The PlantageDok Artist Residency is an exciting opportunity to be part of an artist-led community in the city of Amsterdam, providing time and space to work, experiment, develop and present your practice. Offering a bedroom and an opportunity to use a shared kitchen and bathroom as well as a working studio. The program is open to visual and performance artists, designers, researchers and writers for a period between 2-6 months. Situated in a historical building with an eco roof terrace in the center of the city, which houses a community of artists, the artist in residence is offered time, resources and connections. The building operates two public spaces with changing events: the Dok Café and the Dok Zaal. The complex is located in the historical east of Amsterdam, near the Artis Zoo, near public transport and many shops and restaurants around the corner.

Residency information

Supplied by air:

a working studio
a bedroom
fully equipped shared kitchen, bathroom & washing-machine (please note all spaces are no smoking spaces)
being part of a community with many workshops, multidisciplinary artists and connections to different scenes in Amsterdam
the artist is asked to host an introduction and/or an exhibition/event in our zaal or cafe at the end of the residency
24/7 access to the studio

Paid by the Artist in Residence:

rent €651,07 a month for the studio, bed room, bathroom & washing machine, fully equipped shared kitchen, (please note this is a non-smoking space). This includes all utilities (incl. electricity, heating, water, & Wi-Fi)
€400 as a deposit
travel expenses
living expenses
material costs
visa and health insurance, other insurances

Note: The Artist in Residence is responsible for the proper use of AiR’s physical space and furniture, as well as the rational use of electricity, water and heating services. The lack of responsibility in the use of the services can lead to extra rates for the resident.

The results of the residency should be documented in some way and details to be discussed.

Applications are open for residencies starting from beginning 2026.

If you are interested to apply for the residency, please download and fill in the Application form, and send it at: dokair@proton.me

We are also there to answer any additional questions you may have!

More info here >> TransArtists

current resident:

Yasia Khomenko

“I’m an artist from Kyiv, and my practice blends textile experimentation, alternative manufacturing methods, and social practice. Over the last decade, I’ve developed a unique approach to upcycling—transforming everyday materials into something new and meaningful. Since 2011, through my brand RCR Khomenko, I’ve been reimagining used clothes, curtains, and tablecloths from local villages, turning them into functional, stylish designs. In 2019, I expanded my practice with XOMEHKO, where I began to explore the intersection of technology and textile history, pushing the boundaries of reuse in exciting, innovative ways.

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought a profound shift in my practice. The experience of war and displacement forced me to rethink my artistic focus, driving me to explore the cultural and socioeconomic impacts of migration, as well as the fashion industry’s deeper mechanics. This led to the NEW PRODUCTION idea, which challenges the traditional codes of fashion production that have dominated since the industrial revolution of the 19th century. In this matter, the goal is to encourage voluntary, spontaneous cooperation, rather than seeing ourselves just as consumers who are disconnected from the creation of the objects that help us reflect on who we are. I want to reshape the role of consumption, promoting emotional and communal connections to objects that are often considered waste or are laden with traumatic memories.”

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previous residents:

2025:

Maria Ångerman

Maria Ångerman is a visual artist and filmmaker from Finland. She will be at Plantage Dok during four months, starting in November. She is working on a film project that speculates about future life on the shoreline of the Baltic Sea, where oxygen levels have steadily declined and the winds have grown out of proportion. The film raises questions about adaptability, survival and migration, and proposes to approach nature in a humble way through a playful attitude.

2024:

Sherine Salla

Sherine Salla is a Cairo-born artist and designer who regularly deep dives into rabbit holes on the internet and through archives; from South-up world maps dreamt up in the 10th century CE, to imagining otherworldly assemblies as monuments in public spaces. Her curiosities gravitate towards historical narratives, languages, and geographies, especially those flowing through West Asia and North Africa. Sherine’s work is often presented in the form of (performative) lectures, publications, and/or prints. Additionally, one can spot her wearing her researcher hat as part of Archief Cairo and cifrcifrcifr collective, where she also works on workshop creation and facilitation. Often caught thinking about the court of the afterlife.

work “Who’s Afraid of Assembly… and How to Hide from Them?” developed during the residency

Henna Räsänen (HX)

Henna Räsänen (HX) is a Berlin-based non-binary and queer comic artist whose work explores social norms through offbeat, prickly humor. Their comics depict subcultures and queer communities in a rapidly eroding world. In HX’s stories dark and troubled noir waltzes with urban topographies, tracking currents and illustrating utopias.

They also teach comic workshops that center on norm critical practices, the character of (urban) spaces and the attempt on finding hope in the middle of the current climate catastrophe.

Agat Sharma

Agat (1984, Jaipur, India) is an artist, educator and theatre maker. His work is a study of the emergence, evolution and erasure of the relationship between land and body. In his work he often uses songs and stories as tools for evoking postcolonial imaginaries. he is deeply influenced by ‘folk’ and pre-modern ways of thinking about ‘Theatre as a place for transformative collective imagination’. Agat works between the Netherlands and India and is a graduate of Das Theatre, Amsterdam

Nseabasi Akpan

Julija Skudutyte

view of exhibition in dokzaal

I work mostly with watercolor medium. In my works I delve into the interplay between humans and everyday objects, exploring the significance we attach to items, from an expression of identity to nostalgia. I search for the paradoxes where worthlessness and usefulness intertwine and spirituality and consumerism meet. My exploration extends beyond mere objects, it delves into my own identity as well, exploring my materiality and usefulness. This leads to artworks depicting trash as beings and portraying humans as mere objects. If you’re interested in seeing my work, you can visit my Instagram @colorforwater or my webpage julijaskudutyte.com