Studio Conversations is an intimate encounter with the artist’s working space, a chance to step inside the in-between moments where ideas begin. Curated and facilitated by Julia Oram, the series opens doors to emerging and mid-career artists across Berlin, offering a rare, small-scale space for honest dialogue around process and practice. Each session is intentionally limited in capacity and structured as a conversation rather than a presentation, creating an environment that prioritizes transparency, vulnerability, and community. Each experience centres on a guiding theme and a shared table, a space for slow conversation, reflection, and connection.Proceeds from each event directly sustain the collective and provide a honorarium for the hosting artist, fostering a more ethical and sustainable ecosystem.
Studio 11 is now accepting applications from Berlin-based artists to join our ongoing list of participating hosts. Events run every 1–3 months, with each edition featuring different selected artist. Artists chosen in this round will be part of the next rotation of hosts.
The first Studio Conversations will launch at the end of January early February.
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Studio Conversations operates independently, without institutional funding. The open call fee (€5) is a symbolic contribution that helps cover:
A honorarium for the selected artist
Time spent reviewing and curating submissions
Documentation and administrative costs
The continuation of the series as a sustainable project
We keep the fee intentionally low to ensure accessibility while maintaining a fair and professional process.
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We prioritize transparency. Revenue is distributed across:
Artist honorarium
Production and admin costs
Documentation
Materials and transport
The collective (to sustain future programs)
No one is getting rich from this — the goal is to build a healthier, more ethical model for artist-led initiatives.
Evening Structure
Each gathering (1.5–2 hours) unfolds through four moments:
The Abstract Conversation
A short attention exercise to open the space.
Open Studio
A guided movement through your working environment, accompanied by a brief introduction to your practice.
The Visual Conversation
A gentle, tactile activity co-created between Studio 11 and the hosting artist shaped by your materials, gestures, or way of working.
The Textual Conversation
A quiet collective ending, a word or mark left by each participant.
All elements remain flexible and adapt to the atmosphere, scale, and rhythm of your studio.
What Studio 11 Provides
Event coordination and guest management
Materials for the participatory activity
Documentation for your use
A shared revenue structure supporting the hosting artist
Promotion across Studio 11’s channels and mailing list
Tentative collabs with pre-existing artistic supporters
What You Provide
Your studio as the hosting space
A short introduction to your practice
A simple activity or gesture connected to your work
A comfortable environment for 5–12 guests (depending on space)
Who Can Apply
Artists working in any medium, at any stage in their practice, who feel aligned with intimate, reflective, process-driven encounters. Successful applicants will be added to a rotating list of hosts, with sessions scheduled in advance as the programme unfolds.
Application Deadline: Dec. 31st, 2025
First Session will run end of January/early February
Why Studio Conversations
Most open studios rely on looking, not experiencing, and I wanted to create something deeper. Traditional open studios often become walk-throughs: people glance, nod, and leave. There’s rarely time, context, or structure for understanding how the work actually emerges. I’m interested in the space between making and viewing, the quiet processes, the thinking that never appears on the wall. Studio Conversations was created because I wanted an alternative: something more theoretical, more embodied, more participatory.
Not a workshop. Not a tour. But a shared, reflective encounter with an artist’s process.
It’s an invitation for guests, artists and non-artists to step inside the logic, rhythm, and material intelligence of a practice. To meet the work before it becomes a finished object. The four-part structure (Abstract Conversations, Open Studio, The Visual Conversation, The Textual Conversation) creates a framework where people don’t just watch, they attune, respond, observe, and leave a trace. Guests aren’t “learning a skill.” They’re entering a temporary, conceptual space with the artist.