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.
OPEN SOLITUDE | Saturday, November 29, 2025 | 2-10 PM
Curious about the creative buzz at Akademie Schloss Solitude? Join us for »Open Solitude« to meet current fellows & explore their Open Studios. Enjoy public tours, chats, and artistic exchanges. Admission is free – bring friends! 🟣
Curious about the creative buzz at Akademie Schloss Solitude? Join us for »Open Solitude« to meet current fellows & explore their Open Studios. Enjoy public tours, chats, and artistic exchanges. Admission is free – bring friends! 🟣
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
OPEN SOLITUDE | Saturday, November 29, 2025 | 2-10 PM
Curious about the creative buzz at Akademie Schloss Solitude? Join us for »Open Solitude« to meet current fellows & explore their Open Studios. Enjoy public tours, chats, and artistic exchanges. Admission is free – bring friends! 🟣
Curious about the creative buzz at Akademie Schloss Solitude? Join us for »Open Solitude« to meet current fellows & explore their Open Studios. Enjoy public tours, chats, and artistic exchanges. Admission is free – bring friends! 🟣
Current Solitude fellow Mauro Suarez Torrico showcases his latest artist’s book with lithographs at La Fondation Taylor, Paris until Nov 22, 2025. The works evoke the river’s water as a subtle, ever-moving entity, exploring the intersections of territory, water, and memory.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Current Solitude fellow Mauro Suarez Torrico showcases his latest artist’s book with lithographs at La Fondation Taylor, Paris until Nov 22, 2025. The works evoke the river’s water as a subtle, ever-moving entity, exploring the intersections of territory, water, and memory.
It´s time for another #FellowFriday! This week we would like introduce Mert Moralı.
He is a Berlin-based composer, whose current research and artistic focus lies on prosthesis, corporeality, and space in relation.
More infos here: https://www.mertmorali-composer.com/
Image: © Merve Ergün
He is a Berlin-based composer, whose current research and artistic focus lies on prosthesis, corporeality, and space in relation.
More infos here: https://www.mertmorali-composer.com/
Image: © Merve Ergün
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It´s time for another #FellowFriday! This week we would like introduce Mert Moralı.
He is a Berlin-based composer, whose current research and artistic focus lies on prosthesis, corporeality, and space in relation.
More infos here: https://www.mertmorali-composer.com/
Image: © Merve Ergün
He is a Berlin-based composer, whose current research and artistic focus lies on prosthesis, corporeality, and space in relation.
More infos here: https://www.mertmorali-composer.com/
Image: © Merve Ergün
Last Saturday, current fellow Hanieh Fatouraee hosted the Pickling Gathering: »Torshi: Manifestation Pickling« at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, and we would like to share these incredible moments with you! 🥒
Images: © Fabian Faylona
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #workshop #gathering #traditions
Images: © Fabian Faylona
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #workshop #gathering #traditions
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Last Saturday, current fellow Hanieh Fatouraee hosted the Pickling Gathering: »Torshi: Manifestation Pickling« at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, and we would like to share these incredible moments with you! 🥒
Images: © Fabian Faylona
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #workshop #gathering #traditions
Images: © Fabian Faylona
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #workshop #gathering #traditions
OUT NOW! Open Call for Web Residencies No. 21 »Polymorphic Futures«
Further information on the call can be found on the website! 📎
Application deadline: November 28, 2025.
Graphic: Charlotte Singer
#akademiesolitude #digitalsolitude #webresidency #callforartists #opencall #artistcall
Further information on the call can be found on the website! 📎
Application deadline: November 28, 2025.
Graphic: Charlotte Singer
#akademiesolitude #digitalsolitude #webresidency #callforartists #opencall #artistcall
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
OUT NOW! Open Call for Web Residencies No. 21 »Polymorphic Futures«
Further information on the call can be found on the website! 📎
Application deadline: November 28, 2025.
Graphic: Charlotte Singer
#akademiesolitude #digitalsolitude #webresidency #callforartists #opencall #artistcall
Further information on the call can be found on the website! 📎
Application deadline: November 28, 2025.
Graphic: Charlotte Singer
#akademiesolitude #digitalsolitude #webresidency #callforartists #opencall #artistcall
Great news to share: Former fellows Lamin Fofana, Michaela Melián and Raphael Sbrzesny are part of the exhibition »The Sound of Sculpture as Society« at the Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen!
Image: © Lamin Fofana, »Works in Metal«, 2025. Photo: Städtische Galerie VS
Image: © Lamin Fofana, »Works in Metal«, 2025. Photo: Städtische Galerie VS
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Great news to share: Former fellows Lamin Fofana, Michaela Melián and Raphael Sbrzesny are part of the exhibition »The Sound of Sculpture as Society« at the Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen!
Image: © Lamin Fofana, »Works in Metal«, 2025. Photo: Städtische Galerie VS
Image: © Lamin Fofana, »Works in Metal«, 2025. Photo: Städtische Galerie VS
»Torshi: Manifestation Pickling« with current Solitude fellow Hanieh Fatouraee 🥒🥕🫙 // at Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart // November 8, 3 to 6 pm
Explore pickling as a ritual, caring, and communal practice. ➡️ Please register by november 2, with haniehfatouraee(at)gmail.com
🔗 https://bit.ly/48TNrAB
Explore pickling as a ritual, caring, and communal practice. ➡️ Please register by november 2, with haniehfatouraee(at)gmail.com
🔗 https://bit.ly/48TNrAB
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
»Torshi: Manifestation Pickling« with current Solitude fellow Hanieh Fatouraee 🥒🥕🫙 // at Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart // November 8, 3 to 6 pm
Explore pickling as a ritual, caring, and communal practice. ➡️ Please register by november 2, with haniehfatouraee(at)gmail.com
🔗 https://bit.ly/48TNrAB
Explore pickling as a ritual, caring, and communal practice. ➡️ Please register by november 2, with haniehfatouraee(at)gmail.com
🔗 https://bit.ly/48TNrAB
Friends in and around Barcelona – don’t miss »Cloud Catchers« by former Solitude fellow Ingrid Hora, opening tonight (Oct 23, 7–9 PM) at BAR project, HAUS, Space for Art and Contemporary Practices! 🎉
On view until Nov 28, 2025.
Image: © Ingrid Hora
#solitudefellows #akademiesolitude
On view until Nov 28, 2025.
Image: © Ingrid Hora
#solitudefellows #akademiesolitude
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Friends in and around Barcelona – don’t miss »Cloud Catchers« by former Solitude fellow Ingrid Hora, opening tonight (Oct 23, 7–9 PM) at BAR project, HAUS, Space for Art and Contemporary Practices! 🎉
On view until Nov 28, 2025.
Image: © Ingrid Hora
#solitudefellows #akademiesolitude
On view until Nov 28, 2025.
Image: © Ingrid Hora
#solitudefellows #akademiesolitude
Great news: Former fellow Juliane Jaschnow shows her exhibition »Anstiftung zur Vorspiegelung wahrer Tatsachen« at D21 Kunstraum in Leipzig.
It explores how images and memory are instrumentalized in contemporary Russia - blending video, installation & reconstruction.
Image: © Juliane Jaschnow
It explores how images and memory are instrumentalized in contemporary Russia - blending video, installation & reconstruction.
Image: © Juliane Jaschnow
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Great news: Former fellow Juliane Jaschnow shows her exhibition »Anstiftung zur Vorspiegelung wahrer Tatsachen« at D21 Kunstraum in Leipzig.
It explores how images and memory are instrumentalized in contemporary Russia - blending video, installation & reconstruction.
Image: © Juliane Jaschnow
It explores how images and memory are instrumentalized in contemporary Russia - blending video, installation & reconstruction.
Image: © Juliane Jaschnow
Silke Hofmann explores how garments can provide care, protection, and reflect lived experiences. In conversation with Gloria Aino Grzywatz, she reflects on terminology, technology, and intimacy.
Read more on the SOLITUDE BLOG: https://bit.ly/3IB9GQM
Read more on the SOLITUDE BLOG: https://bit.ly/3IB9GQM
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Silke Hofmann explores how garments can provide care, protection, and reflect lived experiences. In conversation with Gloria Aino Grzywatz, she reflects on terminology, technology, and intimacy.
Read more on the SOLITUDE BLOG: https://bit.ly/3IB9GQM
Read more on the SOLITUDE BLOG: https://bit.ly/3IB9GQM
APPLICATION PLATFORM NOW OPEN!
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
APPLICATION PLATFORM NOW OPEN!
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
Exciting news from the Solitude community! Former fellows Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán are part of the exhibition »Say, old top-knot, what do you want?« at Kunsthalle Mainz.
The exhibition runs until January, 11, 2026.
Image: © Norbert Miguletz
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
The exhibition runs until January, 11, 2026.
Image: © Norbert Miguletz
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Exciting news from the Solitude community! Former fellows Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán are part of the exhibition »Say, old top-knot, what do you want?« at Kunsthalle Mainz.
The exhibition runs until January, 11, 2026.
Image: © Norbert Miguletz
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
The exhibition runs until January, 11, 2026.
Image: © Norbert Miguletz
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows
Former fellow Aykan Safoğlu presents his installation »Rozeta« at Kyiv Biennial 2025 in Warsaw. Inspired by the rose window of Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station, the work reflects on migration, hope, and new beginnings. On view until January 18, 2026.
Image: © Alicja Szulc
#solitudefellows
Image: © Alicja Szulc
#solitudefellows
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Former fellow Aykan Safoğlu presents his installation »Rozeta« at Kyiv Biennial 2025 in Warsaw. Inspired by the rose window of Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station, the work reflects on migration, hope, and new beginnings. On view until January 18, 2026.
Image: © Alicja Szulc
#solitudefellows
Image: © Alicja Szulc
#solitudefellows
Workshop in Vienna: »The Sonic and the Void«
On Oct 19, 2025, former fellows Theo Ferreira Gomes & Kosmas Phan Ðinh invite you to join a collective practice of listening and research as part of the Sonic Territories festival.
Image: © Kosmas Phan Ðinh & Theo Ferreira Gomes
#solitudefellows
On Oct 19, 2025, former fellows Theo Ferreira Gomes & Kosmas Phan Ðinh invite you to join a collective practice of listening and research as part of the Sonic Territories festival.
Image: © Kosmas Phan Ðinh & Theo Ferreira Gomes
#solitudefellows
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Workshop in Vienna: »The Sonic and the Void«
On Oct 19, 2025, former fellows Theo Ferreira Gomes & Kosmas Phan Ðinh invite you to join a collective practice of listening and research as part of the Sonic Territories festival.
Image: © Kosmas Phan Ðinh & Theo Ferreira Gomes
#solitudefellows
On Oct 19, 2025, former fellows Theo Ferreira Gomes & Kosmas Phan Ðinh invite you to join a collective practice of listening and research as part of the Sonic Territories festival.
Image: © Kosmas Phan Ðinh & Theo Ferreira Gomes
#solitudefellows
Call for Applications //SOLITUDE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2026–2028 // 🎉
From October 15, 2025 to November 14, 2025, fellowships of six to twelve months duration will be offered.
For more information please visit our website https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/
#akademiesolitude #callforapplications
From October 15, 2025 to November 14, 2025, fellowships of six to twelve months duration will be offered.
For more information please visit our website https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/
#akademiesolitude #callforapplications
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Call for Applications //SOLITUDE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2026–2028 // 🎉
From October 15, 2025 to November 14, 2025, fellowships of six to twelve months duration will be offered.
For more information please visit our website https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/
#akademiesolitude #callforapplications
From October 15, 2025 to November 14, 2025, fellowships of six to twelve months duration will be offered.
For more information please visit our website https://www.akademie-solitude.de/de/
#akademiesolitude #callforapplications
✨ Save the Date: »Open Solitude« ✨
On Nov 29, 2025, 30 international artists & researchers open their studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude – with exhibitions, performances, concerts & readings. Free entry – come by! 💜
Design: @basics09
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #opensolitude
On Nov 29, 2025, 30 international artists & researchers open their studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude – with exhibitions, performances, concerts & readings. Free entry – come by! 💜
Design: @basics09
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #opensolitude
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✨ Save the Date: »Open Solitude« ✨
On Nov 29, 2025, 30 international artists & researchers open their studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude – with exhibitions, performances, concerts & readings. Free entry – come by! 💜
Design: @basics09
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #opensolitude
On Nov 29, 2025, 30 international artists & researchers open their studios at Akademie Schloss Solitude – with exhibitions, performances, concerts & readings. Free entry – come by! 💜
Design: @basics09
#akademiesolitude #solitudefellows #opensolitude
Exciting news: former fellow Dániel Szalai is a finalist for the Leopold Bloom Art Award!
His installation »A House Like No Other« at the Kiscell Museum links industrial bulls’ lives to the Minotaur myth, exploring isolation, domestication, and human-animal relations.
Image: © Dániel Szalai
His installation »A House Like No Other« at the Kiscell Museum links industrial bulls’ lives to the Minotaur myth, exploring isolation, domestication, and human-animal relations.
Image: © Dániel Szalai
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Exciting news: former fellow Dániel Szalai is a finalist for the Leopold Bloom Art Award!
His installation »A House Like No Other« at the Kiscell Museum links industrial bulls’ lives to the Minotaur myth, exploring isolation, domestication, and human-animal relations.
Image: © Dániel Szalai
His installation »A House Like No Other« at the Kiscell Museum links industrial bulls’ lives to the Minotaur myth, exploring isolation, domestication, and human-animal relations.
Image: © Dániel Szalai
Former fellow Basir Mahmood is seeking participants in Düsseldorf for his installation »Point of Arrival«!
He’s looking for people who recently moved - or moved long ago - to share their stories of arrival in Düsseldorf.
Interested? Contact: basirmahmoodworkshop@gmail.com
Image: © Basir Mahmood
He’s looking for people who recently moved - or moved long ago - to share their stories of arrival in Düsseldorf.
Interested? Contact: basirmahmoodworkshop@gmail.com
Image: © Basir Mahmood
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Former fellow Basir Mahmood is seeking participants in Düsseldorf for his installation »Point of Arrival«!
He’s looking for people who recently moved - or moved long ago - to share their stories of arrival in Düsseldorf.
Interested? Contact: basirmahmoodworkshop@gmail.com
Image: © Basir Mahmood
He’s looking for people who recently moved - or moved long ago - to share their stories of arrival in Düsseldorf.
Interested? Contact: basirmahmoodworkshop@gmail.com
Image: © Basir Mahmood
New on the SOLITUDE BLOG: Current fellow Hiba G. Isleem turns fragments of her family archive into playful spaces of memory -> Read here: https://bit.ly/3KvCP0l
More about Hiba: https://bit.ly/46KEzuf
Image: © Hiba G. Isleem
More about Hiba: https://bit.ly/46KEzuf
Image: © Hiba G. Isleem
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New on the SOLITUDE BLOG: Current fellow Hiba G. Isleem turns fragments of her family archive into playful spaces of memory -> Read here: https://bit.ly/3KvCP0l
More about Hiba: https://bit.ly/46KEzuf
Image: © Hiba G. Isleem
More about Hiba: https://bit.ly/46KEzuf
Image: © Hiba G. Isleem
Exhibition opening in the former Galeria Kaufhof Stuttgart, October 2, 6 PM!
🌟 With Anna Gohmert, Jochen Damian Fischer, Hanieh Fatouraee, Atsuko Mochida, Paul Lissner, Marvin Unger, Alexandra Haas, Michael Schramm, Helen Weber, Georg Lutz, Fabian Widukind Penzkofer, Julia Rhizoma & Lily Abichahine
🌟 With Anna Gohmert, Jochen Damian Fischer, Hanieh Fatouraee, Atsuko Mochida, Paul Lissner, Marvin Unger, Alexandra Haas, Michael Schramm, Helen Weber, Georg Lutz, Fabian Widukind Penzkofer, Julia Rhizoma & Lily Abichahine
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Exhibition opening in the former Galeria Kaufhof Stuttgart, October 2, 6 PM!
🌟 With Anna Gohmert, Jochen Damian Fischer, Hanieh Fatouraee, Atsuko Mochida, Paul Lissner, Marvin Unger, Alexandra Haas, Michael Schramm, Helen Weber, Georg Lutz, Fabian Widukind Penzkofer, Julia Rhizoma & Lily Abichahine
🌟 With Anna Gohmert, Jochen Damian Fischer, Hanieh Fatouraee, Atsuko Mochida, Paul Lissner, Marvin Unger, Alexandra Haas, Michael Schramm, Helen Weber, Georg Lutz, Fabian Widukind Penzkofer, Julia Rhizoma & Lily Abichahine
SAVE THE DATE: »BLOOD THIRSTY« by Ira Melkonyan will be presented at Theater Rampe on Saturday, October 18, 6 PM. 🎉
The performance explores blood as symbol and substance - its mysticism, politics, and feminist meanings.
Image: © Kinosaki International Arts Centre and Photo by bozzo
The performance explores blood as symbol and substance - its mysticism, politics, and feminist meanings.
Image: © Kinosaki International Arts Centre and Photo by bozzo
September 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
SAVE THE DATE: »BLOOD THIRSTY« by Ira Melkonyan will be presented at Theater Rampe on Saturday, October 18, 6 PM. 🎉
The performance explores blood as symbol and substance - its mysticism, politics, and feminist meanings.
Image: © Kinosaki International Arts Centre and Photo by bozzo
The performance explores blood as symbol and substance - its mysticism, politics, and feminist meanings.
Image: © Kinosaki International Arts Centre and Photo by bozzo
SAVE THE DATE: Sept. 27, 2025, 2–8 PM
The Schaudepot Special XV – What can opera (still) do?
A day of discovery with workshops, performances, talks & food! This edition explores contemporary music theatre, questioning what opera can give us - and what we can give back.
Image: © Dominique Brewing
The Schaudepot Special XV – What can opera (still) do?
A day of discovery with workshops, performances, talks & food! This edition explores contemporary music theatre, questioning what opera can give us - and what we can give back.
Image: © Dominique Brewing
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Sept. 27, 2025, 2–8 PM
The Schaudepot Special XV – What can opera (still) do?
A day of discovery with workshops, performances, talks & food! This edition explores contemporary music theatre, questioning what opera can give us - and what we can give back.
Image: © Dominique Brewing
The Schaudepot Special XV – What can opera (still) do?
A day of discovery with workshops, performances, talks & food! This edition explores contemporary music theatre, questioning what opera can give us - and what we can give back.
Image: © Dominique Brewing
STUTTGART SAVE THE DATE: Solitude alumna Neda Kovinić returns with her performance »MOODY DRIFTS: AFFECTIVE RESISTANCE« at Theater Rampe on October 10 & 11, 7 PM. A cooperation and project that took shape during her Solitude fellowship.
Video: © Neda Kovinić »MOODY DRIFTS«
#solitudefellows
Video: © Neda Kovinić »MOODY DRIFTS«
#solitudefellows
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
STUTTGART SAVE THE DATE: Solitude alumna Neda Kovinić returns with her performance »MOODY DRIFTS: AFFECTIVE RESISTANCE« at Theater Rampe on October 10 & 11, 7 PM. A cooperation and project that took shape during her Solitude fellowship.
Video: © Neda Kovinić »MOODY DRIFTS«
#solitudefellows
Video: © Neda Kovinić »MOODY DRIFTS«
#solitudefellows
SAVE THE DATE: Solitude im Literaturhaus #2
Current fellows of Akademie Schloss Solitude present works that turn the written word into fresh media, spatial & poetic forms. In cooperation with Literaturhaus Stuttgart.
October 1st, 7.30 pm
Current fellows of Akademie Schloss Solitude present works that turn the written word into fresh media, spatial & poetic forms. In cooperation with Literaturhaus Stuttgart.
October 1st, 7.30 pm
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Solitude im Literaturhaus #2
Current fellows of Akademie Schloss Solitude present works that turn the written word into fresh media, spatial & poetic forms. In cooperation with Literaturhaus Stuttgart.
October 1st, 7.30 pm
Current fellows of Akademie Schloss Solitude present works that turn the written word into fresh media, spatial & poetic forms. In cooperation with Literaturhaus Stuttgart.
October 1st, 7.30 pm
We’re back with #FellowFriday! Meet Aleksander Zain, a Berlin-based dancer, choreographer & new media artist.
His work blends contemporary floorwork, performance & video, exploring the body’s strength beyond social limits.
Find out more about him here: linktr.ee/sergiudita
Image: ©
His work blends contemporary floorwork, performance & video, exploring the body’s strength beyond social limits.
Find out more about him here: linktr.ee/sergiudita
Image: ©
September 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We’re back with #FellowFriday! Meet Aleksander Zain, a Berlin-based dancer, choreographer & new media artist.
His work blends contemporary floorwork, performance & video, exploring the body’s strength beyond social limits.
Find out more about him here: linktr.ee/sergiudita
Image: ©
His work blends contemporary floorwork, performance & video, exploring the body’s strength beyond social limits.
Find out more about him here: linktr.ee/sergiudita
Image: ©