Khoj and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan are inviting applications from early and mid-career curators to apply for the sixth edition of the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) program – reimagined this year as a month-long, fully-funded, in-situ research residency program at Khoj Studios in New Delhi, India.  The CISA residency offers curators the opportunity to establish contacts with cultural practitioners,…

The Khoj International Residency will welcome artists in an international residency to explore and expand discourse in the field of craft, design, and technology through innovative artistic inquiry. Craft or crafting refers to the ways in which an object comes to form. Materiality, skill, repetition, tradition, and historicity are core considerations in the process of crafting an object. Sharing histories…

Khoj is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications from young emerging creative practitioners, final year MFA students (including those who graduated 2 years ago), and self-taught artists with a minimum of 2 years of experience in the field, for the 20th edition of the Peers artist residency. Peers is a six-week residency programme at Khoj Studios, New…

We are pleased to announce that Khoj and Arthshila are now accepting applications from creative practitioners for a fully-funded, on-site artist residency at Parivartan in Siwan, Bihar. Parivartan is an integrated rural community development initiative by Takshila Educational Society. The Arthshila X Khoj Artist Residency Open Call 2022 is a search for exceptionally talented artists working in Ceramics, Textile, Sculpture…

Khoj and PICA will host a mid-career artist for six weeks, responding to the particular thematic of the residency and with a preferred interest in community-responsive modalities. This partnership enables artists to develop their work in new cultural contexts, building global networks and sharing their projects with new audiences. In this program, artists living in New Delhi are invited to…

The After School programme at Khoj stems from a desire to activate the Khoj space with a series of engagements scheduled to happen during late afternoon – early evenings. The book reading club in friendship with Parag is one such activation that engages with the children of Khirkee to foster a sense of belonging and community. Childhood, in most cases,…

In 2004, Khoj, was instrumental in setting up a network for the arts within South Asia, to connect artists involved in experimental and dynamic art within the region. An intrinsic part of the global Triangle Arts Trust, the organisations which comprise South Asian Network for Arts (SANA) are Vasl in Karachi, Theertha in Colombo, Britto in Dhaka and Khoj in…

The fifth edition of Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) 2023 returns with tutors Latika Gupta, curator based in Delhi and Shuddhabrata Sengupta from Raqs Media Collective. The Phase I of the Intensive is a combination of talks, seminars and workshops that look at histories of exhibition-making, institutions and their limitations. Emerging discussions incorporate a wide range of curatorial frameworks and…

Peers is a four week residency programme at Khoj International Artists’ Association that provides emerging artists from India with an opportunity for exchange and dialogue. It aims to provide young artists a forum for experimentation and interaction with the larger creative community as well as attempts to create a network of diverse artists across mediums and disciplines. At its core,…

Please Note : CISA 2022 has been postponed until further notice  

The ongoing global health crisis has ruptured the functioning of both individuals and institutions. At this difficult time, Khoj International Artists’ Association is invested in identifying and responding to the needs of the primary communities it serves. To honour our longstanding commitment to young artists and supporting art practice at a time which poses unprecedented challenges, Khoj announced the Khoj…