PADA Studios

Art Residency & Gallery based
in a post-industrial site near Lisbon

 

OPEN CALL
AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/26

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY

The international residency at PADA welcomes applications from artists in a variety of media for a duration of 1 or 2 months. Artists are provided with large studio space and accommodation in a private double bedroom. Being the main art residency programme at PADA, the international residency hosts 10 artists each time. At the conclusion of the residency, artists are invited to showcase their work in PADA’s gallery as part of a group exhibition, which will run in conjunction with open studios.

Application deadline is the 4th May 2025 and artists will be notified by 16th May 2025.

Next open call in May

RESEARCH RESIDENCY

This programme is designed to appeal to those who want to spend time with the community at PADA but don't need a studio space. Aimed at writers, curators, researchers or desk based artists this residency will provide accommodation and a work space at PADA studios.
The open call for Autumn/Winter 2025/26 Research Residency will be held in May 2025.

Next open call in July

BOLSA PADA 2026

A bursary for artists with Portuguese nationality and/or permanent residency in Portugal to participate in PADA's international residency programme. This includes studio space and access to all PADA facilities, accommodation, programme of activities, curatorial and technical support, final group exhibition, open studios and other events, plus professional documentation of their work.

Next open call in August

BOLSA BARREIRO 2026

PADA Studios with the financial support of Câmara Municipal do Barreiro has developed a bursary for visual artists originally from and/or based in Barreiro. This bursary is focused on supporting three emerging local artists who would benefit from PADA ́s residency programme and facilities. At the end of the annual cycle, the 3 artists will feature in an exhibition in PADA Gallery.

The open call for Bolsa Barreiro 2026 will be held in August 2025.

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY

Our International Residency Programme welcomes artists from different disciplines to stay from 1 or 2 months. We will favour artists who have researched and propose projects suitable to the residency and the surrounding environment.

BARREIRO BURSARY

PADA Studios with the financial support of Câmara Municipal do Barreiro has developed a bursary for visual artists originally from and/or based in Barreiro. This bursary is focused on supporting three emerging local artists who would benefit from PADA ́s residency programme and facilities.

RESEARCH RESIDENCY

The Research Residency is designed to appeal to those who want to spend time with the community at PADA but don’t need a studio space. Aimed at writers, curators, researchers or desk based artists this residency will provide accommodation and a work space at PADA studios.

ALUMNI STUDIO

The Alumni Studio programme provides the opportunity for PADA alumni to return to continue a project they started or simply to come back to visit us in Barreiro.

Articles & Conversations

PADA Experiences

“My time at PADA was an important in many ways. It allowed a month to focus on my practice in a new context, introduced me to a new ecosystem of artists and curators, offered respite through a difficult period in life and opened a door to a new city. Im thankful for my time with my fellow residents and the PADA team.”

Alastair Gordon

“An amazing opportunity to leave behind your routine and focus on making work in a new environment with new people. I think that the amount of social events that are initialised are also great, and gives artists the opportunity to experience some great parts of Lisbon + Barreiro, as well as engaging with other artists and residencies.”

Lawrence Calver

“My time at Pada was very productive, I started the residency with lots of ideas but quickly realised I had to experiment more. The setting of the residency gets under your skin and it helped me seeing my work in a different light. The incredible light in Barreiro has also been a key part of the work I made there.”

Josephine Rowntree

The new artists in residence at PADA have already arrived. On their first week they were introduced to the surroundings: the residency, the industrial park and industrial museum, Barreiro. Here are some photos of the first week, when we also said goo
Time flies! A new group of artists has already arrived at PADA and just recently PADA 50 was here with us. Here are some images of the time spent in residence during the months of March and April. + O tempo voa! Já um novo grupo de artistas
Here are some photos of the last open studios, at the end of last month. In this open studios, visitors were able to learn more about and meet all artists in residency at PADA, this includes 10 artists of the international residency, first resident u
Last set of photographs documenting the final show of PADA 50. Thanks to everyone who was involved in this two-month residency, from the beginning to the very end. Great work was produced during this time, all of which we are proud to have presented
Some more photos of last end-of-residency group exhibition, featuring Anna Lawrence, Bárbara Prada, Chaeri Kim, Goof Kloosterman, Margarida Norton de Matos, Margie Reisert, Philip Dufva, Richelle Greabeiel, Susan Jessop and Yvette Kaiser Smith
March ended with the final show of the 50th international residency at PADA. Here is the first set of photos documenting PADA 50’s final show, curated by Frederico Vicente. + Terminámos março com a exposição final
Applications for Autumn/Winter 25/26 International Residency are now open. Application deadline is the 4th May 2025 and artists will be notified by 16th May 2025. Make sure you read and familiarise yourself with the program and the residency guideli
Here are some photos from yesterday’s crits, preparing towards the exhibition that will be on view tomorrow, curated by Frederico Vicente. We will also host this season’s Open Studios. + Aqui ficam algumas fotos das ‘crits’
Next Saturday, starting at 5pm, we are once more opening our studios. It is the end of the first quarter of the year, which means we are not only saying goodbye to the 10 international artists of PADA 50, but also to our first artist under Bolsa Barr
Next Saturday, we are hosting in our gallery the final exhibition of PADA 50, curated by Frederico Vicente. This season we are opening a little earlier, starting at 5pm. All invited! + No próximo sábado, acolhemos na nossa galeria a e
+ @artandenvironment Emma Arnold, PhD is an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and writer born in Montréal, Canada and based in Oslo, Norway. She leads the Institute for Art & Environment, an independent research platform conducting pr
Here is a sneak peak into the studio work that has been going on at PADA. On 29th of March we’ll be hosting PADA 50’s final exhibition, curated by Frederico Vicente, along with the Open Studios which are a good opportunity to get to know
+ @fredericovicente_ Frederico Vicente is the guest curator for PADA 50. A few days ago, Frederico visited PADA, gave a short talk about his projects, reminded us all the importance of 25 de Abril and Portugal’s 51 years of democracy, followed
Last week our artists in residence visited a metal recycling plant located in the same industrial park as PADA. The plant mostly recycles the metal part of electrical cables. The plastic, which is difficult to separate and process back into raw mater
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