RESIDENCY.CH

Residency.ch is a non-profit organisation providing work and living space for international artists at PROGR Art Center in Bern. Our main sponsor is the Stiftung GegenwART. Some artists are supported by Pro Helvetia or other cultural organizations.

About us

Courtyard of the Progr Art Center

The association Residency.ch based at PROGR in Bern, was founded in 2012 by the artists Peter Aerschmann and Sophie Schmidt, supported by entrepreneur Hansjörg Wyss, with the aim of inviting visual artists for art residencies, establishing networks with artists and art organisations outside Switzerland and supporting international cultural exchange.
Residency.ch has the status of a tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

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Contact

Verein Residency.ch
c/o Peter Aerschmann
PROGR Art Center
Waisenhausplatz 30
CH - 3011 Bern

info[at]residency.ch

Board members

• Peter Aerschmann
  (Director and Co-President) Video artist, born 1969 in Fribourg. Studied at the Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB). International exhibitions in galeries, festivals and museums. Has taken part in artist residencies in New York, Berlin and South Africa. Initiator and co-founder of the PROGR foundation in Bern.
• Sophie Schmidt
  (Co-President) Artist, born 1969 in Freiburg (Germany), grew up in Athens. Studied at the HdK Berlin. International exhibitions in painting and object art. Co-founder of the PROGR foundation.
• Laura Gáti
  Student of art history and economics, born 1989 in Budapest, grew up in Budapest, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Bern.
• Kathleen Bühler
  Art historian and film researcher (b. 1968). Curator of contemporary art at Kunstmuseum Bern.
• Sid Ahmed Hammouche
  Journalist, *1970 in Algier.

Main Sponsor

• Stiftung GegenwART
  Dr.h.c. Hansjörg Wyss

Cooperations 2012 - 2023

• Pro Helvetia
  
• Sommerakademie Zentrum Paul Klee
  
• Štokovec, priestor pre kultúru
  
• chimera-project Budapest
  
• Stadtgalerie Bern
  
• Kunstmuseum Bern
  
• Stiftung PROGR
  
• Moving Culture
  
• Videokunst.ch
  
• Festival IMAGES Vevey
  
• Biennale Bern
  
• Festival AUAWIRLEBEN
  
• art-werk.ch
  
• Konzert Theater Bern
  
• VIAFARINI Milano
• FABRIKA Moscow
• Kunstraum Dreiviertel 3/4, Bern
• Botanischer Garten Bern
• La Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• Kunsthalle Bern
• ToBE Art Gallery