4. An applicant with a practice in contemporary visual art working in all disciplines may apply.
  5. The applicant must be proficient in English.

Submission Requirements

Personal Info., Portfolio, CV, Proposal

How to Apply

Online Application

Program Benefits & Awards

  1. The Residency is for six to seven weeks and covers travel and production costs. 
  2. Living arrangements are provided by the Residency.

Entry Fee

None

Location

India

Timeline

  • Application Deadline: 30 June 2025
  • Residency date: 20th October to 8th December 2025

Website Link: https://inlaksfoundation.org/opportunities/overseas-residencies/residency-at-the-nirox-residency-south-africa/

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