BPA// Berlin program for artists

About

BPA// facilitates exchange between emerging and experienced Berlin-based artists.

BPA// is an artist-led organization, founded in 2016 by Angela Bulloch, Simon Denny and Willem de Rooij. The program is centered around mutual studio-visits between participants and mentors. It is punctuated with a range of public events, organized together with both artist-run spaces and renowned institutions. BPA// is a partner of KW Institute for Contemporary Art, where a yearly exhibition of participants’ works takes place.
Participation in BPA// lasts two years. It is free of charge and participants receive support to produce new work.

BPA// Newsletter

Participants

Current Participants
Umut Azad Akkel
Jan Berger
Felisha Carenage
Will Fredo
Göksu Kunak
Hamlet Lavastida
Arash Nassiri
Natis
Tra My Nguyen
Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju
Adriana Ramić
Josefine Reisch
Xavier Robles de Medina
Simon Speiser
Stanton Taylor
Rexy Tseng
Prateek Vijan
Zhiyuan Yang
Hana Yoo
Julija Zaharijević

Participants 2022–2023
Johannes Büttner
Grayson Earle
Heyon Han
Sebastian Jefford
Ida Lawrence
Maness
Simone Miné Koza
Bassem Saad
Tian Guoxin
Jasmin Werner

Participants 2021–2022
Orawan Arunrak
Benjamin Busch
Dina El Kaisy Friemuth
Sarah Friend
Julian Irlinger
Paul Kolling
Shirin Mohammad
Nnenna Onuoha
Tang Han
Ernie Wang

Participants 2020–2021
Kévin Blinderman
Sofia Defino Leiby
Mooni Perry
Shirin Sabahi
Jana Schulz
Joshua Schwebel
Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw
Xiaopeng Zhou

Participants 2019–2020
Nadja Abt
Niklas Binzberger
Rob Crosse
Anne Fellner
Bertrand Flanet
Julian Garcia
Dina Khouri
Doireann O’Malley
Victor Payares
Esper Postma
Anton Steenbock
Katrin Winkler

Participants 2018
Yalda Afsah
Aliénor Dauchez
Nadine Hattom
Janus Høm
Adam Kaplan
Yuki Kishino
Cosima zu Knyphausen
Mickael Marman
Simen Musæus
Scott Roben

Participants 2017
Alan Affichard
Helin Alas
Armin Lorenz Gerold
Keto Logua
Anna Lucia Nissen
Tamen Perez
Zac Langdon-Pole
Philip Poppek
Gabriel Säll
Elif Saydam
Stefanie Schwarzwimmer

Participants 2016
Maria Anna Bierwirth
Sofia Duchovny
Richard Frater
Mia Goyette
Sylvester Hegner
Flora Klein
Johanna Klingler
Nile Koetting
Grayson Revoir
Miriam Yammad

Mentors

Core Mentors
Saâdane Afif
Yalda Afsah
Monika Baer
Angela Bulloch
Mariana Castillo Deball
Simon Denny
Bouchra Khalili
Thomas Locher
Olaf Nicolai
Calla Henkel / Max Pitegoff
Willem de Rooij
Wolfgang Tillmans

Guest Mentors 2024
Line Ajan
Abbas Akhavan
Lisa Botti
Clémentine Deliss
Juliane Bischoff
Kate Brown
Mariana Castillo Deball
Aleksandra Domanović
Sophia Duchovny
Grayson Earle
Anna Ehrenstein
Dina El Kaisy Friemuth
Emma Enderby
Köken Ergun
Anna-Catharina Gebbers
Paz Guevara
Lewis Hammond
Martin Herbert
Hassan Khan
Renan Laru-an
Dan Lie
Antje Majewski & Olivier Guessele-Garai
John Miller
Pınar Öğrenci
Josephine Pryde
Gregor Quack
Dean Sameshima
Dierk Schmidt
Farkondeh Shahroudi
Jeremy Shaw
Tobias Spichtig
Kerstin Stakemeier
Michael Stevenson
Tal Sterngast
Anh Trần
Sandra Teitge
Raphaela Vogel
Raoul Zoellner
Cosima zu Knyphausen
David Zink Yi

Guest Mentors 2023
Monira Al Qadiri
Julieta Aranda
Juliane Bischoff
Caroline Busta
Kimberly Bradley
AA Bronson
Kate Brown
Monica Bonvicini
Cosmin Costinas
Alice Creischer
Clémentine Deliss
Anne de Vries
Övül Ö. Durmusoglu
Anna Ehrenstein
Zippora Elders
Dina El Kaisy Friemuth
Köken Ergun
Richard Frater
Anna-Catherina Gebbers
Agnes Gryczkowska
Anna Gritz
Bethan Huws
Leon Kahane
Chris Korda
Claire Koron Elat
Sofie Krogh Christensen
Léon Kruijswijk
Pablo Larios
Renan Laru-an
Boaz Levin
Daniel Lie
Lisa Long
Kristian Vistrup Madsen
Antje Majewski & Olivier Guessele-Garai
Boris Mikhailov
Matt Mullican
Jenny Nachtigall
Catherine Nichols
Pınar Öğrenci
Ariel Orah
Georgie Pope
Anri Sala
Dierk Schmidt
Fabian Schöneich
Marianna Simnet
Timur Si-Qin
Anton Steenbock
Sandra Teitge
Anna Uddenberg
Sarnt Utamachote
Raphaela Vogel
David Zink Yi
Raoul Zoellner

Guest Mentors 2022
Bani Abidi
Liberty Adrien /
Carina Bukuts
Rosa Barba
Yael Bartana
Kirsty Bell
Juliane Bischoff
Kate Brown
Cibelle Cavalli Bastos
Stephanie Comilang
Cosmin Costinas
Anne de Vries
Clémentine Deliss
Thea Djordjadze
Aleksandra Domanović
Sam Durant
Övül Ö. Durmuşoğlu
Richard Frater
Lewis Hammond
Iman Issa
Leon Kahane
Mahmoud Khaled
Léon Kruijswijk
Boaz Levin
John Miller
Zoë Claire Miller
Matt Mullican
Henrike Naumann
Edwin Nasr
Doireann O'Malley
Ariel William Orah / Soydivision
Mooni Perry
María Inés Plaza Lazo
Asad Raza
James Richards
Elif Saydam
Dierk Schmidt
Fabian Schöneich
Jeremy Shaw
Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw
Payam Sharifi / Slavs and Tatars
Michael Stevenson
Nicholas Tammens
Raphaela Vogel
David Zink Yi
Raoul Zoellner

Guest Mentors 2021
Heba Amin
Julieta Aranda
Bárbara Wagner / Benjamin de Burca
Kathrin Bentele
Andrea Büttner
Vaginal Davis
Richard Frater
Anna-Catharina Gebbers
Julia Grosse / Yvette Mutumba
Krist Gruijthuijsen
Mahmoud Khaled
Léon Kruijswijk
Boaz Levin
Daniel Lie
Antje Majewski / Olivier Guesselé-Garai
Doireann O’Malley
María Inés Plaza Lazo
Judy Radul
Sam Samiee
Elif Saydam
Berit Schuck
Milan Ther / Robert Müller
Britta Thie
Sung Tieu
Anna Uddenberg
Cosima zu Knyphausen

Guest Mentors 2020
Bani Abidi
Monira Al Qadiri
Kader Attia
Khaled Barakeh
Clémentine Deliss
Katharina Grosse
Krist Gruijthuijsen
Iman Issa
Prem Krishnamurthy
Boaz Levin
Matt Mullican
Henrike Naumann
Isabel Parkes
Jimmy Robert
Elif Saydam
Nicolaus Schafhausen
Tobias Spichtig
Michael Stevenson
Sung Tieu
Sissel Tolaas
Kristian Vistrup Madsen
Raphaela Vogel
Ingrid Wagner
Ming Wong

Guest Mentors 2019
Heba Amin
Ho Rui An
Yael Bartana
Candice Breitz
Mariana Castillo Deball
Clémentine Deliss
Natasha Ginwala
Krist Gruijthuijsen
Yngve Holen
Anne Imhof
Natasha A. Kelly
Boaz Levin
Hili Perlson
Nicolaus Schafhausen
Dierk Schmidt
Tobias Spichtig
Peter Wächtler

Guest Mentors 2018
Julieta Aranda
Claudia Comte
Mariana Castillo Deball
Maurin Dietrich
Richard Frater
Christian Friedrich
Flora Klein
Pablo Larios
Keto Logua
Ibrahim Mahama
Michaela Melian
Matt Mullican
Ahmet Öğüt
Judy Radul
Karin Sander
Yorgos Sapountzis
Jerszy Seymour
Tobias Spichtig
Slavs and Tatars
Shabahang Tayyari

Guest Mentors 2017
Monica Bonvicini
Maurin Dietrich
Elodie Evers
Richard Frater
Yngve Holen
Oliver Laric
Ibrahim Mahama
Michaela Melián
Ahmet Öğüt
Judy Radul
James Richards
Yorgos Sapountzis
Slavs and Tatars
Amelie von Wulffen

Guest Mentors 2016
Saim Demircan

Apply

Applicants ideally would have recently completed a masters-level education or be able to present artwork of a comparable level. Applicants must be living and working in Berlin during the two-year BPA// cycle, and be able to present their work from their own workspace. BPA// meetings take place from January until December, with a summer-break from July until October. Participation in all meetings throughout the year is expected: on approximately 17 Mondays there are individual studio visits in the day and group meetings in the late afternoon, and there are 3-4 additional full-day events. Participation in BPA// is not compatible with full-time studies or participation in similar programs. BPA// is neither a residency nor a school – it does not provide studio space or any kind of qualification on completion.

The open call for BPA//’s 2025–2026 cycle ended on September 23rd 2024.

BPA// Raum

From 2022–2024, BPA// Raum served as a platform for artistic exchange at Sophie-Gips-Höfe in Mitte. In this period it featured 18 projects, including exhibitions, talks, concerts and walks. The 2022 program was curated by Anna-Lisa Scherfose and from 2023 initiated by BPA// participants and alums. BPA// Raum was operated by BPA// Berlin program for artists and organized by Sophia Yvette Scherer and Anna-Lisa Scherfose.

Projects from 2022–2024

Publications

Support

BPA// relies on a varied group of advocates and allies of the program who support the ongoing exchange between emerging and established artists.

Get in touch if you would like to be involved or donate.

BPA// Edition

Simon Denny, Berlin Blue, (2020)

Impressum

Berlin program for artists gUG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Berlinicke Straße 10
12165 Berlin

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AG Charlottenburg, HRB 182350

Directors: Angela Bulloch, Simon Denny, Willem de Rooij
Managing Director: Anna-Lisa Scherfose
Program Coordinator: Sophia Yvette Scherer

VAT: 27/611/05462
Rechtsberatung: Bauschke Braeuer Rechtsanwälte, Berlin

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