Collioure — Where Light, Landscape, and Practice Converge
Set between the French Pyrenees and the Mediterranean on the Vermeille coast, Collioure brings together sea, mountains, and vineyards in a singular landscape. Its shifting light, wild textures, and powerful seasonal rhythms shape a unique environment that invites sustained attention, reflection, and immersion in place.
A Living Site of Inspiration
Long shaped by artists across time, Collioure continues to support practices grounded in direct engagement with landscape and color. Swedish painter Sigrid Hjertén, who worked here in 1929, informs the residency’s name and ethos, linking historical presence to contemporary exploration.
Slowness as Method
Removed from urban intensity, the village encourages a slower pace where attention can deepen over time. Walking, observing, and interacting with local craft and people become integral to the process, allowing daily life to merge with artistic research and production.
A Site for Research, Open to the World
At the intersection of French and Catalan cultures, Collioure offers a layered and rich context for reflection dialogue, and exchange. Within Residence Sigrid, the village acts as an active counterpart, where the landscape and community inform the work while connecting local specificity to broader international practices.
The Houses and the Casot
Residents each stay in their own furnished stone house located next to each other in Le Miradou, a historic artists’ district in the center of Collioure, within five minutes walk from the sea and shops. A separate art studio space supports focused artistic work, alongside access to possible local materials, tools and collaborations. The residency also includes a “casot”, a traditional vineyard shelter overlooking sea and mountains, offering a place for solitude and extended engagement with the surrounding landscape. The host will be present close by during the entire residency period to facilitate the residents immersion and comfort.
