Akademie Schloss Solitude
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Akademie Schloss Solitude is an international and transdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence Program and has supported approximately 1,800 young artists from more than 120 countries since opening its doors in 1990.
Friends, fellows and followers in and around Stuttgart: We would like to invite you to »Solitude Encounters: Lily Abichahine in conversation with Hans D. Christ« on February 12 at 7 PM at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart! ✨️
Design: Stegmeyer Fischer Creative Studio
#akademiesolitude
Design: Stegmeyer Fischer Creative Studio
#akademiesolitude
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Friends, fellows and followers in and around Stuttgart: We would like to invite you to »Solitude Encounters: Lily Abichahine in conversation with Hans D. Christ« on February 12 at 7 PM at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart! ✨️
Design: Stegmeyer Fischer Creative Studio
#akademiesolitude
Design: Stegmeyer Fischer Creative Studio
#akademiesolitude
#webreswednesday // Pavan Vadgama with »CattleDAO: Ledgering Urban Care for Fringe Hooves«!
We are happy to introduce Pavan Vadgama, the first web resident in our ongoing series featuring the selected artists of the 21st web residency.
Read more on our website!
Image: © Pavan Vadgama
We are happy to introduce Pavan Vadgama, the first web resident in our ongoing series featuring the selected artists of the 21st web residency.
Read more on our website!
Image: © Pavan Vadgama
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
#webreswednesday // Pavan Vadgama with »CattleDAO: Ledgering Urban Care for Fringe Hooves«!
We are happy to introduce Pavan Vadgama, the first web resident in our ongoing series featuring the selected artists of the 21st web residency.
Read more on our website!
Image: © Pavan Vadgama
We are happy to introduce Pavan Vadgama, the first web resident in our ongoing series featuring the selected artists of the 21st web residency.
Read more on our website!
Image: © Pavan Vadgama
SAVE THE DATE: Solitude at the Literaturhaus #3 on March 6 at 7:30 PM! ✨️
»Wishes, Bodies, Collectives« – current fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude explore the written word through media-based, spatial, and performative forms.
»Wishes, Bodies, Collectives« – current fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude explore the written word through media-based, spatial, and performative forms.
Solitude at the Literaturhaus – Wishes, Bodies, Collectives
In the third edition of Solitude at the Literaturhaus, current fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude offer insights into literary and text-based artistic works that further explore the written word through media-based, spatial, and performative forms.
www.akademie-solitude.de
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Solitude at the Literaturhaus #3 on March 6 at 7:30 PM! ✨️
»Wishes, Bodies, Collectives« – current fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude explore the written word through media-based, spatial, and performative forms.
»Wishes, Bodies, Collectives« – current fellows of the Akademie Schloss Solitude explore the written word through media-based, spatial, and performative forms.
For the Solitude Network in and around Stuttgart: Don´t miss the performance by current fellow Lily Abichahine at Theater Rampe on February 21 at 8:00 PM! 🗓️
In »BODIES ON TRIAL – §218«, personal experience and legal fiction collide in a courtroom.
Image: Lily Abichahine, photo: Frank Kleinbach
In »BODIES ON TRIAL – §218«, personal experience and legal fiction collide in a courtroom.
Image: Lily Abichahine, photo: Frank Kleinbach
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
For the Solitude Network in and around Stuttgart: Don´t miss the performance by current fellow Lily Abichahine at Theater Rampe on February 21 at 8:00 PM! 🗓️
In »BODIES ON TRIAL – §218«, personal experience and legal fiction collide in a courtroom.
Image: Lily Abichahine, photo: Frank Kleinbach
In »BODIES ON TRIAL – §218«, personal experience and legal fiction collide in a courtroom.
Image: Lily Abichahine, photo: Frank Kleinbach
Great news: Former fellow Nadine Jäger as part of Waschraum, art space located in the historic shower rooms of the former SBB workshops in Zurich-Altstetten, invites for the first pop-up exhibition of the year »Landscape Within« on Thursday, February 5 at 6 PM! 🥳
Images: © Verein Waschraum
Images: © Verein Waschraum
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Great news: Former fellow Nadine Jäger as part of Waschraum, art space located in the historic shower rooms of the former SBB workshops in Zurich-Altstetten, invites for the first pop-up exhibition of the year »Landscape Within« on Thursday, February 5 at 6 PM! 🥳
Images: © Verein Waschraum
Images: © Verein Waschraum
For the 21th call for web residencies »Polymorphic Futures«, the jury including curator Barbara Cueto – has now selected six international projects! 🎉
You can find out more about the selected web residents here:
https://bit.ly/49YGIUI
Design: Charlotte Singer
#digitalsolitude #webresidencies
You can find out more about the selected web residents here:
https://bit.ly/49YGIUI
Design: Charlotte Singer
#digitalsolitude #webresidencies
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
For the 21th call for web residencies »Polymorphic Futures«, the jury including curator Barbara Cueto – has now selected six international projects! 🎉
You can find out more about the selected web residents here:
https://bit.ly/49YGIUI
Design: Charlotte Singer
#digitalsolitude #webresidencies
You can find out more about the selected web residents here:
https://bit.ly/49YGIUI
Design: Charlotte Singer
#digitalsolitude #webresidencies
SAVE THE DATE: »New Music in Postcolonial Transformation« – a symposium by Ensemble Ascolta & Akademie Schloss Solitude, February 25–26, 2026.
Image: Ensemble Ascolta, workshop with Aida Shirazi and Jessie Cox, July 2025
Image: Ensemble Ascolta, workshop with Aida Shirazi and Jessie Cox, July 2025
January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
SAVE THE DATE: »New Music in Postcolonial Transformation« – a symposium by Ensemble Ascolta & Akademie Schloss Solitude, February 25–26, 2026.
Image: Ensemble Ascolta, workshop with Aida Shirazi and Jessie Cox, July 2025
Image: Ensemble Ascolta, workshop with Aida Shirazi and Jessie Cox, July 2025
New on the SOLITUDE BLOG: »The Living Project« by former fellow Kenneth Boa-Amponsem. ✨️
Read more: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/the-living-project/
Image: Kenneth Boa-Amponsem, photo: Frank Kleinbach
Read more: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/the-living-project/
Image: Kenneth Boa-Amponsem, photo: Frank Kleinbach
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
New on the SOLITUDE BLOG: »The Living Project« by former fellow Kenneth Boa-Amponsem. ✨️
Read more: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/the-living-project/
Image: Kenneth Boa-Amponsem, photo: Frank Kleinbach
Read more: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/the-living-project/
Image: Kenneth Boa-Amponsem, photo: Frank Kleinbach
Akademie Schloss Solitude is happy to renew its cooperation with transmediale in Berlin, which this year is held under the title »By the Mango Belt & Tamarind Road: Compassing, Protocoling, Metaphoring« from January 28 until February 1, 2026! 🎉
Image: Shaheer Tarar, »The Compression Zone«, 2025
Image: Shaheer Tarar, »The Compression Zone«, 2025
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Akademie Schloss Solitude is happy to renew its cooperation with transmediale in Berlin, which this year is held under the title »By the Mango Belt & Tamarind Road: Compassing, Protocoling, Metaphoring« from January 28 until February 1, 2026! 🎉
Image: Shaheer Tarar, »The Compression Zone«, 2025
Image: Shaheer Tarar, »The Compression Zone«, 2025
Wir stellen ein!
Die Akademie Schloss Solitude sucht eine*n Mitarbeiter*in in der Haus- und Betriebstechnik (m/w/d) in Vollzeit oder Teilzeit 70%.
Mehr Infos auf unserer Website:
https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/akademie/jobs/mitarbeiterin-in-der-haus-und-betriebstechnik.
Die Akademie Schloss Solitude sucht eine*n Mitarbeiter*in in der Haus- und Betriebstechnik (m/w/d) in Vollzeit oder Teilzeit 70%.
Mehr Infos auf unserer Website:
https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/akademie/jobs/mitarbeiterin-in-der-haus-und-betriebstechnik.
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Wir stellen ein!
Die Akademie Schloss Solitude sucht eine*n Mitarbeiter*in in der Haus- und Betriebstechnik (m/w/d) in Vollzeit oder Teilzeit 70%.
Mehr Infos auf unserer Website:
https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/akademie/jobs/mitarbeiterin-in-der-haus-und-betriebstechnik.
Die Akademie Schloss Solitude sucht eine*n Mitarbeiter*in in der Haus- und Betriebstechnik (m/w/d) in Vollzeit oder Teilzeit 70%.
Mehr Infos auf unserer Website:
https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/akademie/jobs/mitarbeiterin-in-der-haus-und-betriebstechnik.
On today's #fellowfriday Kristina Miller!
Miller is a curator working with artistic practices and positions that address sociological phenomena. Her focus lies on self-contained systems and spaces, as well as decoupled milieus.
Image: Kristina Miller, 2025. Photo: Rasmus Bell @rasmusbell
Miller is a curator working with artistic practices and positions that address sociological phenomena. Her focus lies on self-contained systems and spaces, as well as decoupled milieus.
Image: Kristina Miller, 2025. Photo: Rasmus Bell @rasmusbell
January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
On today's #fellowfriday Kristina Miller!
Miller is a curator working with artistic practices and positions that address sociological phenomena. Her focus lies on self-contained systems and spaces, as well as decoupled milieus.
Image: Kristina Miller, 2025. Photo: Rasmus Bell @rasmusbell
Miller is a curator working with artistic practices and positions that address sociological phenomena. Her focus lies on self-contained systems and spaces, as well as decoupled milieus.
Image: Kristina Miller, 2025. Photo: Rasmus Bell @rasmusbell
To our Warsaw-based community and international network: Alumna Agnieszka Mastalerz is opening her solo show »Reszta/Reminder« at the Zachęta Project Room in Warsaw on Friday, January 16.
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Reminder«, 2026, stills from the 3-channel video, loop
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Reminder«, 2026, stills from the 3-channel video, loop
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
To our Warsaw-based community and international network: Alumna Agnieszka Mastalerz is opening her solo show »Reszta/Reminder« at the Zachęta Project Room in Warsaw on Friday, January 16.
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Reminder«, 2026, stills from the 3-channel video, loop
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Reminder«, 2026, stills from the 3-channel video, loop
Current fellow Mauro Suarez Torrico presents his performative reading »Notes from a River Body« as part of the international symposium »Posthuman Cartographies«.
📍 Le Générateur, Paris, France
🗓 Saturday January 17, 7–7:30 pm
Image by Pauline Rossignol
📍 Le Générateur, Paris, France
🗓 Saturday January 17, 7–7:30 pm
Image by Pauline Rossignol
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Current fellow Mauro Suarez Torrico presents his performative reading »Notes from a River Body« as part of the international symposium »Posthuman Cartographies«.
📍 Le Générateur, Paris, France
🗓 Saturday January 17, 7–7:30 pm
Image by Pauline Rossignol
📍 Le Générateur, Paris, France
🗓 Saturday January 17, 7–7:30 pm
Image by Pauline Rossignol
Friends, fellows and followers in and around Stuttgart, the event series »shindig« initiated by current curation fellow Lukas Beyer is going for round #4! 🎉
The event is happening on January 17, 2026 at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart and starts at 1:00 PM. Come by, say hi!
Image: tapjim
The event is happening on January 17, 2026 at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart and starts at 1:00 PM. Come by, say hi!
Image: tapjim
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Friends, fellows and followers in and around Stuttgart, the event series »shindig« initiated by current curation fellow Lukas Beyer is going for round #4! 🎉
The event is happening on January 17, 2026 at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart and starts at 1:00 PM. Come by, say hi!
Image: tapjim
The event is happening on January 17, 2026 at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart and starts at 1:00 PM. Come by, say hi!
Image: tapjim
Former fellow Deepika Arwind is celebrating her book release on January 9! 🎉
»Good Arguments« is a coming-of-age novel about Delphi, a woman in her early twenties living in Cooke Town, Bangalore, who discovers theatre after seeing a production of Antigone.
Image by Deepika Arwind
»Good Arguments« is a coming-of-age novel about Delphi, a woman in her early twenties living in Cooke Town, Bangalore, who discovers theatre after seeing a production of Antigone.
Image by Deepika Arwind
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Former fellow Deepika Arwind is celebrating her book release on January 9! 🎉
»Good Arguments« is a coming-of-age novel about Delphi, a woman in her early twenties living in Cooke Town, Bangalore, who discovers theatre after seeing a production of Antigone.
Image by Deepika Arwind
»Good Arguments« is a coming-of-age novel about Delphi, a woman in her early twenties living in Cooke Town, Bangalore, who discovers theatre after seeing a production of Antigone.
Image by Deepika Arwind
Solitude alumna Agnieszka Mastalerz will show her film »Mould« at the 39th Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media on Saturday, January 17, at 8:30 PM at FITZ! & tri-bühne, Hall 3, Eberhardstraße 61, 70173 Stuttgart.
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Mould«, 2025, 7min 21sec, film frame.
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Mould«, 2025, 7min 21sec, film frame.
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Solitude alumna Agnieszka Mastalerz will show her film »Mould« at the 39th Stuttgarter Filmwinter – Festival for Expanded Media on Saturday, January 17, at 8:30 PM at FITZ! & tri-bühne, Hall 3, Eberhardstraße 61, 70173 Stuttgart.
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Mould«, 2025, 7min 21sec, film frame.
Image: Agnieszka Mastalerz, »Mould«, 2025, 7min 21sec, film frame.
As the holiday season arrives, life at Akademie Schloss Solitude grows a little quieter. We’re entering our winter break and taking this time to rest, reflect, and gather new energy for the year ahead! ✨
Wishing everyone a peaceful winter season! ❄️
Image: photo, Betzwieser
#akademiesolitude
Wishing everyone a peaceful winter season! ❄️
Image: photo, Betzwieser
#akademiesolitude
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As the holiday season arrives, life at Akademie Schloss Solitude grows a little quieter. We’re entering our winter break and taking this time to rest, reflect, and gather new energy for the year ahead! ✨
Wishing everyone a peaceful winter season! ❄️
Image: photo, Betzwieser
#akademiesolitude
Wishing everyone a peaceful winter season! ❄️
Image: photo, Betzwieser
#akademiesolitude
This #FellowFriday we are happy to introduce Hiba Ali. 🎉
Hiba Ali PhD shares their digital art in form of immersive digital environments, sculpture-based installations, moving images, garments, and sound.
Image: Dr. Hiba Ali, »Watering the Somatic Oasis«, photo by Maischa Souaga and Kampnagel
Hiba Ali PhD shares their digital art in form of immersive digital environments, sculpture-based installations, moving images, garments, and sound.
Image: Dr. Hiba Ali, »Watering the Somatic Oasis«, photo by Maischa Souaga and Kampnagel
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This #FellowFriday we are happy to introduce Hiba Ali. 🎉
Hiba Ali PhD shares their digital art in form of immersive digital environments, sculpture-based installations, moving images, garments, and sound.
Image: Dr. Hiba Ali, »Watering the Somatic Oasis«, photo by Maischa Souaga and Kampnagel
Hiba Ali PhD shares their digital art in form of immersive digital environments, sculpture-based installations, moving images, garments, and sound.
Image: Dr. Hiba Ali, »Watering the Somatic Oasis«, photo by Maischa Souaga and Kampnagel
Great news: Current fellow Noriko Tomita presents her work »Eternal Textiles: Patterns are Alive« in the exhibition »Weave Wave: Material Agencies in Motion« at the FX Gallery in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia until January 16, 2026. 🎉
Images: »Eternal Textiles: Patterns are Alive«, Noriko Tomita
Images: »Eternal Textiles: Patterns are Alive«, Noriko Tomita
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Great news: Current fellow Noriko Tomita presents her work »Eternal Textiles: Patterns are Alive« in the exhibition »Weave Wave: Material Agencies in Motion« at the FX Gallery in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia until January 16, 2026. 🎉
Images: »Eternal Textiles: Patterns are Alive«, Noriko Tomita
Images: »Eternal Textiles: Patterns are Alive«, Noriko Tomita
The Solitude Community is buzzing these days: Former fellow Manuel Mathieu presents his work in the solo exhibition »Unity in Darkness« at the PHI in Montréal/Canada until 8th March 2026! 🎉
Image: © Document original 2025, Photo : Document original
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
Image: © Document original 2025, Photo : Document original
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Solitude Community is buzzing these days: Former fellow Manuel Mathieu presents his work in the solo exhibition »Unity in Darkness« at the PHI in Montréal/Canada until 8th March 2026! 🎉
Image: © Document original 2025, Photo : Document original
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
Image: © Document original 2025, Photo : Document original
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
We are happy to share that former fellow Sharmila Samant together with artist Daria Wilfing presents the exhibition »Daria & Sharmila« at the Off-Space Maquis Mami Wata in Mannheim until January 10, 2026.
Image: © Sharmila Samant
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #solitudenetwork
Image: © Sharmila Samant
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #solitudenetwork
December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are happy to share that former fellow Sharmila Samant together with artist Daria Wilfing presents the exhibition »Daria & Sharmila« at the Off-Space Maquis Mami Wata in Mannheim until January 10, 2026.
Image: © Sharmila Samant
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #solitudenetwork
Image: © Sharmila Samant
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #solitudenetwork
It´s time for another #FellowFriday! 🎉 This time we would like to introduce aliveduo, which is the collaborative artistic partnership between Alena Starostina and Ivan Nikolaev, focusing on time-based art.
Image: © »Letters Home« performance, photo: Klaus Gigga
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
Image: © »Letters Home« performance, photo: Klaus Gigga
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It´s time for another #FellowFriday! 🎉 This time we would like to introduce aliveduo, which is the collaborative artistic partnership between Alena Starostina and Ivan Nikolaev, focusing on time-based art.
Image: © »Letters Home« performance, photo: Klaus Gigga
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
Image: © »Letters Home« performance, photo: Klaus Gigga
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
Friends, fellows and followers in and around Stuttgart, the event series »shindig« initiated by current fellow Lukas Beyer is going for round #3! 🎉
The event is happening on December 13, 2025 from at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart.
Image:
1: © Graphic, Lukas Beyer
#solitudefellows
The event is happening on December 13, 2025 from at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart.
Image:
1: © Graphic, Lukas Beyer
#solitudefellows
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Friends, fellows and followers in and around Stuttgart, the event series »shindig« initiated by current fellow Lukas Beyer is going for round #3! 🎉
The event is happening on December 13, 2025 from at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart.
Image:
1: © Graphic, Lukas Beyer
#solitudefellows
The event is happening on December 13, 2025 from at Projektraum Römerstraße 2, 70178 Stuttgart.
Image:
1: © Graphic, Lukas Beyer
#solitudefellows
Don't miss the seminar presentation by current fellow Rachel Gill, in collaboration with ABK Stuttgart students, on December 17, 2025, at 7:00 PM!
At Experimentierbühne Heusteigtheater, 70180 Stuttgart.
Image: Rachel Gill, »The Eight Positions or Could This Go on Forever?« photo: Anna Witenberg
At Experimentierbühne Heusteigtheater, 70180 Stuttgart.
Image: Rachel Gill, »The Eight Positions or Could This Go on Forever?« photo: Anna Witenberg
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don't miss the seminar presentation by current fellow Rachel Gill, in collaboration with ABK Stuttgart students, on December 17, 2025, at 7:00 PM!
At Experimentierbühne Heusteigtheater, 70180 Stuttgart.
Image: Rachel Gill, »The Eight Positions or Could This Go on Forever?« photo: Anna Witenberg
At Experimentierbühne Heusteigtheater, 70180 Stuttgart.
Image: Rachel Gill, »The Eight Positions or Could This Go on Forever?« photo: Anna Witenberg
Solitude alumna Alicja Bielawska
shows her work in the solo-exhibition »A Place for Folding and Unfolding Time/Ein Ort zum Einrollen und Ausrollen der Zeit« at the Polish Institute in Düsseldorf! 🎉
Images: Photo Hanne Brandt © Instytut Polski w Düsseldorfie
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
shows her work in the solo-exhibition »A Place for Folding and Unfolding Time/Ein Ort zum Einrollen und Ausrollen der Zeit« at the Polish Institute in Düsseldorf! 🎉
Images: Photo Hanne Brandt © Instytut Polski w Düsseldorfie
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Solitude alumna Alicja Bielawska
shows her work in the solo-exhibition »A Place for Folding and Unfolding Time/Ein Ort zum Einrollen und Ausrollen der Zeit« at the Polish Institute in Düsseldorf! 🎉
Images: Photo Hanne Brandt © Instytut Polski w Düsseldorfie
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
shows her work in the solo-exhibition »A Place for Folding and Unfolding Time/Ein Ort zum Einrollen und Ausrollen der Zeit« at the Polish Institute in Düsseldorf! 🎉
Images: Photo Hanne Brandt © Instytut Polski w Düsseldorfie
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows