Washington Silvera will be staying in Johannesburg in September 2017 and a participation in a group show with the South African artist group "Dead Bunny Society" in Johannesburg is part of his residency. >> read more

Jesús Sepúlveda is the first Chilean writer-in-residence at the Sylt Foundation in Johannesburg, spending five weeks there in december 2016. At the Sylt Foundation he met South African poet and performing artist Phillippa Yaa de Villiers - hopefully not the last time! >> read more

Our fellow Kai Lossgott, artist from Johannesburg and winner of the Barclays l'Atelier Award for African Artists 2015, has arrived in Phnom Penh and is joining the Pisaot experimental residency program 14 Nov - 30 Dec 2016 of our partner Sa Sa Art Projects. >> read more

The Sylt Foundation´s aim to enhance the South South dialogue enters the next phase. After initiating an exchange programme in Phnom Penh/Cambodia we will embark on a new exchange between African and Asian artists and writers with colleagues from Chile. The first resident in Johannesburg will be the poet Jesús Sepúlveda from Chile, who will spend 5 weeks in Johannesburg in december 2016. >> read more

John Waromi will be staying in Johannesburg in April 2016 and two performances and a workshop with SKY (Soweto Kliptown Youth) are part of his residency. >> read more

Thu Kim Vu is first Vietnamese artist-in-residence at the Sylt Foundation in Johannesburg. Hanoi based artist will be fellow of the Sylt Foundation from 3rd March to 4th April 2016. >> read more

After Lim Sokchanlina Maline Yim is the 2nd resident from Cambodia to stay in Johannesburg. South African artists Minnette Vari and Kai Lossgott are the first two South African artists to have visited Phnom Penh in this new exciting artist exchange programme. // A cooperation of the Sylt Foundation and the SA Sa Arts project in Phnom henh. >> read more

We are pleased to present together with our partner Sa Sa Art Projects a screening of video works by Pisaot artist-in-residence Minnette Vári in Phnom Penh. >> read more

Poet Han Lynn from Myanmar will be resident of the Sylt Foundation in november this year. This residency is a collaboration with the Wordfest in Harare and it's curator Chirikure Chirikure >> read more

South African video artist Minnette Vari will be the first South African artist-in-residence of an exciting exchange programme the Sylt Foundation has initiated together with the Sa Sa Arts in Phnom Penh to connect Cambodian and South African artists. Cambodian photographer Lim SokchanLina was guest of the Sylt Foundation in Johannesburg in november last year. Minnette will travel to Phnom Penh on the 18th June and stay in the Cambodian capital for two months. Read here more about her ideas and motivations for her residency >> read more

Thu Kim Vu is first Vietnamese artist-in-residence at the Sylt Foundation in Johannesburg. Hanoi based artist will be fellow of the Sylt Foundation in March 2016. >> read more

We are very happy about this exciting new artist exchange! Minnette Vari and Kai Lossgott will be the first South African artists to discover Phnom Penh hopefully this year already. >> read more