HIAP Helsinki International Artist Programme

WASP (Romania), SCIAENA (Portugal), and HIAP (Finland) invite artists to apply for a new international programme bringing together artists, researchers, community organisers and cultural organisations working in and with Europe’s so-called ‘edges’.

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) offers one-month residencies (17 August – 13 September 2026) for contemporary art curators.

This residency is for artists working in contemporary visual and interdisciplinary practices, currently based in Finland. The residency is organised as part of an exchange with Ramallah Municipality, HIAP Helsinki International Artist Programme and Sumud. The residency period is from 15 April to 15 June 2026 at “Mammarat”, Ramallah in Palestine.

This residency is for artists working in contemporary visual and interdisciplinary practices, who are currently based in Palestine or are of Palestinian descent.

HIAP, Bioart Society, Koynẽ Program and SWAMP: Art Material and Waste Management Point and TUO TUO invite applications for a new pilot residency programme focused on socially engaged, process-orientated and material-driven practices.

Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP) offers one-month residencies for contemporary art curators. The programme is co-organised by Frame and HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme.

Titanik, in collaboration with HIAP–Helsinki International Artist Programme, invites emerging and established Palestinian artists to submit their one-month solo exhibition proposal accompanied by a three-month residency (in Turku and Helsinki) to take place in spring 2025.

HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme) is looking for a visionary and capable Director to be responsible for the organisation’s operations and finances, as well as collaborations and strategic planning.

For this year’s international curatorial programme, Frame and HIAP are collaborating with Kunsthalle Kohta and Kunsthalle Seinäjoki to offer two curators the possibility of collaborating on an exhibition, or another form of presentation of the curatorial research conducted during their residency. Residencies are organised in September and November 2022. Projects with the partners will be produced later during 2023 and 2024.

The ‘Repository of Knowledge’ residencies are aimed at artists, architects, designers, musicians, educators, and practitioners from other disciplines interested in engaging in the fields of art education and mediation. The purpose of the residencies, taking place January - March 2022, is to develop a set of learning kits for an online platform. Individuals and groups based within the European Union and/or EU citizens are eligible to apply.

HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme invites Nordic and Baltic art practitioners to apply for residencies in HIAP Suomenlinna in autumn 2021 and spring and summer 2022. The HIAP Residency Programme focuses on visual art but is open for art professionals from other disciplines as well. Applicants should reside in the Nordic-Baltic region (except Finland).

When thinking of the future of travelling could land-based long distance train travel be the norm? With the aim of finding tools, mapping and testing options as well as solutions for travelling, HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme) are looking for participants for an east-bound trip from Finland going through Russia (and China) to Japan. The group will plan the trip starting from Helsinki together – deciding the amount of stops, activities and duration – but it is good to keep in mind that the travel will take at least one and a half months.