The successful applicant will be awarded a free live/work studio space in Milchhof Studios situated in Prenzlauerberg (the heart of the Berlin art scene), a bursary of £1,200 and a return air fare.

Application Deadline: 6pm Tuesday 27 July 2010
Residency Dates: 27 September - 20 December 2010

For more information about the studio facilities and the residency visit the Artquest website. You can also read about the experiences of previous residency recipients in the Artquest Project Archive to get a flavour of the Berlin art scene.

An excerpt from artist Samuel Dowd, who won the 2009 residency in the Prenzlauer Berg district, "one of the only hills in Berlin (those that there are were mostly built with rubble after the war), and my neghbourhood for the next few months, offers a surfeit of bars, restaurants and over- priced vintage clothing shops - Spitalfields for the affluent, fashionable bourgeoisie who have colonised the area post-reunification."

An Artists Phrasebook – Part 1

Do you have any turpentine with which to clean my brushes?
Hättest du vielleicht etwas Pinselreiniger für mich?

I say, isn’t that a Caspar David Friedrich (CDF)?
Ich würde auf CDF tippen.

Would you mind holding still while I sketch that position you’re in?
Könntest Du bitte einen Moment still halten, damit ich die Position skizzieren kann?

I’ve left my chisel’s in England – no more carving for me!
Da ich meine Meißesl in England vergessn habe kann ich keine Holzschnitte mehr machen!

My greatest influences are…..(Yves Klein, Naum Gabo, Rolf Harris)
Yves, Naum und Rolf waren die einflussreichsten Künstler auf mich.

I wish I knew what you were trying to get at, but in any case I really don’t like that colour.
Ich verstehe das nicht und liebe nicht die Farbe.

Would you like to collaborate with me?
Hättest du Lust mit mir zusammenzuarbeiten?

See more extracts and anecdotes from previous residents here