The Outsider Art Festival has the pleasure to offer a residency for artists from abroad to work in Finland. The works produced during the residency program are presented at the festival. The application period for the residency program opens as part of the OAF open call.

The first guests ever in 2022 of the residency program were two two artists from Sweden. Their names are Marianne Schmidt and Malin Karlsson. 

Residency artist in 2023 is mirrored fatality.

Read the residency artists’ interview

Listen to the residency artists’ interview on Radio Helsinki