Submission Deadline: May 1, 2026
Program Dates: June 1 – June 30, 2026
Open Studio Showcase: Friday, June 26, 2026
Overview:
The Summer Studio Residency is a month-long incubator for risk, experimentation, and reinvention. This residency places process at the center, encouraging artists to push boundaries and develop work in an open, exploratory environment.
Throughout the month, artists will have informal opportunities for dialogue, connection, and shared creation—culminating in a collaborative showcase at the end of the residency.
Who Should Apply:
Emerging and established artists working across all mediums who are interested in experimentation, material inquiry, and communal engagement.
Application Fee: $25.00 per submission
The Studio Summer Residency at Bushwick Gallery is a month-long incubator for artistic risk, experimentation, and reinvention. Designed to center process over product, the residency provides artists with the time, space, and community to push the boundaries of their practice in an open and exploratory environment.
Located in the vibrant heart of Bushwick, Brooklyn—one of New York City’s most dynamic creative neighborhoods—Bushwick Gallery offers a supportive, appointment-only gallery context that encourages meaningful engagement with contemporary art. Nestled in an area where artists live, dream, and work, the residency invites participants to become part of an active cultural ecosystem with a strong emphasis on creative exchange.
Throughout the month, resident artists will have informal opportunities for dialogue, shared creation, and process-focused engagement. The residency culminates in a collaborative Open Studio Showcase, where the public is invited to experience works-in-progress, engage directly with artists, and enjoy light bites and beverages in an intimate, creative atmosphere.
Past Studio Residents
Bushwick Gallery’s residency program has supported a diverse range of voices, including:
- Maëlis Tomassone (France – NYC) — known for raw, textural works that channel the immediacy of urban walls and layered storytelling.
- Khoi Le (Vienna, VA – Brooklyn) — exploring memory, grief, and myth-making through digital culture, iconography, and tactile assemblage.
- Taylor Epps (Brooklyn, NY) — blending family archives and quiet gesture into intimate representational paintings.
- Tristan Oliveira (Brazil – New York) — working with archival imagery and unseen material, constructing layered visual narratives that blur the boundary between memory and present time through experimental printing and editing.
- Thelma Sigurhansdottir (Iceland – New York) — embracing structural change through a new body of paintings that departs from earlier work, using uncertainty as a framework for transformation and renewal.
- Chris Golub (United States) — exploring loss as a generative force, positioning the act of making as a site of displacement where meaning emerges through alteration, absence, and shift.
Their works reflect the spirit of the program: fearless experimentation, deep connection, and artistic growth.
Non-Commercial Programs
This is part of Bushwick Gallery’s non-commercial programming. These initiatives are centered on artistic presentation, visibility, and creative development rather than sales. Works included in these exhibitions are not offered for purchase.
For non-commercial programs such as residencies, solo statements, and curated showcase projects, there are no participation fees. These opportunities are designed to support artists in developing and presenting their work without financial pressure or commercial expectation.
At Bushwick Gallery, we believe access to opportunity in the arts should extend beyond traditional barriers. These programs are open to artists across all social, cultural, and economic backgrounds. Our approach is grounded in accessibility, equity, and a commitment to recognizing genuine creative potential.