• Studio Josefine Reisch, 2024; photo: Tomas Maglione.

  • Studio Wolfgang Tillmans, 2017; photo: Eric Bell.

  • Arash Nassiri, 2024; photo: Frank Sperling.

  • Anton Steenbock, 2020; photo: Eric Bell.

    BPA// Berlin program for artists

    BPA// Berlin program for artists is an independent mentoring program that facilitates exchange between emerging and established Berlin-based artists. Founded in 2016 by artists Angela Bulloch, Simon Denny, and Willem de Rooij, BPA// fosters connections across media and generations.

    At the core of the program are mutual studio visits, public events, and exhibitions. BPA// supports 20 emerging artists over a two-year period; each year, ten new participants are selected by a jury of Berlin-based artists and cultural experts.

    The program’s regular mentors include Saâdane Afif, Yalda Afsah, Monika Baer, Mariana Castillo Deball, Bouchra Khalili, Thomas Locher, and Olaf Nicolai. They are joined annually by more than 50 guest mentors from a range of disciplines.

    Dina El Kaisy Friemuth, 2022; photo: Frank Sperling.

    Visit the BPA// Exhibition 2025 for free!

    The partnership between the KW Institute for Contemporary Art and BPA// began in 2020. Together, they co-develop the annual BPA// Exhibition, which presents new works by current BPA// participants developed during the two-year program. The collaboration also includes public formats such as the 2020/21 lecture series BPA// Talks, and the annual Show and Tell sessions, where participants present their work on view at KW.

    Videoart at Midnight, 2019; photo: Willem de Rooij.

    Browse through the past BPA// event program here. 

    Archive

    Related Exhibitions

    06.12.25–11.01.26

    BPA// Exhibition 2025
    A place never fully held
    16.11.24–05.01.25

    BPA// Exhibition 2024
    Half-Light
    25.11.23–07.01.24

    BPA// Exhibition 2023
    Amid the Alien Corn
    03.12.22–15.01.23

    BPA// Exhibition 2022
    21.08.–19.09.21

    BPA// Exhibition 2021

    BPA// promotes solidarity within Berlin’s cultural landscape by connecting artists, writers, cultural producers, and a broad range of local institutions.

    BPA// Berlin program for artists is funded by the Senate for Culture and Social Cohesion.