Open call artist residency UPC KU Leuven 2027
In 2027, UPC KU Leuven and KAOS will once again jointly organise an artist residency. The open call is now online. Applications can be submitted until 10 December 2026.
This research residency is intended for artists who wish to pursue their own artistic research within the specific context of a psychiatric care centre. You will explore themes that emerge in this environment and translate them into an artistic project. During your residency, you will share your research with staff and patients at UPC KU Leuven. The focus is on developing and deepening your own artistic practice.
UPC KU Leuven provides high-quality care for people experiencing emotional, psychological or psychiatric difficulties. Across its various campuses and departments, it offers a wide range of residential and outpatient care services. The artist residency will take place at the Kortenberg Campus.
Who can apply?
The residency is open to individual visual artists, whether or not they have personal experience of psychological vulnerability.
Applicants are asked to explain why they consider a research residency in this particular context meaningful and how it relates to their own artistic practice.
Candidates should also submit a proposed work schedule for the residency period (between September and December 2027). The final schedule will be agreed upon in consultation with the selected artist.
The artistic proposals will be assessed by the artistic teams of KAOS and UPC KU Leuven.
Conditions
- A (part-time) fee will be provided.
- A project budget is available, and travel expenses will be reimbursed.
- Biweekly meetings will be held with the artistic teams of KAOS and UPC KU Leuven to discuss the progress of the research.
- This is a working residency; accommodation is therefore not provided.
Location
Leuvensesteenweg 517, 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium
Timeline
- Application deadline: 10 December 2026 – 23:59 CET
- Announcement of selection: 1 March 2027
Application form: HERE
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