Artist-in-Residency

Explore Our Artist-in-Residency

Open for professional artists

For example:


  • Visual Art
  • Sculpture
  • Dance
  • Theatre
  • Printmaking
  • Performing Arts
  • Music
  • Literature
  • New Media
  • Animations
  • Film-making
  • Photography



Duration of residency:

  • 1 week
  • 2 weeks


Number of studios:

  • 1 studio


Number of artists in residency at one time:

  • 1 or 2 artists

Description

Artist-in-Residency

The Atelje Bredgrind studio house is part of the local cultural heritage. Surrounded landscape have been cultivated already at the Viking Time and Vendel Time. There is a famous burial ground from the Vendel and Viking periods where archaeolological finds have been made. The Artist-in-Residency is located in scenic area. Ateljé Bredgrind is surrounded by large waterways, forests and fields. There is a nature reserve and a national park nearby. Artist-in-Residency is located in Avesta Municipality, just 150 km from Stockholm, and 20 km from Avesta city in the countryside in a small village.

The residency consists of a studio house of 80 sqm. On the 1st floor there is a bedroom, kitchen and livingroom. On the 2nd floor there is a studio with 40sqm. The studio house has electricity and WiFi. There is an outdoor shower cabin on the terrace. Water is fetched from a tap on the wall of the main building.

Artist-in-Residency is self directed. 

Costs

€300/week

Artist-in-Residency

Included:


  • Access to private studio house. You have the whole house all by your self, 80 sqm. Studio in the 2nd floor and accommodation in the 1st floor.
  • Opportunity to participate in group exhibition with other Artists-in-Residency artists after your residency.
  • Staff on site to help in any cases.
  • Transportation from and to Avesta Krylbo railway station.
  • Private parking space for one car is available next to the studio house.

  • The studio house has bicycles and the basic tools for artistic work such as paper, pencils, easels, tripods and WiFi.
  • Your partner can come with you, at no extra costs.

We make it happen!

Founders of the Ateljé Bredgrind

Artists-in-Residency

Anja Helminen

Master of Fine Arts and

Master Degree in Media Production.

Visual artist and producer.

Works with video, photography, graphics, installation and design.

Henrik Olsson

Master of Fine Arts.

Visual artist.

Works with oil paints on canvas.

Michael Van Winkle


Master of Fine Arts.

Visual artist.

Works with paintings and drawings.

Carolina Hindsjö

Bachelor of Arts.

Visual artist and animator.

Works with animations, drawings, paintings, installation and collages.

Artists-in-Residency


Päivi Pussila

Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Visual artist.

Works with oil paints on canvas and graphics.

Raimo Törhönen

Visual Artist Degree from Turku School of Fine Arts.

Visual artist.

Works with paintings, sculpture, installation, murals and environmental art.

Gudjon Bjarnason

Master of Fine arts and Master of Architecture.

Visual artist and architect.

Works with buildings, design and photography.

Hanna Abrahamsson

Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Visual artist.

Works with photography and video.

Previous Artists-in-Residency

ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCY

2022 - 2024

 

HANNA ABRAHAMSSON, Sweden 

 

SAHAR ALKHATEEB, Palestine/Sweden

 

PÄIVI ESKELINEN, Finland

 

IN CO-OPERATION WITH VERKET/AVESTA ART, LOVE ANTELL Sweden

 

CLARA GRUSQ, USA/France

 

WOLFGANG MEYER AND CHRISTIANE PREHN, Germany

 

MARIE GUSTAFSSON, Sweden

 

SUZANNE RANEKE, Sweden

 

 

Studio house 1st floor

Studio house 2nd floor