Expanded Field — Itinera Arte International Artist Residency Program will take place in Rio de Janeiro from October 5 to November 30, 2026.
This third cycle of Itinera Arte’s residency program proposes a critical and sensitive investigation into artistic practices that take shape at the intersection of languages, media, and regimes of visibility. The title refers to Rosalind Krauss’s essay Sculpture in the Expanded Field (1979), which identifies the collapse of traditional artistic categories and the emergence of practices operating across expanded territories.
The program welcomes artists whose research challenges stable disciplinary boundaries, moving between painting, sculpture, photography, performance, video, sound, writing, installation, and other hybrid or experimental practices. It also encourages artists interested in using the residency period to experiment with new media, materials, and processes.
The residency understands the expanded field not only as a formal or linguistic question, but also as a geographic and symbolic one. It is interested in how contemporary artistic practices engage with multiple territorialities, questioning notions of belonging, displacement, borders, and coexistence.
Ten artists will be selected. Participants will have access to studio space in downtown Rio de Janeiro, weekly curatorial guidance, portfolio reviews, critical follow-up, conversations with invited curators, artists and art professionals, visits to studios, galleries, exhibitions and cultural institutions, and institutional promotion through Itinera Arte’s communication channels.
The program is coordinated by curators Thiago Fernandes and João Paulo Ovídio and culminates in a collective exhibition and open studio presenting works and processes developed during the residency.
Residency Eligibility
Residency Experience Summary
Application Information
Applicants must have an active contemporary artistic practice and be able to communicate in English or Portuguese. The residency is open to artists from Brazil and abroad working across visual arts, interdisciplinary practices, and experimental approaches.
Applicants should be available to participate in the full residency period, from October 5 to November 30, 2026, and to take part in the program’s activities, including curatorial meetings, group exchanges, visits, and the final collective exhibition/open studio.
Candidates applying for a full scholarship must be artists residing in Brazil and must submit an additional letter explaining their motivation to participate in the residency and their need for financial support. Scholarship selection will consider socioeconomic vulnerability, race and/or gender, as well as the relevance of the candidate’s CV and the alignment of their work with the conceptual framework of the residency.
The residency fee depends on the selected studio format and the artist’s country of residence.
For artists residing outside Brazil:
- €1,100 for the full residency period — two months in an individual studio;
- €850 for the full residency period — two months in a shared studio.
For Brazilian artists and/or artists residing in Brazil:
- R$2,500 for the full residency period — two months in a shared studio.
The fee for Brazilian artists corresponds to a partial waiver of approximately 50% of the full residency fee.
The residency also offers two full scholarships for artists residing in Brazil, based on criteria related to socioeconomic vulnerability, race and/or gender. The relevance of the candidate’s CV and their alignment with the conceptual framework of the residency will also be considered.
Fees do not include accommodation, travel, meals, production materials, local transportation, or personal expenses. Itinera Arte provides support with information and guidance regarding accommodation options and practical recommendations about Rio de Janeiro.
Itinera Arte offers two full scholarships for artists residing in Brazil. The scholarship consists of a full waiver of the residency fee for the two-month program.
Scholarship selection is based on criteria related to socioeconomic vulnerability, race and/or gender. The relevance of the candidate’s CV and the alignment of their artistic research with the conceptual framework of the residency will also be considered.
Candidates applying for a scholarship must submit an additional letter explaining their motivation to participate in the residency and their need for financial support.
The scholarship does not include accommodation, travel, meals, production materials, local transportation, or personal expenses.