tombolo artist residency 2026-2027
The Tombolo Artist Residency is your opportunity to collaborate with Tombolo: we will design shirts based on your artwork as you work towards a solo exhibition that we host in New York City. The residency culminates in a solo show in New York City where Tombolo will take 0% commission; along the way, we will create unique Tombolo pieces from your work, from which you will receive royalty payments for each item sold. We will also provide a stipend and marketing exposure via Tombolo's channels, and mentorship from Tombolo's founders.
The Tombolo Artist Residency is our love letter to emerging artists everywhere. We want to create something wonderful together.
What Tombolo Can Expect from You
Artist to showcase a body of work at the exhibition at the end of the residency
Artist to deliver product designs created in collaboration with the Tombolo team:
One product design will be completed in the first month based on an existing work by the artist. This shirt will proceed to production immediately and be available for sale at the time of the exhibition.
The second product will likely be designed from scratch based on a new artwork that features in the exhibition. The shirt may or may not be physically available at the solo show depending on the timing; more likely, it will be a made-to-order preorder at the time of the solo show. That new artwork will be displayed alongside a sample of the matching product at the exhibition.
Tombolo will have the right to use these artworks to make these clothing items and the rights to sell these items.
Artist to assist in creating a small installment in a section of the Tombolo NYC retail store to accompany the shirts sold on site
Artist to self-install works at exhibition and is expected to collaborate on the event planning, invitations, and be present in New York for the duration of the show (approx. 7 days), as well as leading up to the show to help prepare.
The artist's body of work must be present in NYC for the show; if an artist is conducting the residency remotely, they will have to handle logistics and costs of getting their work to NYC for the show.