These residencies are based in the context of a growing cultural creative scene in Malta in line with Spazju Kreattiv’s aim of being a catalyst for contemporary art in Malta and allowing for international collaboration.
Our residency programme aims to enrich cultural diversity within Malta’s creative scene by encouraging encounters and exchanges between international and Maltese artists, the creative collaborators and communities as well as physical and virtual environments. The residency framework provides the time for research and development as well as opportunities for creatives to engage with communities in the presentation of work.
Spazju Kreattiv Artists’ Residency programme is organised in collaboration with the Valletta Design Cluster and the Ministry for Gozo
October 2024
Fo is a multi-disciplinary ceramist based in London and Beijing, her work explores the intersection of art, food, and sensory experiences. Fo creates immersive environments that challenge the traditional boundaries of art and food, inviting viewers to engage with their work through sight, touch, and taste.
CN is an innovative textile artist and storyteller who was born in China and is now based in both London and Shanghai. Her art is rooted in poetic, narrative, and artisanal traditions, with a focus on affect-driven mediums that establish an empathic connection with the viewer.
March - May 2024
Renata Poljak graduated at the School of Fine Arts in Split and got her MFA at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France. Her works have been shown at numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions, biennials and film festivals. She received many awards, like Golden Black Box for the best short film at Berlin Black Box Festival held in Babylon Cinema in 2006, or the T-HT award – one of the most important contemporary art awards in Croatia, in 2012.
October - November 2023
Patricia Abela is an Australian artist based in the Blue Mountains. Patricia studied Visual Arts at the University of Newcastle and has a Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts and a Diploma of Visual Arts (winning the Jean Wright Memorial Scholarship). She also has a Diploma of Education through the University of Western Sydney.
September 2023
California based sculptor Erin McGuiness (b. 1975) was born in Washington DC and raised in Northern Virginia, receiving a BA in Fine Arts with a focus in ceramics from Earlham College. In 2016 she was an artist in residence at Center for the Arts in Skopelos Greece. In 2018 she lived and studied zen meditation at Green Dragon Temple on the Northern California coast and is currently studying energy work.
April 2019
Dr Lee Campbell is an artist, curator and lecturer at Central Saint Martins and across Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon colleges UAL.
July 2019
Sarah Vella and Lisa Colette Bysheim Bysheim & Vella met during their studies at Trinity Laban in London. As freelancers, they create and perform their own work in collaboration with other artists in various disciplines. To date, they have been individually involved in several dance projects for film, stage and site specific works. Their movement language is formed by their experience in contemporary and improvisation techniques.
August - September 2019
Katarina Radovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. She studied History of Art at the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK in the 1990s and acquired the BA Degree in Photography from the Academy of Arts ‘BK’ in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2006.
April 2019
Diana Greene is a multimedia artist based in North Carolina, USA. Her photographs and films straddle the world of fine art and documentary. She believes the camera is a way to connect vividly within communities and to the personal landscape within.
Dawn ir-residenzi huma bbażati fil-kuntest ta’ xena kreattiva kulturali li qed tikber f’Malta fl-istess waqt mal-għan ta’ Spazju Kreattiv li jkun katalist għall-arti kontemporanja f’Malta u li jippermetti kollaborazzjoni internazzjonali.
Il-programm ta’ residenza tagħna għandu l-għan li jarrikkixxi d-diversità kulturali fix-xena kreattiva ta’ Malta billi jħeġġeġ il-laqgħat u l-iskambji bejn l-artisti internazzjonali u dawk Maltin, il-kollaboraturi u l-komunitajiet kreattivi kif ukoll l-ambjenti fiżiċi u virtwali. Il-qafas ta’ residenza jipprovdi ż-żmien għar-riċerka u l-iżvilupp kif ukoll opportunitajiet biex il-kreattivi jinvolvu ruħhom mal-komunitajiet fil-preżentazzjoni tax-xogħol.
April 2025
Nocciola The Drawer hija artista tal-murali, illustratriċi, u esploratriċi kreattiva mill-Grigal tar-Renju Unit. Hi tispeċjalizza f'xogħol artistiku qawwi, kuraġġuż u mlewwen li jikkombina l-figura femminili u disinni ħajja, kollu bil-għan li jgħolli, jispiraw, jagħti s-setgħa, u jiċċelebra.
Ottubru 2024
Fo hija ċeramista multidixxiplinarja bbażata f'Londra u f'Beijing, ix-xogħol tagħha jesplora l-intersezzjoni tal-arti, l-ikel, u l-esperjenzi sensorji. Fo joħloq ambjenti immersivi li jisfidaw il-konfini tradizzjonali tal-arti u l-ikel, u jistieden lit-telespettaturi jimpenjaw ruħhom max-xogħol tagħhom permezz tal-vista, il-mess u t-togħma.
CN huwa artist tat-tessuti innovattiv u narratur li twieled fiċ-Ċina u issa hija bbażata kemm f'Londra kif ukoll f'Shanghai. L-arti tagħha għandha l-għeruq tagħha fi tradizzjonijiet poetiċi, narrattivi u artiġjanali, b’enfasi fuq mezzi mmexxija mill-affett li jistabbilixxu empatiku. konnessjoni mat-telespettatur.
Marzu - Mejju 2024
Renata Poljak iggradwat fl-Iskola tal-Fine Arts in Split u kisbet l-MFA tagħha fl-École Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, Franza. Ix-xogħlijiet tagħha ntwerew f’bosta wirjiet nazzjonali u internazzjonali individwali u fi gruppi, biennali u festivals tal-films. Hi rċeviet bosta premjijiet, bħal Golden Black Box għall-aqwa film qasir f’Berlin Black Box Festival li sar f’Babylon Cinema fl-2006, jew il-premju T-HT – wieħed mill-aktar premjijiet importanti tal-arti kontemporanja fil-Kroazja, fl-2012.
Ottubru - Novembru 2023
Patricia Abela hija artista Awstraljana bbażata fil-Blue Mountains. Patricia studjat l-Arti Viżwali fl-Università ta’ Newcastle u għandha Baċċelerat fl-Arti tal-Arti Viżiva u Diploma fl-Arti Viżiva (rebħet il-Jean Wright Memorial Scholarship). Hija għandha wkoll Diploma tal-Edukazzjoni permezz tal-Università ta’ Western Sydney.
Settembru 2023
L-iskultur Erin McGuiness ibbażat f'Kalifornja (b. 1975) twieldet f'Washington DC u trabba fit-Tramuntana ta' Virginia, u rċieva BA fil-Fine Arts b'fokus fiċ-ċeramika minn Earlham College. Fl-2016 kienet artista fir-residenza fiċ-Ċentru għall-Arti fi Skopelos il-Greċja. Fl-2018 għexet u studjat il-meditazzjoni zen fil-Green Dragon Temple fuq il-kosta tat-Tramuntana tal-Kalifornja u bħalissa qed tistudja x-xogħol tal-enerġija.
April 2019
Dr Lee Campbell huwa artist, kuratur u lecturer f’Central Saint Martins kif ukoll fil-kulleġġi ta’ Camberwell, Chelsea u Wimbledon. Il-prattika tal-arti ta’ Lee tgħaqqad metodoloġiji tal-Prestazzjoni u tal-Arti biex tesplora kif it-tifsira hija mibnija permezz ta’ politika ta’ spazju, u kif il-politika tal-artisti tiġi artikolata permezz ta’ lingwi viżwali u verbali espressi permezz ta’ mezzi artistiċi varji inklużi l-prestazzjoni, l-fotografija u l-films. Il-metodoloġija tax-xogħol tiegħu tpoġġi enfasi fuq l-esperjenza korporali li ntużat fuq l-esperjenza tiegħu bħala artist li juża l-ġisem bħala l-prinċipju ewlieni biex isir ix-xogħol. Ir-riċerka ta’ Lee ġiet ippubblikata internazzjonalment f’pubblikazzjonijiet reċenti, inkluż PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research, Body Space Technology and Performance Paradigm. Bħalissa huwa qed jaħdem fuq kollezzjoni editjata, “Leap into Action: Critical Performative Pedagogies, in Art & Design Education (Peter Lang, USA)”. Attwalment huwa resident bħala parti mill-programm Conditions artist studio fi Croydon.
Lulju 2019
Bysheim u Vella ltaqgħu waqt l-istudji tagħhom fi Trinity Laban f’Londra. Bħala freelancers, huma joħolqu u jwettqu x-xogħol tagħhom stess f’kollaborazzjoni ma’ artisti oħra f’dixxiplini varji. Sal-lum, huma kienu individwalment involuti f’diversi proġetti ta’ żfin għall-films, il-palk u xogħlijiet speċifiċi għal sit. Il-moviment tal-lingwa tagħhom huwa ffurmat mill-esperjenza tagħhom f’tekniki kontemporanji u ta’ improvizzazzjoni.
Awissu - Settembru 2019
Katarina Radovic twieldet Belgrade, is-Serbja. Hija studjat l-Istorja tal-Arti ġewwa l-Università ta’ Sussex, Brighton, ġewwa r-Renju Unit fid-disgħinijiet, minn fejn kisbet baċċellerat fil-fotografija mill-Akkademja tal-Arti ‘BK’ ta’ Belgrade, is-Serbja, fl-2006. Bħala artista freelance hija pparteċipat f’numru ta’ esebizzjonijiet solo u kollettivi f’festival is-Serbja, il-Kroazja, is-Slovenja, l-Awstrija, ir-Repubblika Ċeka, il-Litwanja, Spanja, Franza, l-Eġittu, il-Ġappun, is-Senegal u l-Istati Uniti tal-Amerka fost oħrajn. Fl-2007, ġewwa Vjenna, hija bbenefikat mill-fond Kultur Kontakt Artist-in-Residence, u fl-2009 rċeviet assistenza finanzjarja mingħand il-Fondazzjoni Kulturali Ewropea għat-twettiq b’suċċess tal-proġett Until Death Do Us Part. Ix-xogħol fotografiku tagħha jikkonsisti minn riċerki uniċi fl-oqsma tal-identità, preżentazzjoni (awto), relazzjonijiet umani u komunikazzjoni, kif ukoll differenzi kulturali, f’ħafna mid-drabi mlaqqgħin mat-teatru, l-ironija, u l-umoriżmu. Hija interessata wkoll fid-disinn, fil-pubblikazzjoni, fit-traduzzjoni, u fix-xogħol kuratorjali.
April 2019
Diana Greene hija artist multimedjali bbażata f’North Carolina, fl-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika. Ir-ritratti u l-films tagħha isibu ruħhom bejn id-dinja tal-arti u dik tad-dokumentarju. Hija temmen li l-kamera hi mod kif tgħaqqad b’mod vivaċi l-komunitajiet mal-pajsaġġ personali. Ir-ritratti premjati tagħha ġew esibiti f’ħafna postijiet, l-aktar reċentement f’Barċellona, Berlin, u fis-Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Għal 20 sena, ħadmet bħala artist f’residenza, u għallmet mijiet ta’ studenti tal-iskejjel pubbliċi l-qawwa tal-immaġinazzjoni biex toħloq it-tifsira f’dinja kumplessa bl-użu ta’ kliem, ritratti u vidjo.
