Apply for the Tokyo Biennale 2025 ‘Social Dive’ Artist-in-Residence Programme

Name of the Event: Tokyo Biennale 2025

Place: Tokyo

Working language: English or Japanese

Last Date of Application: 2 May 2025

Link to Apply:

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The third edition of the Tokyo Biennale is themed " Shall we ‘Sanpo’?” and explores various ways of “Sanpo” – a concept that embraces walking, wandering around, and discovering new perspectives through movement.

The mission is to dive into Tokyo and engage deeply with society.

Application Conditions:

• Capability to directly face the “SOCIAL DIVE” theme and connect deeply with the city of Tokyo itself, its diverse communities, or the intangible cultural values of Japan.

• A plan for a walking project that will bring new experiences to the streets of Tokyo. Also, a plan to exhibit documentaries of research, workshops or dialogue with local residents conducted prior to the exhibition of Tokyo Biennale 2025.

• Must be able to participate as an invited artist and carry out the preparation and development of the exhibition following the notice of their selection.

• Must be able to stay and produce work between September to October 2025 in order to present works for the opening of the Tokyo Biennale (planned for October 17, 2025).

• You can only propose one project

Support Offered:

• Round-trip Travel expenses (Up to 300,000JPY including tax based on efficient and reasonable economy class tickets between Tokyo and your country.) (Maximum 1 person)

• Accommodation in Tokyo

• Coordination of venue for the art program

• Support fee for project development (with a budget limit of 200,000JPY including tax)

• Honorarium 100,000JPY, including tax

• Interpretation and translation support

• Issue of Invitation Letter

Schedule (Tentative):

• May 2, 2025: Call for Entries closes.

• Early June, 2025: Announcement of results on the official website.

• June-August 2025: Detailed plan coordination between artists and the SOCIAL DIVE team of Tokyo Biennale 2025

• September-October 2025: visit to Japan for artists (for art project implementation and artwork creation, PR cooperation, etc. The period of staying will be discussed with the planning team.)

• October-December 2025: Project/artwork exhibition during the Tokyo Biennale 2025.

• Mid-December 2025: Cooperation in document production

  
  

Submission Materials:

*All documents will only be accepted in English or Japanese

1. Artist profile photo (up to 1MB)

2. A self-introduction statement (Up to 500 words)

3. Artist biography, CV, and Portfolio that includes details and images of past works (up to 5 pages/ A4 size/ vertical/ up to 5MB)

4. Project Overview Description. A plan explaining your proposed art project in text and with images such as photographs, sketches and diagrams. (1 sheet, A3 size 297 x 420 mm, horizontal format)

5. Schedule of the project (1sheet/ A4 size/ vertical)

6. Budget Sheet (1sheet/ A4 size/ vertical)

7. Website URL, Instagram, Facebook, or other reference URL

8. Video message URL. Please create a video message that is 2 minutes or less and features the applicant and artwork.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers HERE