CUSP Artist Residency Iceland 2027

Opportunity type: Residency

For: Visual Artists

Deadline: 03/09/26

Rewards: Residency in Reykjavík + travel and living support + artist fee + more

Location Eligibility: Worldwide


About this opportunity

The National Gallery of Iceland is inviting applications for an artist residency as part of CUSP: Creative Understanding, Saving and Preserving Time-Based Media Art, a Creative Europe-funded project exploring the preservation of digital and time-based artworks. The residency brings together artists, museum professionals, conservators, and technology specialists to explore how technologically complex artworks can be documented, maintained, and preserved for the future.

Selected artists will spend up to four weeks in Reykjavík working with preservation specialists while reflecting on the long-term sustainability of their artistic practice. The residency also includes a public Open Lab workshop or masterclass developed with the National Gallery of Iceland.

Rewards

  • Up to four-week residency at the National Gallery of Iceland
  • Accommodation for the residency period
  • Working space
  • Travel and subsistence stipend
  • Artist fee for participation in the Open Lab/masterclass
  • Meetings with time-based media conservation specialists
  • Possible access to hardware and software depending on project needs
  • Opportunity to present artistic methods and research to local audiences

Eligibility

Applicants must:

  • Be international artists based outside Iceland
  • Reside in a Creative Europe eligible country
  • Work in time-based media, digital art, or emerging technologies
  • Have an artistic practice involving areas such as:
    • Generative AI
    • Software-based artworks
    • Sound and video art
    • Physical computing
    • Interactive installations
    • Digital/physical hybrid practices
    • Blockchain technologies

Entry Fee

Free

How to Apply 

Apply using the link: CUSP Artist Residency Iceland 2027

All questions regarding this award should be sent to cusp.residency.is@gmail.com

Deadline

Sep 03 2026

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