Deadline: 26-Oct-2025
The Delfina Foundation, with the support of the British Council, welcomes applications from artists, curators, and artist-curators based in Ukraine for an eight-week residency in London.
This residency is part of a wider project initiated by The British Council, Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, and Arts Council Wales/Wales International to set up a programme of residencies for artists affected by war and conflict. The programme entails nine artists and cultural professionals from Lebanon, Yemen, OPE, and Ukraine embarking on visits to prominent institutions across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland renowned for their expertise in supporting artists across different art forms from contemporary art to literature and film.
The focus areas and objectives of this residency include providing creative practitioners from countries affected by war and conflict with valuable quiet time, care, and connections with the UK cultural sector, supporting their practice and through them, the communities they are working with back at home.
Each year, Delfina Foundation runs four three-month residency seasons. These residency seasons are dedicated to ‘open’ independent research or to ‘thematic’ collective research around a specific issue or idea. This residency will take place during the ‘open’ summer season 2026.
Alongside offering practitioners time and space to develop their work, Delfina Foundation residencies offer a programme that includes opportunities to meet and engage with artists, curators, academics, and researchers through organised presentations, studio visits, events, and meals; professional development activities including presentations and crits, portfolio reviews, and mentoring activities to strengthen the artistic practice; collaborative exchange between residents through informal gatherings; and guided visits to museums, galleries, non-profits, artist-run spaces and studios, as well as trips to institutions outside London.
The selected applicant will receive an eight-week residency at Delfina Foundation, including a return economy-class flight, airport transfers in the UK, reimbursement of visa fee if required, a living allowance of £500 per week, a materials budget of £800, a local travel pass, and a single bedroom at Delfina Foundation, a house which hosts up to eight residents with shared facilities, including bathrooms, laundry rooms, a kitchen, library, and dining room. Residents will also have opportunities to engage in the UK art scene through structured activities and independent time, as well as access to a programme of planned group activities.
Applicants must be a citizen or long-term resident based in Ukraine, with priority given to those who have not previously lived or participated in residency programmes in the UK. They should be seeking an opportunity to develop their practice through research, be able to explain how the experience of an international residency may benefit their career development and local networks, and be proficient in English.
The application deadline is Sunday, 26 October 2025, 23:59 BST. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an online interview by the end of November 2025, and all applicants will be notified of the panel’s decision by mid-December 2025.
For more information, visit Delfina Foundation.
