SÍM Residency, Reykjavík

SÍM Residency, Reykjavík SÍM Residency is an international artist-in-residence programme for artists Around 150 artists from all over the world take part in the program every year.

SÍM Residency is an international residency program for visual artists located in Reykjavík and run by SÍM, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. SÍM Residency can welcome up to twelve artists at a time for residencies lasting one to three months. Artists are accepted based on their work examples, CV and project descriptions.

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceNadja Zürcher (she/her) Switzerland http://www.common-goods.chCommon GoodsResidency gra...
12/06/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Nadja Zürcher (she/her) Switzerland
http://www.common-goods.ch
Common Goods

Residency granted by Kanton Zug

Residency period: June 2026

1. Artist Portrait, 2026
Swiss textile artist, fashion specialist, and educator working at the intersection of art, craft, and social design

2. COMMON GOODS at Swiss Design Award, Basel, 2025
Swiss Design Award Finalist 2025
COMMON GOODS by Nadja Zürcher & Sara Liz Marty.
Photo: Sara Liz Marty

3. Textile Craft Research – Ticino Blueprint, 2024
Documentation of Ticino Blueprint and the work of Matteo Gehringer, one of the last remaining blueprinters in Switzerland
Photo: Aline D’Auria

4. Tandem Residency, Zug, 2024
One-month residency in the shop window of a second-hand store
COMMON GOODS by Nadja Zürcher & Sara Liz Marty
Photo: Alexandra Wey

5. COMMON GOODS Jackets, 2024
What if we changed the way we interact with fashion?
Eight jackets developed through research into traditional textile craftsmanship. Instead of being purchased, they can be rented and shared.
Photo: Niki Jost

6. COMMON GOODS Swap Reel, 2024
A garment-sharing system based on borrowing and shared use.
Video: Loris Ciresa

7. Workshop, Zug, 2024
Sharing textile knowledge through collective making.
Photo: Alexandra Wey

8. MYN, 2022
Swiss-grown linen handwoven by Tessanda, one of the last handweaving workshops in Switzerland.
Textile design: Mira Durrer
Pattern and fashion design: Lea Vogel
Project lead: Nadja Zürcher
Photo: Michèle Büschi

Iceland Reykjavik Art TextileArt TextileArtist CraftResearch TextileCraftsmanship SocialDesign COMMONGOODS COMMONGOODSJackets TicinoBlueprint MaterialResearch

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceTao Hai Yue (she, her) Chinahttp://www.taohaiyue.comyo.toResidency period: June 2026Tao...
11/06/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Tao Hai Yue (she, her) China
http://www.taohaiyue.comyo.to

Residency period: June 2026

Tao Hai Yue is a multidisciplinary artist based between Berlin and Frankfurt, currently studying at Städelschule in Tobias Rehberger’s class.

Working across sculpture, installation, and site-specific interventions, her practice explores adaptation, transformation, and perception through everyday objects and natural materials, often drawing on ideas of migration, collective memory, and temporary coexistence.

1.Portrait photo by Chihiro Otsuka
2-4, Compatibility, site-specific sculpture, created and exhibited during the residency at Fundaziun Nairs Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol, Switzerland, 2024
5-6 Imaginary Feast, site-specific installation, created and exhibited during the residency at Fundaziun Nairs Fundaziun Nairs, Scuol, Switzerland, 2024
7-8 The Narrative of Becoming, kinetic sculpture, Städelschule Rundgang, Frankfurt, Germany, 2026. Photo by AUGUSTINE PAREDES
9 Peel, Städelschule Rundgang, Frankfurt, Germany, 2026
10 Shòu Cháo (detail), artist book, completed during the led by CLAUDIA DE LA TORRE in Berlin, Germany; exhibited in HHÖØMMÈĘ at , Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2023

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceCamile Sproesser (she, her) Brasilhttp://camilesproesser.comResidency period: June 2026...
09/06/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Camile Sproesser (she, her) Brasil
http://camilesproesser.com


Residency period: June 2026

Camile Sproesser (b. 1985, São Paulo, Brazil) is a nomadic visual artist whose work is deeply influenced by her constantly evolving environment. Using non-traditional mediums like woven jute and linen gaze, she blends plant-based materials to explore the cyclical nature of life through painting. Sproesser explores the universal collective subconscious by creating an imagery related to ancient symbologies, mythology and archetypes from places she has been, vulnerably putting herself and her work as active, present testimonies of the supreme impermanence that reigns in this world.

The artist has held solo exhibitions with galleries like Mendes Wood DM, Sardenberg and Peres Project and participated in group shows with Gomide & Co, Saatchi, Monitor, Lamb Gallery, among others. She is having her first London solo exhibition with Lamb Gallery on November 2026.

1. Camile Sproesser
2. ‘The Day’ -detail- acrylic on linen gaze 2025
3. ‘The Tower’ oil on jute 2025
4. ‘Sun and Moon’ install view at , London 2026
5. ‘Double Aries’ -detail- oil on jute 2024
6. ’Supernatural I’ oil on jute 2026
7. ‘The Moon’ oil on linen 2023
8. ‘Sun and Moon’ install view at , London, 2026
9. ‘The Night’ installation view at .co, São Paulo 2025
10. Delhi Art Fair installation view with .gallery, New Delhi 2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceBranko Milisković (he/his) Serbiahttp://www.brankomiliskovic.wordpress.comResidency gra...
08/06/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Branko Milisković (he/his) Serbia
http://www.brankomiliskovic.wordpress.com


Residency granted by Culture Moves Europe / Goethe Institut

Residency period: June 2026

Branko Milisković (b. 1982) is a performance and media artist. He studied sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade and continued his BFA as a Dutch Government scholar at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He earned his MFA from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg. Working across performance, video, sound, photography, and text, he uses his body and identity as primary media, creating recurring personas that address national, political, and emotional histories. His practice explores the Social, Military, and Political Body through historical references transformed into contemporary images. His work investigates authority, social choreography, obedience and disobedience, mass control, demagogy, and political subversion.

1. Portrait photo taken by Bojana Janjić
2. The Future Belongs to Them, 2022, Photographic work with , Collection of
3. LUST, live performance, 2025 Photo by
4. The Song of a Soldier on Watch (WW3 Lili Marlene), live performance, 2015
5. TRUST IN US, 2024, photo poster
6. The Future Belongs to Them, 2023, video still by .documents
7. The Future Belongs to Them (Which Country, Sir?) 2025, European Parliament
8. APPOINTED, 2018, photographic work with olivera_lekic1303 In collection of
9. TRANSFIGURATION, live performance, 2025,

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceJani Luoma (he/him) Finlandwww.janiluoma.comResidency period: June 2026Jani Luoma (b. 1...
08/06/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Jani Luoma (he/him) Finland
www.janiluoma.com


Residency period: June 2026

Jani Luoma (b. 1997) is an artist who makes videos, performances and texts. His practice is driven by structuralist methodology that reveals the subjectivity and material conditions of production. Through using low-threshold tools, such as a MiniDV camera and an iPhone, Luoma approaches the themes of working class, whiteness, and intimacy. He graduated with an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki in 2025.

Luoma’s works have been shown in Northern Europe in the following contexts: Helsinki Biennale 2025 Preview Week; Kirpilä Art Collection, Helsinki, FI; At Home with (7), curated by Sini Pelkki and Magnús Logi Kristinsson, Helsinki, FI; Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, FI; Gallery Loisti, Helsinki, FI; Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, FI; Konsthall323, Stockholm, SE; Hjorten Skulpturpark 2025, Stockholm, SE; Havet, Stockholm, SE; Utomhusgalleriet på Sergels torg, Stockholm, SE; and Galleri Eker Gård, Beitostølen, NO.

His artistic practice has been supported by Amos Andersson’s Fond, Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, the Finnish-Swedish Cultural Foundation, Eugène, Elisabeth and Birgit Nygrén Foundation, Greta and Alfred Runeberg Foundation, and University of the Arts Helsinki Foundation.

1. Portrait of Jani Luoma, photo: Ronya Hirsma
2. Cacao Tree, 2026, single-channel video, 20:00 min (installation view)
3. Cacao Tree, 2026, single-channel video, 20:00 min (installation view)
4. Garment, 2025, single-channel video, 06:00 min (installation view)
5. Visiting a National Rural Landscape, 2025, single-channel video, 03:00 min (installation view)
6. Are we okay?, 2026, duo performance with Fati Sarsaniia, 35:00 min, photo: Eva Volmerson
7. Are we okay?, 2026, duo performance with Fati Sarsaniia, 35:00 min, photo: Eva Volmerson
8. Puddle, 2025, text on paper
9. Puddle, 2025, text on paper

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceTanja Valta (she/her) Finland Residency period: May 2026Residency granted by Vantaa Art...
30/05/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Tanja Valta (she/her) Finland


Residency period: May 2026

Residency granted by Vantaa Art Association

Tanja Valta is a textile designer, multidisciplinary artist, art educator and gardener. Influenced by ikebana, she extends textile thinking into three-dimensional plant-based forms. Her practice sits between process-based and site-specific art and grows from a close, tactile relationship with materials.

Valta works mainly with locally gathered natural elements fallen branches, driftwood, meadow plants and responsibly collected invasive species alongside recycled and found objects. Material is an active partner. Its shape, texture and transformation over time guide the making. Her method is rooted in sensory attention, embodied making and reflection.

Her pieces emphasize line, rhythm, contrast and empty space, are often made in situ and are characterized by temporality; many materials can be returned to the landscape. Valta aims to awaken sensory awareness, shared aesthetic attention and a renewed, embodied connection to everyday nature showing that close looking reveals everyday joy and beauty.

1. Tanja Valta by
2. Seaweed at SIM, May 2026
3. Seaweed mobile at SIM, May 2026
4. Installation at SIM with her ikebana teacher , May 2026
5. Ikebana with lily of the valley, 2024
6. Installation Välitiloissa-festival in Helsinki, Finland, 2025
7. "Echoes of Porvoo's gardens exhibition at Manor Näsi in Porvoo, Finland, 2025
8. Homegrown flowers, 2022
9. Ikebana pattern for SS 20 collection
10. Tataki-zome Pattern for , 2021

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceColette Aliman (she/her) UShttp://www.colettealiman.com Residency period: May 2026Resid...
30/05/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Colette Aliman (she/her) US
http://www.colettealiman.com


Residency period: May 2026

Residency granted by Culture Moves EU

Colette Aliman (b.1989) is a sound artist and creative researcher based in Rotterdam, working on the intersection of acoustic ecology, design thinking, and speculative co-creation. Her practice centers on listening as a research methodology, bringing acoustic attunement into fields where such an approach remains overlooked, underutilized, or yet to be recognized as legitimate

1. Portrait photo by for (2022)
2. Acoustic Continuum (2026) photo by for produced by and
3. Acoustic Continuum (2026) photo by for produced by and
4. Acoustic Continuum (2026) photo by for produced by and
5. Bornholm, Denmark (2024) photo by for project Conversations on an Energy Island (2024-2034), and .nl
6. SHIFT EP (2024) photo by for Dutch Design Week 2024
7. Recording at Rotterdam Port (2024) photo by for project Drifting Horizons (2026 to 2027) Rotterdam Municipality
8. Policy in Flux (2024) for Wild Summer of Art at .rotterdam supported by
9. Colette Aliman (sound) and (animation) for Centering Listening in Designed Places of Care (2024-2026) for .rotterdam
10. Colette Aliman (sound), graphic design by , photo by Centering Listening in Designed Places of Care (2024-2026) for .rotterdam

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceNastja Säde Rönkkö (she/her) Finlandhttp://www.nastjaronkko.comResidency period: May-Ju...
26/05/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Nastja Säde Rönkkö (she/her) Finland
http://www.nastjaronkko.com


Residency period: May-July 2026

Residency granted by Finnish Cultural Foundation

Nastja Säde Rönkkö is an artist working with moving image, performance, installation and text. Rönkkö works internationally and has exhibited and performed internationally in places such as Somerset House, London, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, SXSW, Austin, TX, Royal Academy of Arts, London, FACT, Foundation for Art and Technology, Liverpool, Museum of Moving Image, New York, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, UCCA China and BMoCA Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO.

Recent solo exhibitions include HAM Helsinki, Serlachius Museum Mänttä, Turku Art Museum, Seinäjoki Kunsthall, Finland (2024) and Beaconsfield Gallery, London (2023). Recent group exhibitions include Enter Woodland Spirits, European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, Estonia, Riga Photograhy Biennale (2024), The Irreplaceable Human, Louisiana Art Museum, Denmark (2023-2024), Milk & Decay, Paradaise Tossed, IMAI Düsseldorf, Germany (2023) and LungA Bliss Festival, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (2023).

1. Nastja
2. Arcana Maiora (The High Priestess), video, 2026, photo: Aake Kivalo
2. Arcana Maiora (The High Priestess II), video, 2026, photo: Aake Kivalo
4. Arcana Maiora (The Empress), watercolour on cardboard, 2026, photo: Luke Turner
5. Arcana Maiora (The Empress), watercolour on cardboard, 2026, photo: Luke Turner
6. Arcana Maiora (The Lovers), watercolour on cardboard, 2026, photo: Luke Turner
7. Arcana Maiora (The Lovers), watercolour on cardboard, 2026, photo: Luke Turner
8. salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears, short film, 2024, 14 min, stillphoto: Luke Turner
9. salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears, short film, 2024, 14 min, stillphoto: Luke Turner
10. taking of salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears, short film, 2024

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceRachelle Hamilton (she/her) Canadahttps://www.rachellehamilton.com/jhamiltonResidency p...
07/05/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Rachelle Hamilton (she/her) Canada
https://www.rachellehamilton.com/jhamilton

Residency period: May 2026

Rachelle Hamilton is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montréal, Canada. Her work explores ideas of the self, transformation, and the joy of everyday life.

Much of her work focuses on ordinary things: food, nature, books, photography, and fibre art. Often switching between mediums, guided by curiosity and a desire to find the most effective or exciting way to bring an idea to life.

Her work has recently begun to explore the body as a site of transformation and vulnerability, and the parallels between physical isolation and the solitude often found in nature.

In her other lives, she is a graphic designer and feature film editor.

1. Rachelle Hamilton (2026)
2. Scars and Small Pieces (2025)
3. Recovery Still Life (2026)
4. fish guy (2024)
5. Missing Parts & Missing Home (2025)
6. Self Portrait (2025)

SÍM Residency artist-in-residenceRebecca Krasnik (she/her) Denmarkhttps://rebeccakrasnik.info/Residency period: May 2026...
07/05/2026

SÍM Residency artist-in-residence

Rebecca Krasnik (she/her) Denmark
https://rebeccakrasnik.info/


Residency period: May 2026

Residency supported by Nordic Analog Network – in collaboration with Ljósmyndaskólinn .is

Rebecca Krasnik works between analogue photography, old printmaking techniques, and computer-generated imagery. She places her images in artists books, sculptural installations, and augmented reality (AR), contrasting a bodily experience with digital representations of time and space. Her work unfolds as investigations of how new technology continues to change the way we create and interact with images today.

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1. Rebecca Krasnik
2. From the series ‘With Our Hands’ Digital contact print, Galleri 1,4 m3, 2025 .4m3
3. Horse Render, Digital photograms, AGA Works, 2024
4. Years of Streaming, duo show with Julie Riis Andersen, AGA Works, 2024
5. Horse Render, Digital photogram, AGA Works, 2024
6. Out of the Void, Augmented Reality, TITLED Gallery, 2024
7.-8. I let a dark horse run over my screen at night, Silkscreen prints, Trykkeriet, 2024
9.-10. From the series ‘Walking on Pasts’ Paths’, Photographic print under hand engraved glas, c4 projects, 2023

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