Facilities:
– Administration and preparatory research
– Orientation to the city
– 7 studios (20-25 sq mt each) available 24 hours, Internet, shared kitchen
– Basic support for production and technical assistance
– Professional networking with the art community in Mumbai
– Studio visits by artists, critics, curators
For application to the residency please send the following documents by email to projects.waa@gmail.com
1) CV
2) Short description of the project
3) Portfolio with 20 JPEG images in case of artist; written material in case of curator/researcher
4) Please mention desired time frame for residency period.
Please note that this is a paid residency. Each resident is responsible for their own funding, though WAA can help with this process. Please write to us for more details.

Past residents
2019
Erin Carew, Installation, Australia
Mary Barton, Painting, Australia
Faraj Daham, Painting and installation, Qatar
Meghna Patpatia, Drawing, Mumbai
Raymonde April, Photography, Quebec
2018
Pat & Miki Dionne Gingras, Photography, Quebec
Sanket Jadia, Mixed media, Surat
Ruchi Bakshi Sharma, Installation, Mumbai
Priyanka D’Souza, Painting, Mumbai
Nirvaiir Nath, Painting, Mumbai
Neasa Terry, Digital art, Wales
Sophie Dloussky, Film, Paris
Nandita Kumar, Sound and installation, Goa
Sarnath Banerjee, Drawing, Delhi
Zeenat Nagree, Curator, Mumbai
Ayushi Sriramwar, Sculpture, Mumbai
Chris Mcguinness, Sound art, New York
Priyank Gothwal, Film, Delhi
Sarita Chouhan, Textiles, Mumbai
Rhea Maheshwari, Painting, Auckland
Lisa Myeong-Joo, Mixed media and performance, Sydney
Virginie Mercure, Painting, Quebec
2017
Raymonde April, Photographer, Quebec
Moumita Das, Fibre art, Kolkata
Preksha Tater, Installation, Surat
Hari Katragadda, Photography, Mumbai
Jeff Gillette, Painting & Installation, California
Sonam Chaturvedi, Mixed media, Baroda
Prashant Chavan, Digital art, Mumbai
Radhika Wader, Mixed media & Painting, Baroda
Starlyn D’Souza, Sculpture, Mumbai
Shivanjani Lal, Installation & Performance, Melbourne
Meghna Patpatia, Drawing & Painting, Mumbai
Sarah Pupo, Painting, Quebec
2016
Gilles Aubry and Rob Millis, Sound new media, Switzerland
Oliver Roura, Painting, Spain
Soazic Guezennec, Painting, France
Xim Llompart, painting & sculpture, Spain
Tahireh Lal, Sculpture & video, Assam
Teja Gavankar, Sculpture, Mumbai
Philippe Calia, Photographer, Paris
Abir Mukerjee, Painting, Kolkata
Alicja Dobrucka, Photographer, London
Tamaris Borelly, Drawing & painting, Paris
Mahana Delacour, Performance & Painting,Paris
Gayatri Kodikal, Film & video interactive Game design, Bangalore
Emilio Leofreddi, Video & painter, Italy
Marie Velardie, Painting & sculpture, Paris
Sarah Pupo, Drawing & painting, Animation, Montreal Canada
2015
Jim Holyoak, Drawing installations, Canada
Dheer Kaku, installation new media, India
Adrien Rousseau, Drawing, France
Moira Zoitl, Installation, Germany
Aishwarya Arumbakkam, Photography, India
Pascal Schwaighofer, Installation, Switzerland
Gabriel Beckinger, Photography, France
Sherry Aliberti, Performance, USA
Vanessa Vettorello, Photography, Italy
Swapnaa Tamhane & Aman Sandhu, Installation,Toronto, Canada
Kyungwoo, Installation, Korea.
Nobina Gupta, Installation, India
Philippe Calia, Photography, France
2014
Ratna Gupta, sculpture, India
Natasha Mendonca, video, India
Kedar Dhondu, drawing, India
Joel Sames, photography & film, Switzerland
Abul Hisham, painting, India
C&G Artpartment, sound art, Hong Kong
Meera Sethi, drawing & mixed media, Canada
Odin McEvoy, performance, USA
Crystal Mafia, performance, Germany
Ernesto Klar, video, Venezuela/New York
Antonio di Cantino, photography, Italy
Treibor Mowlang, drawing, India
Gitanjali Dang, curator, India
Marie Julia Bollansee, performance, Belgium
2013
Ivan Buenader & Maximo Gonzale, installation, Mexico
Compasswallah, installation, India
Carlos Hinginio, drawing, Spain
Dean Baldwin, photography, Canada
Raymonde April, photography, Canada
Eveline Sutter, curator, critic & author, Switzerland
I am interested in applying for this residency. Could you send me details about the dates of the proposed residency and costs/finance details.
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Hello Morwenna Lake,
We will send you details of the residency through your website contact page. Please do share your email id if convenient for further correspondence.
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Women love to work waa residency
Please update me the details.
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Vandita
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Hi Vandita, Please could you check the following link for details to the WAA residency. https://waaresidency.org/what-about-art-residency-programme/.
Regards,
Niyati
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what are the charges? do you have a kiln? I am a ceramic sculptor.
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Dear Neelkanti Patekar,
We do not have a kiln. Please do share your email id and we will send you more info about the residency, charges, facilities and more.
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clayjoint@gmail.com
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Hello, I’m interested in applying for a residency. Could you send me mre information, please?
my website is http://www.lorenzaippolito.co.uk and email lorenza@lorenzaippolito.co.uk
Am an artist using photography and video to talk about identity and belonging within migraante communities.
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Hello Lorenza, Thank you. We have sent you details on email.
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Hi,
What are the dates for the residency? I have a project in mind for Mumbai for the months of August and September.
My email id is allstirfry@gmail.com,
Thank you,
Smriti
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Hi Smriti,
You could apply for any dates from July 1 to October 31, 2015. Please send your application to projects@whataboutart.net.
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hi,
i would like to know the details of the residency and what are the charges for the same. my mail id is roy.mahuaa@gmail.com, rahulsolanki.as@gmail.com
thanks
mahua
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Hi Mahua, we will send you details on the email id. Thanks for your interest.
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Hello, i would like to know more as well if there is any further informations to receive before applying. Best regards. C.D.
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Hello I would love to receive more information about the applaying detail for this recidency. Dates, fees etc. Thanks in advance. Here is my contact:
sajedesharifi@gmail.com
http://www.sajede.com
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Hi, I have mailed you a query regarding expenses. Do let me know.
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Please send me the fee details. Thanks. email – avas06@gmail.com
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May I please receive the details. Thank-you
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Hi,
sending you the residency details shortly.
Thank you for your interest.
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could you please share your email id with us?
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Hi I am very intetested in a your residency. Could you please email me more infornation on costs?
Thanks Claire
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Hi Claire, Thank you for your interest. Could you kindly email us on projects@whataboutart.net
We will share with you the required information.
Thanking you.
Niyati
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Hello, i would like to know more as well if there is any further informations to receive before applying.
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Hi Shiva, Please could you specify the required information you are asking about?
For further enquiry kindly email – projects@waa.net
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Sorry, the correct email id is- projects@whataboutart.net
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Hi,
Could you please email me more information on costs? and availability in August?
Thanks,
Mila
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Hi Mila, Thank you for your message.
Would you be looking for a studio or accommodation + studio?
As of now we have 1 studio free for the month of Aug. Unfortunately our accommodation is full.
I request you to send us your portfolio at the following address : projects@whataboutart.net
Thanking you,
Niyati.
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Hi, could you send me some more information on this residency regarding costs and dates etc? My email is raphaella.davies@gmail.com
Thank you.
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Thank you for your message we will write to you shortly.
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Hello WAA Residency! i’d love to apply and spend sometimes working at your residency. I’m looking forward to receive some more infos regarding the fees + dates available, thanks in advance !
http://www.johannadumet.com
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Hi Johanna,
Thank you for you message.
I would request you to kindly check the following link https://waaresidency.org/what-about-art-residency-programme/ which will help you understand the structure for this residency.
If you have any further enquires please feel free to email us at projects@whataboutart.net
Thank you.
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Hello, Could you share the details for this residency. My email id is mitul.kajaria@gmail.com.
Thanks.
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Hi Mitul,
you can find all the details at this link. https://waaresidency.org/what-about-art-residency-programme/
Please do check it and send us any further enquires.
Thanks.
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Dear WAA residency,
I have tried to e-mail you with a proposal but unfortunately it didn’t arrive but got send back. Please do let me know your contact information so i can send you my work!
Thank you
Risja
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Hi Risja,
Im sorry about this.
Was this an application for a WAA residency or the Darling foundry residency?
We were having issues with our Email ID please try once again.
Thanks,
Niyati
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Hi, I tried to email you several times about the residency programme application but the mail just keeps bouncing back