Red Gate Residency Programs provide artists, curators, writers and academics with an opportunity to live and work in China. Red Gate has a number of fully self-contained apartments and studios available which are ready to use.

The objective is to provide facilities for you to easily start your project and offer a community in which you can participate as much as you like.

This program is managed on a not-for-profit basis by Red Gate Gallery. Participants are expected to cover the costs of living and accommodation and studio (if required) whilst Red Gate provides all the necessary support to make your time here fruitful and enjoyable.

Applicants are encouraged to seek funding from relevant organizations and letters of support can be provided to this end.

Up-to-date information on the costs of apartments and studios and basic living expenses can be supplied by e-mailing: redgategallery@aer.net.cn

Program Partners and Memberships

Red Gate Gallery is supporting the residency programs of Asialink and the Australia-China Council, and ConjunctionArts, NY and is currently developing initiatives involving Singapore, Canada, the UK, Ireland, France and New Zealand.

Red Gate Gallery is a member of RES ARTIS, the international association of residential arts centres.

Click the link below to download the Application Form File. The file format is Microsoft Word document, please print it out, complete and send to us.

Application Form File (Word document)
or
Application Form File (Zip file)

Facilities

Photos of Bei Gao, Downtown Apartment and Beijing Art Academy Studio

Red Gate's two studio/apartments are set in an old factory site situated on the north side of Beijing. The site has been converted into a series of studios and apartments, an exhibition space, a ceramics studio, workshops and foundry facilities, offices and a canteen. It is a congenial and fun environment where Chinese and foreign artists are living and working together. The community is enlivened by many informal activities and frequented by many visitors.

Red Gate's main facility is an 80 sq. m space consisting of a large upstairs loft style bedroom/living area with an internal balcony overlooking a 30sq.m workspace. A bathroom and open kitchen are tucked under the internal balcony. Two 5-metre high walls flank the workspace with more than adequate lighting.

A second 100 sq. m studio/apartment consists of bedroom, large living space and larger work area.

Each studio/apartment is self-contained complete with ISDN phone, hot water, fridge, gas stove, washing machine, heating and air conditioning and adequate kitchen gear, furnishings and linen. Utilities and weekly cleaning are included.
Sharing with another artist is quite practical.

Red Gate leases a number of modest one-bedroom apartments in Chinese housing on the east side of Beijing close to the Beijing Art Academy, and the embassy and business districts. These apartments are situated in very local neighbourhoods allowing the resident to experience the traditional and modern flavours of Beijing ¨C in many cases you will be the only foreigner on the block. Each self-contained apartment has a lounge room, kitchen and bathroom with all amenities including fridge, washing machine, air conditioner/heating, gas cooking facilities, hot water, linen and local phone. Utilities and weekly cleaning are included.

Red Gate has arranged to use a number of studios at the Beijing Art Academy that provide a simple 15sq.m workspace. The studios are located within a three storey building which includes heating, air conditioning, bathrooms and canteen.

Orientation Information

Red Gate assists all participants to connect with the art scene, local artists and to source art materials. We can help you set-up an internet account, buy a SIM card, obtain money, show you around, and how to get a taxi home, where to buy the best Peking Duck, which part of the Great Wall not to go to, and where the latest openings are. You will be invited to all the Red Gate events including the dinners for 40 after an opening, the artist talks and the Bei Gao BBQs!
Partners and visitors are welcome.

Transportation and Shopping
Bei Gao is a 30 minute cab ride (40 RMB) from Red Gate Gallery in central Beijing and the Beijing Art Academy and nearby apartments are 20 minutes to Red Gate (15 RMB). Each area is serviced by shops and other retail outlets.

Visas and Language
We can advise you on the best way to apply for the appropriate visa.
Although Chinese (Mandarin) would be useful, it is not necessary. Although Chinese artists do not have much English, there is always someone to help out. When needed interpreters and assistants can be sourced.

About

Red Gate Gallery has been exhibiting the work by outstanding contemporary Chinese artists for almost 12 years. Representing 25 artists, Red Gate showcases a diverse range of subjects which reflect China's changing society. As records of their observations on daily life, artists are exploring political, economic and cultural transformation - issues all highly relevant in our global society, but brought into sharp focus by the pace of China's change. Through traditional Chinese painting, collage, printmaking, installation, new media and oil painting Red Gate's artists are supplying a social commentary on contemporary Chinese society.

Beijing Art Academy is a non-teaching institution for senior artists. It was founded in 1957 as the Beijing Academy of Chinese Painting by the Ministry of Culture to continue the development of Chinese Painting after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. In 1965 the institution changed to its current name and expanded its scope to include oil painters, sculptors and graphic artists. The Beijing Art Academy also holds exhibitions and its staff includes some of China's most respected artists. In the past ten years, the Academy has received a number of foreign artists and continues to develop international arts exchanges with partners such as Red Gate Gallery.

Past Participants

(Many can be contacted for comments on the residency)

Asialink
Mark Mordue, Writer, Australia
Elizabeth Cross, Visual Artist, Australia
Linda Judge, Visual Artist, Australia

Australia China Council
Tony Scott, Visual Artist, Australia
Robert Gale, Academic, Australia
Blain Crellin, Photographer, Australia
Greg Pryor, Visual Artist, Australia
Danny Huppatz, Poet & Art Critic, Australia
Rick Farquharson, Filmmaker, Australia
Jane Bell/Kevin Macdonald, Academics, Melbourne Australia
Christen Cornell, Writer, Researcher, Sydney Australia
Katherine Hattam, Visual Artist, Melbourne Australia
Danny McDonald, Artist/Educator, Melbourne Australia
Lara Morcombe, Artist, Melbourne Australia
Andrew McDonald, Artist/Educator, Perth Australia

Red Gate, Bei Gao and Beijing Art Academy
George Parkin and Rose Farrell, Photographers, Australia
Maryanne Wick, Painter, Australia
Michael Lyons, Sculptor, United Kingdom
Kate Kotching, Paper Cut Artist, Australia
Brad McCallum and Jacki Tarry, Installation artists, New York
Tracy Heneberger, Sculptor, New York
Robert Gale, Academic, Australia
Adrian Lloyd, Student, Oxford
Tanya Hart, Artist, HK and Australia
Juliet Holdsworth, Student, UK
Jonathan Napack, Arts Writer, Hong Kong
Lutz Presser, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Colin Reaney & Karee Dahl, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Josephine Do, Visual Artist, New Zealand
Angela Brennan, Visual Artist, Australia
Lisa Norton, Public Art Practitioner, Chicago
Ivan and Heather Morrison, Global Art Survey, UK
Philip Kennedy, Sculptor, Manchester
Denise Bedford, Artist, Melbourne
Isobel Clement, Artist, Melbourne
Anne Lord, Artist, Townsville
Anne-Maree Reany, Artist, Brisbane
Adrienne Rewi, Writer, New Zealand

Application Guidelines

Please provide

• Completed application form
• One page covering letter outlining your residency objective, proposed arrival time and intentions during your time in China;
• A resume outlining artistic accomplishments, awards, exhibitions, published work etc.
• A list of equipment needs clearly indicating what you will provide and what you'll need to source in Beijing so that we can advise you on feasibility and costs
• Visual artists: include 6 slides representative of your recent work and or CD, DVD / video for new media artists or hotlink to your website. Copies of recent articles, reviews, and catalogues would also be useful

There are no application deadlines
but as the selection process can take several weeks, and bookings are made well in advance, applicants are encouraged to send their completed application package well ahead of time.
At some times, facilities may be available at short notice.

Make preliminary enquiries to

Brian Wallace, Director
redgategallery@aer.net.cn

and/or forward applications to

Red Gate Gallery
Beijing International Post Office, P. O. Box 100600 - 9039
Beijing, China 100600