The Residencies Programme is an integral part of the NTU CCA Singapore’s mission as a contemporary art research centre serving as an incubator for artistic development and cultural exchange. The Residencies Programme is a research oriented and studio-based platform that enables multiform manifestations of creative processes and facilitates the production of interdisciplinary knowledge with the studio as a constant space for experimentation and research.

During their fully-funded residencies, the residents are supported by the NTU CCA Singapore’s curatorial team along their research trajectories. They become active contributors to the Centre’s cultural life and develop a wide range of programmes—talks, workshops, open studios, screenings, panel discussions and performances aimed at sharing their practice with the public. Furthermore, the residents can benefit from the international network of curators, fellows, scholars, and researchers involved in the Centre’s research projects and activities.

Since its inception in 2014, the Residencies Programme has supported more than 210 Artists-, Curators- and Researchers-in-Residence from all around the globe and it has organised a large number of public programmes and display presentations reaching an audience of over 120,000 people. Many of the projects developed by the artists during their residencies move on to be presented at international exhibitions, biennials, and festivals and, in some instances, the resulting artworks have been acquired into museum collections.