DAAD Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme

The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme is one of the most renowned residency programmes for international artists and cultural practitioners in the fields of visual arts, film, literature, and music and sound. Each year, it awards residencies in Berlin to around 20 cultural producers.

Both during and after their period of residency in Berlin, the fellows receive support from the Artists-in-Berlin Programme to develop and present exhibitions, concerts, performances, film projects, readings, and publications. Collaboration with guests and partners results in new creative endeavors that are presented at the daadgalerie, in other cultural institutions in Berlin, throughout Germany, and in locations all around the world.

The Artists-in-Berlin Programme builds lasting relationships with its alumni. By facilitating and supporting projects by both current and former fellows, it sets an international example and underscores the importance of cultural coproduction and critical engagement with contemporary issues. Through its wide-ranging programme of events and digital offerings, it creates a resonance space for the creative practice of its fellows and alumni, whose narratives, pictorial worlds, and soundscapes invite audiences to expand their horizons of aesthetic, social, and political experience.

Since its founding in West Berlin in 1963, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme has made a significant contribution to the internationalisation of cultural production. As an institution, it is currently undertaking a critical examination of its own history with regard to past exclusions and blind spots.