PADA Studios

Galeria e Residência Artística localizada numa zona pós-industrial na margem Sul de Lisboa

 

Next open call in July

BOLSA PADA 2026

A bursary for artists with Portuguese nationality and/or permanent residency in Portugal to participate in PADA's international residency programme. This includes studio space and access to all PADA facilities, accommodation, programme of activities, curatorial and technical support, final group exhibition, open studios and other events, plus professional documentation of their work.

Next open call will be for residencies in 2026 and will be open by 8th of July. The deadline is the 10th of August with artists being notified on the 22nd August 2025.

CHAMADA ABERTA

BOLSA ODEMIRA 2025

Bolsa Odemira is a bursary for artists originally from or living in Odemira to participate in an one-month residency of PADA's international residency programme in September.

The current application is for the attendance of PADA 53 in September (3rd-30th September 2025). Deadline is the 15th July.

CHAMADA ABERTA

AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/26

RESIDÊNCIA DE INVESTIGAÇÃO

This programme is designed to appeal to those who want to spend time with the community at PADA but don't need a studio space. Aimed at writers, curators, researchers or desk based artists this residency will provide accommodation and a work space at PADA studios.
Application deadline is the 22 June and artists will be notified by mid July 2025.

OPEN CALL
AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/26

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY

The international residency at PADA welcomes applications from artists in a variety of media for a duration of 1 or 2 months. Artists are provided with large studio space and accommodation in a private double bedroom. Being the main art residency programme at PADA, the international residency hosts 10 artists each time. At the conclusion of the residency, artists are invited to showcase their work in PADA’s gallery as part of a group exhibition, which will run in conjunction with open studios.

Application deadline is the 4th May 2025 and artists will be notified by 16th May 2025.

Next open call in August

BOLSA BARREIRO 2026

PADA Studios with the financial support of Câmara Municipal do Barreiro has developed a bursary for visual artists originally from and/or based in Barreiro. This bursary is focused on supporting three emerging local artists who would benefit from PADA ́s residency programme and facilities. At the end of the annual cycle, the 3 artists will feature in an exhibition in PADA Gallery.

The open call for Bolsa Barreiro 2026 will be held in August 2025.

 

INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY

Our International Residency Programme welcomes artists from different disciplines to stay from 1 or 2 months. We will favour artists who have researched and propose projects suitable to the residency and the surrounding environment.

BARREIRO BURSARY

PADA Studios with the financial support of Câmara Municipal do Barreiro has developed a bursary for visual artists originally from and/or based in Barreiro. This bursary is focused on supporting three emerging local artists who would benefit from PADA ́s residency programme and facilities.

BOLSA ODEMIRA

PADA is proud to announce support of Câmara Municipal de Odemira which will fund the attendance of 1 Odemira artist in our International Residency.

Bolsa Odemira is a bursary for artists originally from or living in Odemira to participate in an one-month residency of PADA's international residency programme in September.

RESIDÊNCIA DE INVESTIGAÇÃO

The Research Residency is designed to appeal to those who want to spend time with the community at PADA but don’t need a studio space. Aimed at writers, curators, researchers or desk based artists this residency will provide accommodation and a work space at PADA studios.

ALUMNI STUDIO

The Alumni Studio programme provides the opportunity for PADA alumni to return to continue a project they started or simply to come back to visit us in Barreiro.

 

Artigos & Conversas

Experiências PADA

"O tempo que passei na PADA foi importante em muitos aspectos. Permitiu-me um mês para me concentrar na minha prática, num novo contexto, introduziu-me num novo ecossistema de artistas e curadores, ofereceu-me uma pausa durante um período difícil da vida e abriu uma porta para uma nova cidade. Estou grato pelo tempo que passei com os meus colegas residentes e a equipa da PADA."

Alastair Gordon

"Uma oportunidade incrível de deixar para trás a rotina e concentrar-me em produzir novos trabalhos num novo ambiente e com novas pessoas. Gostei da quantidade de eventos sociais promovidos, dando aos artistas a oportunidade de conhecer algumas partes de Lisboa e do Barreiro, assim como conhecer novos artistas e fazer novos contactos.

Lawrence Calver

"O tempo que passei na PADA foi muito produtivo. Comecei a residência com muitas ideias mas rapidamente percebi que tinha de experimentar mais. O cenário e envolvente da residência ajudaram-me a ver o meu trabalho sob uma luz diferente. A incrível luz no Barreiro foi também uma parte fundamental do trabalho que lá criei."

Josephine Rowntree

+ @encarnacao__ BOLSA BARREIRO Inês Encarnação is a Portuguese painter based in Seixal. Her work delves into the representation of symbolic figures and narrative transgression through allegories and tales, navigating the uncerta
+ @breekturner RESEARCH RESIDENCY Bree Turner was born in australia and is currently based in Paris. She is a feminist researcher, writer and performance-maker whose work moves between academic inquiry, poetic experimentation and documentary theatre
Here are a few photos of the first days of the artists in residency. In the first week, artists were able to know PADA’s facilities and surroundings, such as the industrial park, abandoned factories and other interesting buildings and areas wit
Last week, the artists in residence visited a few contemporary galleries and independent art spaces in the Alvalade region, in Lisbon. This is one of the activities that is held during the first two weeks of residence, and it aims to introduce the ar
Last two days for the open call of the Research Residency. Make sure you don’t miss it. Get more information on the residency and how to apply in the link in our bio. Quote and image by Emma Van Goor, the second artist that frequented the Re
+ @emmahinesart PADA 52 Emma Hines is a visual artist from New York and lives in California. She creates two dimensional artworks consisting primarily of mixed media works on paper, panel and canvas. Emma frequently utilizes pastel, acrylic pain
+ @maikensstaehr PADA 52 Maiken Stæhr is a visual artist based in Copenhagen, DK. Though painting and site-specific performative approaches she explores themes such as food culture and traditions, cultivated nature and agriculture, economy, so
+ @alves_ludovico BOLSA PADA Helsinki-based artist Alves Ludovico, originally from Setúbal, Portugal, explores the intersections of material culture, ecological balance, and well-being through conceptual frameworks rooted in fiction and envir
+ @tessel.dezwart PADA 52 Tessel de Zwart is a Dutch artist and designer based in Amsterdam, working at the intersection of costume and visual arts. She uses textiles, paper, found objects, and costume to create sculptural pieces that explore themes
+ @lilyfine PADA 52 Lily Rose Fine is a British/Canadian painter currently based in Vancouver. Interested in our human need for meaning, Fine picks apart potent symbols to depict ineffable personal experiences, veiled in enough ambiguity to act as a
+ Natasha Carlos PADA 52 Natasha Carlos is a first-generation Luso-American artist based in New York, whose work explores the intersection of self-identity, nature, and the unpredictable nature of human existence. Through self-portraiture and dive
+ @linneavemes PADA 52 Linnea Vemes is a conceptual artist, maker and researcher informed by critical design. She explores speculative realities that broach sustainable issues including climate change, biodiversity loss and waste culture. The arti
+ @jo.fleming.smith PADA 52 Jo Fleming Smith is a multidisciplinary visual artist born and based in the UK. She works primarily in painting, photography and installation utilising light, space and form to explore lived experience on themes of gender
+ @george.goodnow PADA 52 George Goodnow is an artist based in Dharawal Country (Wollongong, Australia). Their practice ranges from painting and public murals, to sculpture and site-specific installations. Across their practice, their work focuses o
+ @al.prosciutto PADA 52 Alex Furtado is a visual artist based in Toronto, Canada. Through sculptures which combine found-objects with traditional methods, their work engages with the human psyche and how it is expressed in domestic space, language,
Time moves so quickly! A new residency group has just arrived and just recently PADA 51 was here with us, not even two weeks ago. Here are some images taken by the artists-in-residence during the months of April and May. + O tempo passa tão
7 days left. Research Residency is a space for artists who want to spend time with the community at PADA but don’t need a studio space. Aimed at writers, curators, researchers or desk based artists, this project will provide accommodation and a