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International exchange platform for visual arts

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A network for direct, reciprocal exchange between artists, designers and theorists. You offer what you have, you find what you are looking for.

In practice, here is what the network makes possible:


Cross mobility

Swap your home and/or your studio with a peer, for the length of a stay, in Marseille as in Berlin or elsewhere.


Accommodation for a professional trip

Being hosted by a peer for the length of a private view, a meeting or a one-off project.


Resource sharing

Lend, borrow and share tools, equipment and technical resources.


Collaboration & transmission

Initiate joint projects, exchange advice, critical feedback and opportunities.

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The origins of the project

In France, fewer than 2% of practising visual artists are awarded an institutional residency each year. Access to workspaces, to mobility and to networks remains largely determined by selection channels — and by each person's means.

Artistswap starts from a simple observation: artists already possess, collectively, what they need — studios, homes, equipment, expertise. What is missing is a framework to pool these resources directly, between peers.

An open and inclusive network that adapts to everyone's circumstances: with no limit of age, identity or background, with or without a project under way, whether you have a great deal of time or very little.

Wendy Vachal, visual artist and founder of Artistswap

Le réseau aujourd’hui

18

countries represented in the network

43 ans

average age of members, from 22 to 72

75 %

join Artistswap to break out of professional isolation*

*Isolation most often linked to geographical distance, the early stages of a career, or family and financial constraints.

July 2026 data

Crossed mobility at the heart of Artistswap

Crossed mobility is at the heart of Artistswap: two peers swap their home and/or their studio, for the length of a stay, locally as well as internationally. A reciprocal, self-managed exchange, with no selection and no commission, built on mutual agreement.

Joining Artistswap means entering a network where everyone gives as much as they receive, on the basis of what you have to offer and what you are looking for.

Access informal residencies as a complement to institutional circuits

Develop an artistic practice through immersion in different contexts

Build an international professional network

Explore crossed mobilities*

*Access to profiles and exchanges after joining

Other forms of exchange

Don’t have a home or studio to offer?

Not ready yet to commit to a crossed mobility?

Artistswap also offers other forms of exchange to connect with your peers and contribute to the network.

Artistswap adapts to your circumstances — a family, a job alongside, an intermittent practice. Involvement happens at your own pace, according to what you are able to offer.


Accommodation for a professional trip

Being hosted by a peer for a private view, a meeting or a one-off project — without necessarily offering an exchange in return.


Better knowledge of your ecosystem

Access information on local contexts, organisations, networks and cultural players.


Pooling, collaboration, transmission

Lend equipment, initiate joint projects, exchange skills and critical feedback.

Members' voices

How it works ?

Create a profile specifying what you are looking for and what you can offer

Access profiles and offers within the network

Get in touch and define the terms of exchange with peers

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Network membership: €15 per year, or €1.50 per month (annual fee, paid monthly).