Artists in Residents 2002-2026
Alphabetical order
A-D

The artists are listed in alphabetical order by surname (with surname prefixes disregarded for sorting purposes). For each artist, the country of origin is indicated. If the artist currently lives and works in a different country, that country is also listed. The artist's principal artistic discipline is included as well.
 
Approximately half of the artists participated in the OBRAS residency programs only once, while the others returned, some on as many as ten occasions. Regardless of the number of residencies, each artist appears only once in this archive.
The total number of artist residencies was approximately 1,000. Residency periods typically ranged from three to ten weeks.

To facilitate browsing, the archive is divided into six alphabetical sections: A–D, E–G, H–L, M–P, R–T, and U–Z.
This page shows A-D.
 
Other pages list cultural events and the resident’s projects.

A visual collage of residents is in this slide show.

A
Anna Maria Achatz (Austria; visual artist)
Morgan Adler (USA; painter)
Rui Sérgio Afonso (Angola, Portugal; cameraman)
Dena Afrasaibi (Iran, USA; writer)
Helena Aikin (Spain; land art, ceramist)
Randy Akers (USA; painter)
Phyllis Akinyi (Denmark, Sweden; dancer)
Eva Layla Akiska (The Netherlands; actress)
Josephine Alcott (USA; visual artist)
Mareike Alexander (Germany; textile artist)
Emma Allotey (UK; writer)
Carlos Alves (Portugal; musician)
Anita Ammerlaan (The Netherlands; painter)
Eugénio Anilson (Portugal; actor)
Caroline Ansink (The Netherlands; composer)
Amanda Appel (Denmark; singer, composer)
Nadia Aquil (USA, Iran; musician)
Adriana Araujo (Brazil; visual artist)
Arjan van Arendonk (The Netherlands; visual artist)
Dario Argentesi (Italy; composer)
Sarah Arnold (France; filmmaker)
Mike Asente (USA; writer)
Kedarnath Awati (India; composer)
Dan Ayres (UK, Germany; writer)
B
Sharyn Bachleda (USA; photographer)
Rachel Back (Israel; poet)
Idalotta Backman (Finland, Denmark; actor)
Bridgette Badowich (Canada; visual artist)
Pat Badt (USA; visual artist)
Ruth Baettig (Switzerland; performer)
Mia Bailey (Australia; Germany; multimedia)
Karan Bajaj (India, USA; writer)
Boaz Balachsan (Israel; animation movie maker)
João Bandeira (Portugal; actor)
Mathieu Barill (Canada; art photographer)
Ethna Barry (Canada; painter)
Helle Baslund (Denmark; visual artist, jewellery maker)
Clay Bassford (USA, Denmark; singer songwriter)
Stephanie van Batum (The Netherlands; actress )
Ruut van der Beele (The Netherlands; filmmaker)
Kirsten Beets (South Africa; visual artist)
James Bell (UK; filmmaker, painter)
Sofia Berberan (Portugal; photographer)
Bjornar Berg (Norway; writer, philosopher)
Karen Bernard (USA; performance artist)
Hester de Beus (The Netherlands; sculptor)
Léon Biezeman (The Netherlands; writer)
Sharon Bishop (UK; visual artist)
Erdmute Blach (Germany; painter)
Rachel Tzvia Black (Israel; poet)
Hans Blankenburgh (The Netherlands, Brazil; curator)
Olivia Bliss (UK (Scotland); visual artist, singer)
Elise Blot (France; writer)
Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp (USA; fashion designer)
Annemie Boogaarts (Belgium, The Netherlands; visual artist)
Vicente Booth (Portugal; sound artist)
Heather Bouwman (USA; writer)
Puck Bramlage (The Netherlands; visual artist)
Luís Branco (Portugal; photographer)
Andrea Brasch (Denmark, Portugal; game designer)
Britta Braun-Santos (Germany; photographer)
John Brazenall (UK (Scotland); sculptor)
Peter Bremer (The Netherlands; painter)
Lissa Brennan (USA; playwright, performer)
Adrièn Brequet (France; art photographer)
Gaylord Brewer (USA; poet)
Amanda Brown (USA; painter)
Brian Bruya (USA; philosopher)
Flora Buberle (Switzerland; sculptor)
Becky Buchanan (UK; painter)
Linda Buckmaster (USA; poet)
Iuliia Bugalova (Ukraine, Poland; painter)
Iris Burghout (The Netherlands; mixed media)
Helen Butler (UK; painter)
Margreet den Buurman (The Netherlands; literary scholar, writer)
C
Esmeralda Cabral (Portugal, Canada; writer)
Carolyne Caldwell (USA; painter)
Lauren Camarata (USA; art photographer, musician)
Michele Caniato (USA; composer)
Lindsie Canton (Canada; visual artist)
Charles Capp (USA; visual artist)
Natasha Carlos (USA; photographer)
Dan Carlson (USA; installation artist)
Antonío Carrilho (Portugal; musician)
Taryn Noelle Cassella (Canada; visual artist)
António Castelo (Macao, Portugal; photographer)
Victoria Cattoni (Australia; visual artist)
Adam Ceczki (Australia; video artist, scientist)
Elsa Cham's (Portugal; dancer)
Mia Chaplin (South Africa; painter)
Céline Charpentier (France; visual artist)
Mike Chattem (USA; visual artist)
Elena Cheah (USA, Germany; musician)
Tania Chita (Portugal; actor)
Carl Ciesluk (Canada; visual artist)
Georgia Clark (Australia, USA; writer)
Melissa Clark (USA; writer)
Amy Clay (USA; mixed media)
René Coelho (The Netherlands, France; art photographer)
Floriane Colas (France; script writer)
Julia da Conceicão Estevão (The Netherlands; visual artist)
Fiona Connor (Ireland; painter)
Luis Corchon (Argentina, USA; painter)
Derek Cracco (USA; visual artist)
Marchall Crossman (USA; visual artist)
Rebecca Crowell (USA; painter)
Vera Cruz (Angola, Portugal and Cape Verde; actor)
Trish Cunning (UK; visual artist)
Stacey Cushner (USA; visual artist)
D
Erika Dahlen (Sweden; mixed media)
Nora van Dam (The Netherlands; actress)
Janice Deary (South Africa; visual artist)
Mirjam Debets (The Netherlands; filmmaker)
Job Degenaar (The Netherlands; poet)
Dennis DeHart (USA; visual artist)
Angelique Delcroix (France; mixed media)
Theo van Delft (The Netherlands; multimedia artist)
Vincent van Delft (The Netherlands; installation artist)
Ingrid van den Boogaard (The Netherlands; multimedia art)
Stephan Denkendorf (Austria; writer, visual artist)
Anneke van der Eerden (The Netherlands; visual artist)
Gerry van der Linden (The Netherlands; writer)
Ingrid van der Linde (The Netherlands; mixed media, filmmaker)
Jacques van der Heijde (The Netherlands; visual artist)
Maude Deslauriers (Canada; visual artist)
Marike van Dijk (The Netherlands, Australia; musician, composer)
Mauro Dilema (Italy, Portugal; pianist)
John Mac Donald (UK (Scotland); mixed media artist)
Fritska van Dorsten (The Netherlands; sculptor)
Paula Dreijer (USA; musician)
Maureen Drennan (USA; art photographer)
Bart Drost (The Netherlands; multimedia)
Annie Drum (Australia; writer)
Shan Du (China, Canada; painter)
Xinjian Du (China, Canada; painter)
Aurélie Dubois (Canada, Sweden; multimedia)
Dian Dyckhoff (The Netherlands, visual artist; Belgium)
Erik Dyckhoff (The Netherlands, singer; Belgium)
Julia Dyer (USA; script writer)