Nanji Residency, operated by the Seoul Museum of Art, strives to establish the identity of its residency program as a creative space in a changing visual arts environment and to foster competent artists through collaborative and process-oriented programs.

Nanji Residency, which has been operating for 18 years since its opening in 2006, is openly recruiting short-term residents for 2025 as follows in order to significantly reorganize its facilities and programs. From 2026, we will operate a regular residency (one-year) program, so we ask for your understanding and interest.

2024. 12. 4.
Director of the Seoul Museum of Art

 
1. Recruitment Overview
○ Location: Nanji Art Studio (108-1, Haneul Park-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul)
○ Support: 1 dedicated studio and residency program
※ Programs are subject to change depending on the operating conditions
 
2. Recruitment Category and Number of Applicants
○ Residency period: March ~ May 2025 (3-month short-term residency)
* Short-term residents in 2025 can reapply for the regular residency program in 2026 and beyond, and can only be selected and moved in once.
○ Field of application: Artists and researchers in all fields of fine visual arts (art critics and theorists, independent curators, etc.), organizations with at least one artist or researcher
○ Number of applicants: 19 people/team
- Visual Artists: 18
- Researchers or team projects: 1 person/team
 
3. Eligibility
○ General: Korean nationality, who has not been a resident of Nanji Residency in the past
○ Artists: Those whose participation in other residencies at home or abroad does not overlap with the period of residency at Nanji Residency 2025.
○ Researchers: Those who have at least three years of experience in the field (exhibition planning, contributing to academic journals and art journals, publishing, etc.), are not affiliated with an art-related institution or business (as of the date of application), and are not participating in a similar program during their residency at Nanji Art Studio 2025
○ Team project: A group that includes at least one artist and researcher in the field of pure visual arts, and all members are not participating in similar programs during the Nanji Art Studio 2025 residency.
 
4. Selection Procedure
○ Selection method: Decided by the resident selection committee
○ Procedure: 1st (document screening) → 2nd (interview screening) → Selection
Interview date and final announcement date to be announced later
 
5. Documents to be submitted
○ Application form: Fill out the online application form
Portfolio (file format: PDF, 10MB or less)
- Download the form on the website http://sema.seoul.go.kr
 
6. Recruitment Announcement
○ Seoul Museum of Art website (http://sema.seoul.go.kr)
 
7. Application for Residency
○ Application period: Dec. 16, 2024 (Mon) 09:00~Dec. 27, 2024 (Fri) 17:00
○ How to apply: Online application http://sema.seoul.go.kr

Submission form and application instructions: Download from the website

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