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Cross – Hatchings : New Delhi – Perth International Studio Exchange Program 2026
Khoj and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) are pleased to announce Cross-Hatching, an international studio exchange program between New Delhi and Perth, Australia.
About this edition
Khoj and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) are now accepting applications from mid-career Western Australia based artists for a six-week studio exchange program at Khoj between August-September 2026.
This year, Khoj invites applications from artists whose practice engages with mental health and trauma, critically examining how pain—physical, psychological or historical—shapes both the self and society. How is suffering unequally distributed across race, class, gender and geography? How do individuals and communities navigate, resist or reclaim agency in the face of war, colonial legacies and systemic inequalities?
The residency also welcomes explorations of myth-making, magic and rituals as alternative ways for understanding and processing pain. Ancestral practices, oral histories and spiritual traditions have long functioned as tools of healing and resistance. At the same time, digital cultures and technological systems significantly shape the self, influencing experiences of anxiety and memory.
Khoj is a not-for-profit contemporary arts organisation based in New Delhi, India that is committed to supporting emerging, experimental and transdisciplinary creative practices and pedagogies. Khoj will host a mid-career WA artist for six weeks, responding to the thematic of the residency and with a preferred interest in community-responsive modalities. PICA’s partnership with Khoj enables artists to develop their work in new cultural contexts, building global networks and sharing their projects with new audiences.
Open for Applications
Khoj and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) are now accepting applications from mid-career Western Australia based artists for a six-week studio exchange program at Khoj between August-September 2026.
This year, Khoj invites applications from artists whose practice engages with mental health and trauma, critically examining how pain—physical, psychological or historical—shapes both the self and society. How is suffering unequally distributed across race, class, gender and geography? How do individuals and communities navigate, resist or reclaim agency in the face of war, colonial legacies and systemic inequalities?
The residency also welcomes explorations of myth-making, magic and rituals as alternative ways for understanding and processing pain. Ancestral practices, oral histories and spiritual traditions have long functioned as tools of healing and resistance. At the same time, digital cultures and technological systems significantly shape the self, influencing experiences of anxiety and memory.
Working in any medium, the artist is encouraged to expand the discourse on mental health, reimagining the self, its wounds and its remakings.
Application submission deadline: Sunday, 26 October, 2025
Please Note: This opportunity is for Western Australia based, mid-career artists only.
