The 2025 ICCI ART VALLEY PROGRAM – International Visiting Artists/Scholars invites artists from around the world to engage in a residency-based project focused on interdisciplinary and innovative practice. Through immersive creative exploration, the program fosters a meaningful dialogue between traditional cultural knowledge and cutting-edge technologies.

  
Set within the contexts of artificial intelligence, the metaverse, and spatial computing, the program encourages artists to investigate the interplay between digital and physical, algorithmic and handcrafted, virtual and material realms. Artists will reshape the narrative of art and technology through cross-media experimentation, offering fresh perspectives on urban culture and articulating the complex relationship between humanity, nature, and society.

  
ICCI is now publicly recruiting five international visiting artists/scholars to participate in the 2025 ART VALLEY PROGRAM. The residency period will run from November 1 to December 15, 2025\. Selected artists will exhibit their works in renowned venues throughout Shanghai, including art museums, virtual spaces, and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University History Museum.

Applicants approved by the organizing committee will receive a minimum project grant of RMB 8,000 to cover materials for artistic creation and public programming during the residency.

  
**Additional support includes:**

  
a. Round-trip airfare (economy class) from the artist’s departure city to Shanghai;

b. Accommodation throughout the residency;

c. Exhibition setup and installation costs for the group show;

d. Opportunities to engage in collaborative exchange with local Chinese artists;

e. Insightful dialogue with Chinese artists and exposure to Chinese cultural perspectives;

f. Organized visits to top art museums, galleries, and exhibitions in Shanghai;

g. Feature and promotion of personal works on ICCI’s virtual space, official ART VALLEY website, and affiliated media platforms;

h. Permanent exhibition of donated works at Shanghai Jiao Tong University;

i. Comprehensive promotion and media coverage of artistic practice in China;

j. Support from 1–2 ICCI student assistants for assistance with lectures, exhibition preparations, and related affairs.

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