
Hannelie Coetzee. Langur Sculptures
The Himalayas have been inspiring artists, thinkers, writers, seekers, and philosophers since millenia. The transcendental setting of these high mountains offer an ideal place for your next creation. Spacehouse welcomes artists and creative practitioners of diverse disciplines from around the world to come and find new inspiration in its surroundings, and make work without distraction.
Artists can choose between a short stay (3 weeks) or a long stay residency (6 weeks) across spring, summer, monsoon and winter residencies. The residency includes stay and food at the Spacehouse Himalayas at no cost to the resident-artists. On an exceptional basis, we may also be able to cover travel costs for the artists.
There is no requirement during the residency except one touchpoint by way of a talk, open house or exchange with local communities. If you wish, you may choose to make an optional donation of a work any time within 10 years of completing your residency. This will go into the permanent collection of the Spacehouse Himalayas, or as a contribution towards future fundraising efforts to support the development of young artists, makers and thinkers of the region.
The residency is currently available only through invitation or nomination by the Spacehouse Himalayas curatorial advisors or artists who have completed a residency at the Spacehouse. If you would like to register your interest, write to us.

Hannelie Coetzee. Visual Artist. Johannesburg

Ned Campbell. Visual Artist. London

Eri Iwase. Ikebana Artist. Tokyo

Sagarika Sundaram. Verso

Tilen Sepic. Himalayan Sunset Lamp

Purin Phaninchphant. Play Blocks

Joanna Thede. Spacehouse Cloud
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Dancing Sticks by Shirin Abedinirad and Asavari Gurav

Rajaram Naik. The Silent Stories

Giovanni Innella. Granite Scaffolding Coffee Table
Elsa and I didn’t work with a particular will, but we try to work with devotion. We tried to listen— to the temples, the jungle, the school— with different instruments: a microphone, camera and a duduk (Armenian flute).
Vahan Soghomonian and Elsa Kritkanjanapan. Multimedia artists. Lyon
Spacehouse is both a playground and a monastery. You have freedom, but it’s not a resort. You’re physically removed from the mundane. There’s a sanctity… But there’s the opportunity to interact with the other artists: to build, to paint, to make. We have fun, but it’s a ‘serious’ playground.
Shubhra Raje. Architect. Ahmedabad
I had brought designs, but when I saw the materials of the area, the skills of the local carpenter, I pivoted to respond to what was here. I appreciate that there wasn’t pressure to socialize, though all the artists bonded very well. We all produced work we hadn’t imagined before.
Giovanni Innella. Designer. Artist. Curator. Italy, Qatar
I’m interested in working with intangibles: light, sound, space, time— connecting in performance. I had some ideas to try here and didn’t do any of them. I decided to immerse myself in the sense of safety and care. I followed the flow of my thoughts.
Germaine Kruip. Visual Artist. Brussels. Amsterdam
The freedom of nature at Spacehouse Himalayas cut deep into my creative self and gave me a new language of expression.
Biswajit Das. Visual Artist. Kolkata