PADA Studios

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

 

International Residency

Applications for Spring/Summer 2025 are now closed. Artists will be notified by 25th November.

Residency Programmes

PADA offers artists a stimulating space to focus on their practice, work alongside artists from all over the world and engage with the local art scene

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

 
Applications for Spring/Summer 2025 Alumni Studio are now open! 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 (minimum stay of 2 weeks,
Applications for Spring/Summer 2025 Research Residency are now open! 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
As candidaturas para a Bolsa Barreiro 2025 estão abertas! A PADA Studios, com o apoio financeiro da Câmara Municipal do Barreiro, desenvolveu uma bolsa para artistas visuais naturais e/ou sediados no Barreiro. Esta bolsa tem como objetiv
Last week the artists in residence of the international programme were joined by Guilherme Figueiredo, who gave a short talk about his work and then discussed with each artist the projects they are developing in residence. This is an activity that ta
One week to go until the open call deadline for our international residency programme! The current application is for residencies in Spring/Summer 2025 (April – September). All applicants should fill in the application form available on PADA&r
Últimos dias para ver “Passado ‘m ka skcel, Presente ‘m ta vivel, Ftur ‘m ka conchel”, a primeira exposição individual de Ricardo Piedade a.k.a Blac Dwelle, com curadoria de Melissa Rodrigues e com o
Últimos dias para ver “Passado ‘m ka skcel, Presente ‘m ta vivel, Ftur ‘m ka conchel”, a primeira exposição individual de Ricardo Piedade a.k.a Blac Dwelle, com curadoria de Melissa Rodrigues e com o
Últimos dias para ver “Passado ‘m ka skcel, Presente ‘m ta vivel, Ftur ‘m ka conchel”, a primeira exposição individual de Ricardo Piedade a.k.a Blac Dwelle, com curadoria de Melissa Rodrigues e com o
‘Studio Crits’ is group activity that is part of the residency programme. Each artist presents the work they have been making whilst on residency to be discussed by the group. Here are some images from PADA 48's ‘studio crits’
We believe dialogue is important for a rich studio practice, and the residency programme has been developed with this in mind. By organising monthly activities, artists have the opportunity to engage with each other and develop new contacts. Besides
Some photos from the first two weeks of PADA 48. In our gallery, we had the opening of Blac Dwelle's solo exhibition,“Passado ‘m ka skcel, Presente ‘m ta vivel, Ftur ‘m ka conchel”, which is on view until 9 November. A f
+ @magdalena.p.a.z Magdalena Paz is a Chilean artist based in Berlin, Germany. She works primarily with painting, while also exploring the possibilities of sculpture and drawing. “The figures I depict are often caught in quiet moments of refl
+ @kyranijskenz Kyra Nijskens is a Dutch artist based in Rotterdam who works at the intersection of painting and sculpture. Her work draws from the visual and behavioural strategies of insects, especially their mimicry and camouflage patterns, to i
+ @graceryan.studio Grace Ryan is an Irish multidisciplinary artist, based in Dublin. Ryan’s practice presents itself through mediums of printmaking, sculpture and installation, where traditionally gendered materials are subject to re-examina
+ @georgiahillbt Georgia Hill (b.1988) is a multidisciplinary Australian artist, based in Paris, France. Her practice moves through the international street art and contemporary art worlds, focusing on type-based, monochromatic artworks and installa
+ @laura.hoek Laura Hoek is a Dutch artist based in Amsterdam. She works in various media, including ceramics, audio and installation. “I’m drawn to the moments where ceramics meet canvases, where melodies dance with flavors, where stor
+ @sojungmoon So Jung Moon, born in Seoul, Republic of Korea, is a mixed media artist based in Paris. She works in various media, including drawing, sculpture, and installation. She is interested in the natural cycles that persist through the birth
+ @holly.m.chang Holly Chang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto/Tkaronto. Chang makes use of a variety of artistic mediums including textiles, photography, ceramics, and natural dyeing. Her practice is rooted in intersectionality where
 

 

PADA´s Youtube Channel.

Every month we like to share our current Artists-in-Residence practice and development.

Here you can see an introduction into their practice as well as events and other projects that are happening at PADA.