LAKE Residency
2025 RESIDENCY SPACE AVAILABLE!
- From 12.January to 24.February. 2025
- 3 rooms available, each with 2 beds
- 700€ – 1250€ for one person for 3-6 weeks
- Includes ample studio time.
- Possibility for childcare for 2-3 hours per day
Application details below!
Since its beginnings in 2013, Lake Studios has provided creative residencies for movement, media, and interdisciplinary artists. Located just outside the city center, surrounded by forests, and a only short walk to a lake, these residencies offer local and international artists the possibility to develop their work in a peaceful setting while still having easy access to Berlin’s center and the richness of its art scene. The LAKE residencies usually run 1–2 months and the space can simultaneously host up to 4 residents/projects or 1 – 2 groups at a time. We provide private rooms, a shared kitchen, ample studio time, use of technical equipment, performance opportunities, and help connecting to the Berlin dance scene. This is a self-directed residency intended to provide artists and creative researchers an affordable space in which to develop their craft free of the pressure to produce an end product. Residencies are awarded by application.
Self-funded artists pay a residency fee of 700–1250€ per month per room, plus 250€/month or 10€/day for roommates, depending on space and studio time required. Funded projects incur an additional 400€/month plus 50€/week per extra collaborator. Accepted applicants can request an invitation letter for external funding applications.
The residency fee includes:
- 80 hours of pre-booked studio space per month, divided equally between the large and small studios, media lab, and outside studio. If space is available, additional studio time can be booked as needed.
- Private room with desk for personal use, plus the use of shared facilities, including a full kitchen, high speed WiFi, and communal gathering and working areas.
- Access to LAKE’s LIGHTING and TECHNICAL equipment.
- The option of organizing work-in-progress showings. Participation in Unfinished Fridays, our work-in-progress performance series, may also be possible.
- The option of taking part in or leading the Shared Practice training.
- The possibility of sharing and archiving residency research or documentation of your creative process on LAKE’s artist blog.
Application Process:
We accept applications on a rolling basis. Please download and send the application/expression of interest form (top left), a CV, and photo of you or your work to
You can read our Reservation & Cancellation Policy HERE