TBG+S/TOKAS International Residency Exchange
The TBG+S/TOKAS International Residency Exchange supports visual artists based in Ireland or Irish artists living abroad to spend three months in residence at Tokyo Arts and Space, Japan. The exchange also supports Japanese artists to work from a studio at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios
TBG+S/TOKAS International Residency Exchange is a new opportunity offering a three-month residency to an artist who is developing a professional practice and includes accommodation, shared artist studio, and a stipend to cover the artist’s living and working expenses, and travel to and from Tokyo.
TOKAS is an experimental arts centre in Tokyo City committed to the creation and promotion of contemporary artistic expression. The dedicated TOKAS Residency building in Sumida, Tokyo, provides artists with private on-site single accommodation and access to a shared studio space.
This opportunity will afford an artist the chance to build professional networks, engage with a small community of Japanese and international resident artists, present work and ideas, while offering time to research and make work in a new context. The artist will have the chance to visit museums, galleries and other cultural organisations in a major city. During the residency, artists will be invited to participate in public engagement and professional presentations culminating in a three-day Open Studio event where they will share the process of their activity during the residency.
Application Overview
The TBG+S/TOKAS International Residency Exchange 2027 invites an artist to spend three-months in residence at Tokyo Arts and Space, Sumida City, Tokyo from 01 September–31 November 2027.
This residency is particularly suited to artists who have confidence and experience in their practice and are establishing a professional track record, and artists who are motivated to spend time to research, reflect, present their work, and network alongside other international resident artists in Tokyo, Japan. It is suited to artists eager and ready to discuss and present their work and ideas with professional peers in an international studio setting.
The residency offers an open plan shared studio space at TOKAS lending artists a level of privacy, with partitioning and designated workspace which is available 9:30am — 11:00pm. There is on-site single room accommodation. TOKAS does not have production facilities onsite, however they can provide connection to local production workshops and facilities, with any associated costs to be covered by the artist.
Eligibility Requirements
- Applications will only be accepted from professional practicing visual artists.
- The artist must either be living in Ireland or an Irish artist living anywhere in the world.
- The artist must be available to travel to Tokyo for the residency 01 September– 31 November 2027.
- Artists previously awarded TBG+S/TOKAS Residency Exchange are not eligible to apply. However, former applicants whose applications were not selected will be welcome to reapply with a new application.
Assessment Criteria
Applications are assessed on the following basis:
- Artistic merit and quality of work — relevant to contemporary visual art
- Motivation
- Recent work and activity
- Quality of proposal / activity plan for programme
- Potential for artistic growth
- The selection process for the award is made by TOKAS based on a shortlist provided by TBG+S. TBG+S shortlisting committee is made up of TBG+S Director, TBG+S Programme Curator and an external artistic panel member.
How to Apply
Please read the application overview, eligibility requirements and assessment criteria information carefully before completing the online form below. This information, alongside additional information about application troubleshooting, EDI and GDPR policies in the document for download below.
Please note, this online form will save your application in progress for a maximum of 30 days. This means you can return to the form over multiple sessions before submitting within a 30 day window. Please note the open call duration is longer than 30 days. If you have a query beyond the information outlined on this page or in the downloadable document please email apply@templebargallery.com