Artist in Residence Programme

Living & Working

The workshops
The historical workshops of the Bengel factory as well as the studios and laboratories of the university are at your disposal.
The A.i.R. Apartment
The participants will be offered a free apartment with a living space of around 40 square metres in one of the former Bengel company worker's apartments. The apartment has a living/bedroom, kitchen, shower and toilet. Wlan is available in the apartment.

At a glance

What we offer:

  • duration of stay: 1 - 3 months,
  • scholarship 500€/month,
  • free apartment,
  • use of the workshops at the University & Bengel Foundation.

Requirements for application:

  • at least 3 years of professional artistic practice after graduation (or 5 years of professional artistic practice if autodidact)

Expected output during/after the residency:

  • a representative work for the IO-Collection,
  • a public lecture at the university.

Optional:

  • one-week workshop at the university
  • exhibition at the Bengel Foundation

Support & Sponsoring

The A.i.R. programme is made possible by the energetic and generous support of the following persons and institutions:

  • County Birkenfeld,
  • City of Idar-Oberstein,
  • Trier University of Applied Sciences, Idar-Oberstein,
  • Jakob Bengel Foundation,
  • Friends of the Jakob Bengel Foundation,
  • Christel and Karl-Dieter Braun, 
  • Peter Wenzel, 
  • Wilhelm Lindemann, 
  • Prof. Ute Eitzenhöfer,
  • Prof. Theo Smeets 

Would you also like to support the programme?

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The Idar-Oberstein Artist in Residence Collection

Jivan Astfalck
Volker Atrops
Kätrin Beljaev
Kätrin Beljaev
Monika Brugger
Helen Britton
Gemma Draper
Petr Dvořák
Annette Ehinger
Beate Eismann
Kathleen Fink
Jantje Fleischhut
Ulo Florack
Brice Garrett
Tamara Grüner
Gesine Hackenberg
Rebecca Hannon
Castello Hansen
Leonor Hipolito
Piret Hirv
Ou Jiun-You
Anni Kagovere
Anni Kagovere
Anni Kagovere
Lauren Kalman
Jiro Kamata
Ulrike Kämpfert
Beppe Kessler
Beate Klockmann
Julia Maria Künnap
Teresa Lane
Typhaine le Monnier
Typhaine LeMonnier
Bety Majernikova
Tasso Mattar
Christine Matthias
Judy McCaig
Florian Milker
Katharina Moch
Julie Mollenhauer
Claudia Oliveira
Claudia Oliveira
Jaanika Pajuste
Seth Papac
Katja Prins
Uli Rapp
Ulrich Reithofer
Denise-Julia Reytan
Susanna Rezende
Deborah Rudolph
Estella Saez
Danni Schwaag
Karin Seufert
Pedro Sequeira
Sondra Sherman
Vera Siemund
Peter Skubic
Arnaud Sprimont
Claudia Stebler
Monika Strasser
Kyoco Taniyama
Silke Trekel
Kertu Tuberg
Julia Turner
Tarja Tuupanen
Flóra Vági
Octave Vandeweghe
Peter Vermandere
Luzia Vogt
Andrea Wagner
Andrea Wagner
Julia Walter
Silvia Weidenbach
Francis Willemstijn
Reinhold Ziegler
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