Building on Khoj’s long-standing engagement with the intersections of art and urbanism, the Khoj International Residency August – September 2025 seeks to explore responses to the complexities of  high-density built and natural environments. This iteration of the residency invites artists from Australia, France, Russia, and India whose practices critically engage with the nuances of urban  density—whether in terms of spatial…

Khoj and Arthshila are pleased to invite applications from creative practitioners for the fourth edition of the Arthshila X Khoj Artist Residency—a fully-funded, on-site residency at Parivartan in Siwan, Bihar. This residency supports 6 exceptionally talented artists with a strong material-based practice, including but not limited to ceramics, sculpture, and printmaking. Set in Siwan, Bihar, Parivartan is an initiative of…

Khoj is now accepting applications for the second iteration of BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS. BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS seeks to foreground practices and inquiries that can map the shifting terrain of digital life through critique and the articulation of alternate possibilities. As the digital mediates our perception, memories, and bodies, the boundaries between the organic and the machinic are becoming increasingly porous. BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS is an inquiry…

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 2025. Building on Khoj’s long-standing engagement with the intersections of art and urbanism, the 2025 residency program will explore responses to the complexities of high-density built and natural environments. We invite…

Now in its 21st year, Peers has been one of Khoj’s pioneering programmes 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. The Peers…

In 2003, Khoj started the Peers residency to nurture a vibrant ecosystem for young artists and emerging practices. We aimed to expand the arts community, provide a platform for burgeoning talent, and cultivate a space for experimentation and engagement with the broader artistic community. Over the years, the Peers residency has been a springboard for a diverse array of artists,…

Now in it’s 20th year, Peers has been one of the pioneering on-site residency programmes 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…

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,…

Functioning as a unique residency model that closely curates artists at the start of their professional careers, the Peers residency is populated with artists’ visits and interactions, studio visits and curated exhibition walk-throughs, for the residents to have a gamut of art-related experiences and exposure. In 2022, the Peers residents visited the studios of artists Martand Khosla, Thukral and Tagra,…

After a pandemic-induced hiatus, Peers 2021 marks the 17th edition of Peers, the first-ever Hybrid Peers Residency, unfolding online, followed by a physical immersion by the residents at Khoj Studios, and a Peers 2021 open day at Khoj shortly after. At its core, the Peers program acts as a stepping-stone for young artists, aiding them through a transitional moment in…

The Peers Student Residency is a platform, initiated with support from the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), that provides an invaluable opportunity for exchange and dialogue. The artists invited for Peers 2009 represented a wide cross section of geographies and disciplines. For four weeks, five young artists spent time working and living together. It was a time for interaction, collaboration,…

For Peers 2013, five artists fresh out of college along with a critic worked together at KHOJ Studios to develop their creative practice. The artists this year experimented with a diverse range of creative practices, beginning from Parag Sonarghare, who undertook intimate engagements with inanimate objects in the course of interrogating performance and performativity, Pratik Bhattacharya who inserted several unconventional…

The artists invited for the 2014 Peers residency were: Sangita Maity, whose work continued to investigate the lives of labourers through video and photo; Amshu Chukki, whose practice involved looking at workers and their craft as well as the spaces they engender and occupy; Ragini Bhow, a sculptor and performance artist whose interest lay in creating a site-specific performance endemic…

In an attempt to include the wider student community and emerging practioners into the Khoj network and to provide a forum for experimentation and interaction with the larger artistic community, Khoj launched an artist-residency program for students from different art colleges in India. Peers 2003 was the first of its kind in India consisting of 5 artists from art institutions across India.…

What is a feminist way of looking at the world? What opens up? What becomes visible? Who can you hear? What utterances become possible? For two hours every month, we are opening up a room to discuss assumptions and presumptions, power and pleasures. It’s a room of teaching and learning, a room for collective thinking, a room for finding new ways…

Towards an Alternative Museum was a stimulating printmaking workshop for children from the Khirkee community, offering a hands-on introduction to serigraphy, storytelling, and visual experimentation. Led by artist and former Khoj Peers resident Sujay Mukherjee, the workshop unfolded over six days, blending drawing, design, and archival exploration into a playful and structured process of creative discovery. The children were introduced…

Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi and Khoj International Artists’ Association are delighted to announce fellows for the seventh edition of the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) programme. Anna Sireiliu Charenamei (IND) Emdadul Hoque Topu (BGD) Hengame Hosseini (IRN) Narmeen Sajid (IND) Pooja Poudel (NP) Thinal Sajeewa (LKA) We extend a special thanks to the jury members — Akansha Rastogi, Vishal…

Khoj and PICA are delighted to announce Ayesha Singh as the artist-in-residence in Perth as part of the Cross Hatching International Studio Exchange program. ⁠ ⁠With a focus on architecture, Ayesha will consider the histories of communities that have been hidden, displaced and removed, responding to this research through the development of site-specific installations, conversations and community gatherings. ⁠

Khoj is delighted to announce the artists-in-residence for BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS, an 8 week long residency at Khoj, as a part of a two-year collaborative initiative between NAVE (Chile), Khoj International Artists’ Association (India), and Immersive Arts Space/ZHdK and Kornhausforum (Switzerland), supported by the Pro Helvetia Synergies Program: Daniela Brugger Gaurav Singh Nijjer and Manjari Kaul Puneet Jain and Yesica Duarte BODIES-MACHINES-PUBLICS…

This iteration of the Khoj International Residency, in collaboration with the Misk Art Institute, invites two artists from Saudi Arabia and one artist from India to delve into the intersection of expanded craft, design, and the popular. The residency aims to foster the artistic growth and practices of creatives, encouraging a meaningful exchange amongst them; as well as with the…