Nanji Residency, operated by
the Seoul Museum of Art, strives to establish the identity of its residency
program as a creative space in a changing visual arts environment and to foster
competent artists through collaborative and process-oriented programs.
Nanji Residency, which has
been operating for 18 years since its opening in 2006, is openly recruiting
short-term residents for 2025 as follows in order to significantly reorganize
its facilities and programs. From 2026, we will operate a regular residency
(one-year) program, so we ask for your understanding and interest.
2024. 12. 4.
Director of the Seoul Museum
of Art
1. Recruitment Overview
○ Location: Nanji Art
Studio (108-1, Haneul Park-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul)
○ Support: 1 dedicated
studio and residency program
※ Programs are subject to
change depending on the operating conditions
2. Recruitment Category and
Number of Applicants
○ Residency period: March
~ May 2025 (3-month short-term residency)
* Short-term residents in
2025 can reapply for the regular residency program in 2026 and beyond, and can
only be selected and moved in once.
○ Field of application:
Artists and researchers in all fields of fine visual arts (art critics and
theorists, independent curators, etc.), organizations with at least one artist
or researcher
○ Number of applicants: 19
people/team
- Visual Artists: 18
- Researchers or team
projects: 1 person/team
3. Eligibility
○ General: Korean
nationality, who has not been a resident of Nanji Residency in the past
○ Artists: Those whose
participation in other residencies at home or abroad does not overlap with the
period of residency at Nanji Residency 2025.
○ Researchers: Those who
have at least three years of experience in the field (exhibition planning,
contributing to academic journals and art journals, publishing, etc.), are not
affiliated with an art-related institution or business (as of the date of application),
and are not participating in a similar program during their residency at Nanji
Art Studio 2025
○ Team project: A group
that includes at least one artist and researcher in the field of pure visual
arts, and all members are not participating in similar programs during the
Nanji Art Studio 2025 residency.
4. Selection Procedure
○ Selection method:
Decided by the resident selection committee
○ Procedure: 1st (document
screening) → 2nd (interview screening) → Selection
Interview date and final
announcement date to be announced later
5. Documents to be submitted
○ Application form: Fill
out the online application form
Portfolio (file format: PDF,
10MB or less)
- Download the form on the
website http://sema.seoul.go.kr
6. Recruitment Announcement
○ Seoul Museum of Art
website (http://sema.seoul.go.kr)
7. Application for Residency
○ Application period: Dec.
16, 2024 (Mon) 09:00～Dec. 27, 2024 (Fri) 17:00
○ How to apply: Online
application http://sema.seoul.go.kr
Submission form and
application instructions: Download from the website
