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Creative Residency Arita

Organiser : Creative Residency Arita Steering Committee
Administration: Arita Town Hall Commerce and Tourism Division
Co-administration: Saga Prefecture International Division
Partners: Saga Potters Association, Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory
Saga University Faculty of Art and Regional Design
Saga Ceramic Wholesalers Association
Sponsors: Embassy of the Netherlands in Japan, Creative Industries Fund
Mondriaan Fund, Villa Kamogawa Kyoto, Embassy of Switzerland in Japan
Administration Address: Arita Town Hall, Tachibe 2202, Arita, Saga, Japan 849-4192

residents

2026

Hiromi Nishimoto


/ Japan

Jos Klarenbeek


/ The Netherlands

Elisa Strinna

June - August
/ The Netherlands

Rinke Joosten

June - August
/ The Netherlands

2025

Jonathan Vervoort


/ The Netherlands

Octave Rimbert-Rivière


/ The Netherlands

Marlou Breuls

June to August 2025
Designer / The Netherlands

Milena Anna Bouma

June to August 2025
Artist / The Netherlands

2024

Morgan Betz

September - November
Artist / The Netherlands

Bas Kosters

September - November
Artist / The Netherlands

Jing He

June - August
Designer / China

Mirthe Klück

June - August
Artist / The Netherlands

Benedetta Pompili

January - March
Designer / Italy

2023

Shahar Livne

September - November
Designer / Israel

Eva Crebolder

September - November
Artist / The Netherlands

Simone Post

June - August
Designer / The Netherlands

Dirk van Lieshout

June - August
Artist / The Netherlands

Tamar Mogendorff

January - March
Designer / Israel

Carlo Clopath

January - March
Designer / Switzerland

2022

Tjalling Mulder

November
Technical Adviser EKWC / The Netherlands

Afra Eisma

September - November
Artist / The Netherlands

Sigrid Calon

June - August
Visual Artist / The Netherlands

Lisa Konno

June - August
Fashion Designer / The Netherlands

Akane Saijo

February - March
Artist / Japan

Asayo Yamamoto

February - March
Artist / Japan

2020

Denis Guidone

January - March
Designer / Italy

2019

Heringa / Van Kalsbeek

September-November
Artists / The Netherlands

Dinie Besems

September - November
Jewellery Designer / The Netherlands

Inger Sif Heeschen

September - November
Artist / Denmark

Viktor Hachmang

June - August
Illustrator / The Netherlands

Dimitri Bähler

June - August
Designer / Switzerland

Antye Guenther

June - August
Artist / The Netherlands

Lora Dimova

January to March
Artist / Finland

Stacey Hunter

January to February
Design Curator / Scotland

Florence Dwyer

January to March
Artist / Scottland

2018

Isabel Ferrand

September - November
Artist / The Netherlands

Franciska Meijers

September - November
Designer / The Netherlands

Tilmann Meyer-Faje

June - August
Artist / The Netherlands

Bas van Beek

June - August
Designer / The Netherlands

Yiannis Ghikas

June - August
Designer / Greece

Joke Raes

February - March
Artist / Belgium

Guanlin Wang

January - March
Support Staff EKWC / China

2017

Susan Kooi

June - August
Artist / The Netherlands

Tijmen Smeulders

June - August
Designer / The Netherlands

Helen Frik

September - November
Visual Artist / The Netherlands

Aliki van der Kruijs

September - November
Designer / The Netherlands

2016

Ruta Butkute

June - August
Artist / The Netherlands

Jan Broekstra

June - August
Designer / The Netherlands

Henri Jacobs

September - November
Artist / The Netherlands

Floris Wubben

September - November
Designer / The Netherlands