2022 v.o residency programme

V.O Residencies provide emerging and lesser represented artists with the time and space to research and develop new work. The 2022 V.O Residency Programme will host six artists across three sessions, inviting practitioners to experiment and create new work in an open and supportive environment. Residents are provided with free studio space, critical and practical support, the opportunity to present a solo exhibition, and access to useful resources and a broad network of individuals and organisations. V.O aims to bring together diverse voices and encourages applicants from all backgrounds. The V.O Residency Programme is focused on promoting artistic exchange, socially-focused discourse and knowledge production.

V.O Residencies are open to artists in their first five years of professional practice and with less than three solo exhibitions. During the residency, artists will be provided with studio space at V.O Studios Mayfair. They will have the opportunity to engage in critical and ongoing dialogue about their practice and work with the V.O founders, Zina Vielle and Nnamdi Obiekwe, the Programme Curator, Natalia Grabowska, as well as an invited external mentor. During their time in residence, artists are invited to take part in V.O Open Studios, a quarterly event that provides studio practitioners with the opportunity to showcase their work to other artists and interested audiences.

Each resident is invited to present a solo exhibition or project at V.O Gallery, and will have the possibility of producing a publication or print project related to the work they have developed while in residence. Artists are also invited to donate a work to V.O Curations that represents the thinking and work done during their residency.