The Inlaks Residency at UNIDEE, Italy 2025

The Inlaks Residency at UNIDEE, Italy

In collaboration with UNIDEE, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto Onlus' in Biella, Italy, a two-month Research Residency is offered to an Indian practitioner. This residency is created to support the practice of emerging artists with a situated and embedded practice. 

The aim is to provide inspiration, motivation, and instruments to activate, develop or strengthen artistic initiatives based on the involvement of local ecologies.

Duration and Value

1. The residency is for 2 months.
2. It includes the following support. 

• Return travel from India to Italy (including airport/Biella private transfer).
• Insurance (travel and medical insurance for accidents) and visa fees.
• Two months’ stay at Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto: single room in the premises shared with other international residents. 
• Cleaning services, use of shared studio space and workshop facilities. 
• Based on the research of the selected resident, expert visits, curatorial meetings, networking sessions will be organised.
• Study and research trips will be organised with the residents group to Venice (for four days), Turin and Milan (for one day each) to engage with the international art scene in Italy(hotel, food and travel are covered by the grant). 
• Up to 300€ budget for project production and communication, translations. 
• A per diem of 900€.
• If the resident is interested and has research related to the theme of UNIDEE 2025 Residency Modules they could participate (we will announce the themes and mentors this summer).

Eligibility Criteria

1. The applicant must be an Indian passport holding citizen and currently resident in India. 
2. The applicant must be born on or after 1st January 1990. 
3. The applicant may be an emerging practitioner (artist, curator, writer, activist, cultural practitioner, etc) from different background and with a different practice in the fields of socially engaged art and social practice, curatorial practice and community organisation.
4. The applicant must have a fluent knowledge of the English language.

Exclusions 

1. Applicants who have received prior grant from the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation for any overseas projects are not eligible to apply

Application Instruction & Process

The applicant must submit a duly filled application form on the online application system. As a part of the form you are required to upload the following documents:

1.  A single document containing a - a Detailed CV(2-page limit) 
2.  A portfolio including up to three recent projects (in PDF format).

Residency date: 15th September to 14th November 2025
Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 4th May 2025, 11:59pm (IST)

Selection Procedure 

The submissions will be reviewed and evaluated by a jury consisting of representatives of Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation and UNIDEE / Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte Onlus who will then select a shortlist of candidates to be interviewed at the end of May 2025. 

Final results will be released at the beginning of June 2025.