La Maldita Estampa Printmaking Residency / Residencies

Print Studio & Gallery La Maldita Estampa is a place created by artists to give support to other artists, focused on the world of printmaking.
Open Call, addressed to artists, curators, and national and international cultural managers of different artistic disciplines, who are interested in learning or developing their projects with traditional printing techniques.
We create the opportunity and the right conditions to host international artists in Barcelona (Spain) with its Artists in Residence programme, offering its space formed by a fully equipped workshop and its gallery, an ideal place for the diffusion and promotion of the work of the resident artists.
Our aim is to offer resident artists the resources, support and guidance necessary for the optimal development of their projects. To make the artist feel as if they were in their own studio, working freely, developing, experimenting, researching and achieving the highest quality as a final result. In short, to make their stay a fun, rewarding and productive experience. We have a completely new and fully equipped space, with the necessary infrastructure for the development of activities related to the world of printmaking. A production workshop of more than 90 square metres and a gallery of more than 30 square metres. We are located in the heart of Barcelona (Spain) at 112 Aragón Street, a cosmopolitan neighbourhood surrounded by beautiful modernist architecture.

Studio Information:
You will have access to all the facilities, a total of 120 m2, and all the necessary equipment to develop your project, be it engraving, lithography, photo etching, among others. In addition to our production area of 90 m2, with a “Clean Space” and a “Beautiful Gallery”. “An excellent place to disseminate and promote your work (all spaces are shared)

Accommodation Information:
Accommodation is not offered. We help artists to find a comfortable place that suits their needs. Our network of friends and local artists can host visiting artists in their flats, for an economical price.

Technical Information:
We specialise in: Direct Techniques: Burin, Drypoint, Mezzotint, Etching, Carborundum, Monotype, Collagraph. Relief Printing: Linocut, Woodcut, Reduction Woodcut. Indirect Techniques: Aquatint, Sugar Engraving, Soft Ground, Hard Varnish, Photo Etching, Mixography, Lithography on plate, Screen Printing, Mokulito (Japanese lithography), Cianotype, Van Dyke, Bookbinding, Artist’s book, among others. The artists will have permanent support and guidance for the successful development of their projects.

Application Information:
Artist’s portfolio: brief explanation of his/her project (maximum 30 lines and maximum 5 recent photographs, PDF format), proposed timetable for the realisation of the project, with dates of arrival and departure, in order to better organise his/her stay; specification of the techniques involved in the creative process. PLEASE SEND ALL THE INFORMATION IN ADVANCE.To our e-mail address: [email protected].

We will be delighted to welcome you to the magical and creative Barcelona 🙂

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