One of the founding ideas of Artists Unlimited is to have a guest studio integrated in our house. A space in which an international artist / designer can live and work for 3 months. So far, more than 100 artists and designers from all over the world have received this opportunity.

We offer a studio space (40m²) which is located next door to a private appartment (32m²). Inside, there is a sleeping area,
a kitchen, washing machine and Wi-Fi.
The residency space is located on the first floor of our building, which used to be a paper factory 30 years ago. The studio and the apartment are private, though our guest artists share the floor with two neighbours who also have their private appartments there. Artists Unlimited pays for the monthly rent and grants of 700 Euro a month. Travelling expenses have to be paid for by the artist, though.

By the end of the residency, we encourage all of our guest artists / designers to use the opportunity to present their work in our gallery space.

Application

For the guest scholarships 2027, we will accept applications between the 1st of September and the 1st of October of 2026.
We won’t be able to send out confirmations for applications that reached us success­fully. The application can be sent
to us only digitally and must include the following:

PDF portfolio

○ Curriculum Vitae (CV), list of exhibitions
○ Short description about the (art / design) project that should be realized within the duration of the scholarship in Bielefeld
○ 20 images of your artworks (photography, paintings, drawings …) – complete with information about titles, techniques, dimensions and the date of creation for each work.
○ All information (texts and media) must be contained within a single PDF file (max. 20 MB, no download link)

E-mail address

residency@artists-unlimited.de

Applications that do not meet the conditions listed above or will arrive after the 1st of October will be excluded from the application process.
Artists Unlimited will inform applicants about the results in November.

1935
Gelände der Papierfabrik Opitz und
Wohnhaus Familie Katzenstein

Ab 1964
Sitz des Fernmeldeamtes

Ab 1980
Besitz der Stadt Bielefeld

1985
Gruppe aus Studierenden des Fachbereichs Design, Künstler:innen und Gleichgesinnten gründet Artists Unlimited
Suche nach neuen Ateliers
Ziel: gemeinsames Wohnen und Arbeiten

Mai 1985
Schlüsselübergabe des alten Opitz-Geländes
Umbau der Fabrikräume zu Wohn- und Arbeitsräumen
Umbau und Einzug in Eigenregie

1985
Bau von Lichtwerk, Filmhaus und Café Pönk (ab 1990 Café Milestones) im Artists Unlimited-Komplex

Seit 1986
Dreimal jährlich Stipendium an internationale Gastkünstler:innen

1987
Eröffnung der Artists Unlimited Galerie
Seit 1987: ca. 400 Ausstellungen
regionale und internationale Künstler:innen
Galerie als Ausstellungsort und Experimentierfeld

1991
Idee zu den Offenen Ateliers

1994
Gastkünstler Paul McLaren initiiert den Carnival der Kulturen (ab 1997)

2005
20-jähriges Vereinsjubiläum
Gruppenausstellung im Hochbunker Neustädter Straße
Publikation artists unlimited 20+

2010
25-jähriges Vereinsjubiläum
Open Doors
Publikation NOW

2010
Idee zu ARTUR! – Bielefelder Galeriehopping

2015
Artists Unlimited bespielt den Pavillon des Bezirksamts Brackwede unter dem Namen lAb

2015
30-jähriges Vereinsjubiläum
Open Doors
Publikation Kinship in Solitude / Archiv Klaus-Dieter Braun

2019
Begrüßung des 100. Gastkünstlers Rafi Münz

2020
35-jähriges Vereinsjubiläum mit
Open Doors

2020
Idee zum Abendspaziergang
eine Open-Air-Ausstellung in
der östlichen Mitte Bielefelds

2025
40-jähriges Vereinsjubiläum

Julia Platt @_juliaplatt
from Poland
May – August

Luciano Mazzo @luciano_mazzo
from Chile / Germany
September – November

in chronological order:

001 Pip Cozens (GB/DE)
002 Elmar Jungherz (DE)
003 Dillwyn Smith (GB)
004 Imke Toksoez (DE)
005 Piotr Grabowski (PL)
006 Toine Horvers (NL)
007 Paul Haywood (DE)
008 Thomas Schnurr (DE)
009 Warwick McLeod (NZ)
010 Werner Hunke (DE)
011 Steve Childs (GB)
012 Tracy Mead (FR/US)
013 Claus van Bebber (DE)
014 Keystutis Musneckis (LIT)
015 Jurate Slizyte (LT)
016 Peter Day (GB),
017 Michail Budimirowitsch Tkatschjov (RU)
018 Alain Simon (FR)
019 Nilgün Eryürek (NO/TR)
020 Stig Christiansen (NO)
021 Sabine Bürger (GB/DE)
022 Tim Beeby (GB)
023 Zora Marie Bauer (AT)
024 Michel Vincenot (FR)
025 Aidas Bléda (LT)
026 Athi Seppet (Estonia)
027 Paul McLaren (GB)
028 Crescéncio Paulo (MZ)
029 Koh Nguang How (SG)
030 Rodrigo Barros (CL)
031 Enrique Demetrio Garciá Martin (CU)
032 Marlies Leue (ES/DE)
033 Jaime Font Ortega (ES)
034 Maneco de Gusmao (FR/BR)
035 Nguyen Quang Huy (VN)
036 Imat Suumann (EE)
037 Birgit Cauer (DE)
038 Janis Somerville (SG/AU)
039 Poni Yengi (TZ)
040 Leszek Golec (PL)
041 Jakob Roepke (DE)
042 Nicola Dormagen (DE)
043 Tuija Hyytiäinen (FI)
044 Amanda Heng (SG)
045 Anne Grebby (GB)
046 Sophie Benson (GB)
047 Nguyen Minh Thành (VN)
048 Denis Beaubois (AU)
049 Mark Haverkort (NL)
050 Bridget Baker (ZA)
051 Joanna Hoffmann (PL)
052 David Ralston (GB)
053 Claus van Bebber (DE)
054 Karen Lyons (GB)
055 Koenraad Dedobbeleer (BE)
056 Enrique Demetrio Garciá Martín (ES)
057 Anne Schlöpke (DE)
058 Hunor Petö (HU)
059 Carmen Alves (BR)
060 Jean Claude Mouton (FR)
061 Jason D. Szalla (US)
062 Akifa Mian (PK)
063 Jürgen Noltensmeier (DE)
064 Melanie Tölke (DE)
065 Neringa Naujokaite (DE/LT)
066 Bradford Edwards (VN)
067 Hiromi Nakajima (JP)
068 Martynas Gaubas (LT)
069 Ben Gwilliam (GB)
070 Celia Amitsis (GR/DE)
071 Laila Evensen (NO)
072 Friendly Liu (HK)
073 Rachael Elwell (GB)
074 Bob Levene (GB)
075 Marion Lehmann (DE)
076 Anna Louisa Wolff (IS/DE)
077 Riccardo Beretta (IT)
078 Joo-Hee Yang (KR/FR)
079 Paulo Ahumada Rovai (AR)
080 Antoine Lefebvre (US)
081 Steve Bishop (GB)
082 Mari Ota (JP)
083 Moana Vonstadl (AT)
084 Anna Sagström (S)
085 Leopoldo Ponce (BR)
086 Steven Emmanuel (GB)
087 Idun Baltzersen (NO)
088 Veronika Burger (A)
089 Megan Mace (ZA)
090 Marion Bataillard (FR)
091 Arianne Olthaar (NL)
092 Emadedin Hassanzadeh (IR)
093 Hanan Klei (NL)
094 Rona Stern (IL)
095 Daniela Delgado Viteri (EC)
096 Eva Funk (A/DE)
097 Femke Dekkers (NL)
098 Johan Larnouhet (FR)
099 Tal Engelstein (IL)
100 Rafi Münz (IL)
101 Sophie Lee (UK/NL)
102 Dagmar Weiss (DE)
103 Theo Huber (DE)
104 Franziska Kastner (DE),
105 Nino Kvrivishvili (GE)
106 Anna Slobodnik (DE)
107 Monika Romstein DE)
108 Bas Ketelaars (NL)
109 Russell Perkins (New York, USA)
110 Claudio Beorchia (IT)
111 Pip Passchier (NL)
112 Vojtěch Novák and Elena Pecenová (CZE)
113 Elián Stolarsky (URY/ESP)
114 Gustavo Torres (BRA)
115 Janne Marie Dauer (DE/AT)
116 Maria Jeona Zoleta (PHL)
117 Jessica Tille (DE)

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