Berlin Fellowship
The Berlin Fellowship is an artist-in-residence programme and work fellowship that supports young international artists from each of the Akademie der Künste’s Art Sections. Every year, a jury of Akademie members nominates two candidates per Section. Applicants may not apply on their own initiative.
The interdisciplinary programme begins in the autumn in conjunction with the General Assembly of Akademie der Künste members. It offers artists the opportunity to network with members and partners of the Akademie, to engage in creative exchange in an interdisciplinary context, and develop and present artistic projects through exhibitions, readings, performances, workshops and open studios.

The studios are located in the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg and are available for both work and accommodation. In addition, there is another guest studio at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in the Berlin-Kreuzberg district.
The fellows receive a grant of 5,000 euros, 3,000 euros project funding and a travel budget.
Fellows
Fellows since 2015
Visual Arts
Sarah Doerfel, Solomon Garçon
Architecture
Malte Wilms, Valentina Soana
Music
Bernat Pont Anglada, Juta Pranulytė
Literature
Atefe Asadi, Logan February
Performing Arts
Charlie Casanova, Jaz Woodcock-Stewart
Film and Media Arts
Olga Chernykh, Meryam Joobeur
Visual Arts
Nina Emge, Hana Yoo
Architecture
gruppe aja, Saikal Zhunushova
Music
Sinan Samanli, Huihui Cheng
Literature
Éléonore de Duve, Claudia Durastanti
Performing Arts
Hrishikesh Pawar, Franziska Wenning
Film and Media Arts
Lisa Gertsch, Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Visual Arts
Alketa Ramaj, Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo
Architecture
Anna Dobrova, Yuliia Rusylo, Fanny Brandauer
Music
Josephine Macken, Steloolive
Literature
Diána Vonnák
Performing Arts
Isabel Cruz, Jug Đorđević
Film and Media Arts
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Mehdi Jahan, Amin Behroozzadeh, Mina Keshavarz
Visual Arts
Alex Turgeon, Mahsa Aleph
Architecture
Covadonga Blasco, Oleksandr Burlaka
Music
Elnaz Seyedi, Haotian Yu
Literature
Aušra Kaziliūnaitė, Kim de l’Horizon
Performing Arts
Zsófia Lili Orbán, Zahra Barat, Mahuba Barat
Film and Media Arts
Aboozar Amini, Alina Gorlova
Visual Arts
Fumiko Kikuchi, Kristina Buch & Robert Logan
Architecture
Maissa Maatouk, Melissa Makele
Music
Oliver Thurley, Sol-i So
Literature
Claire Fercak, Jonas Eika
Performing Arts
Yannik Böhmer, Andrew Schneider
Film and Media Arts
Mohammed Almughanni, Lillah Halla
Visual Arts
Undine Sommer, Sasha Kurmaz
Architecture
Jennifer O'Donnell, Philipp Valente
Music
Aled Smith, Fabià Santcovsky
Literature
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Meena Kandasamy
Performing Arts
Nazanin Noori, Ada Mukhina
Film and Media Arts
Nida Mehboob, Miguel Hilari
Visual Arts
Cemile Sahin, Robert Olawuyi
Architecture
Efilena Baseta, Eric Le Méné
Music
Kristine Tjøgersen, Kaj Duncan David
Literature
Barbara Delać, Anna Weidenholzer
Performing Arts
Regina Fredriksson, Artemiy Shokin
Film and Media Arts
Franziska Pflaum, Johann Lurf
Visual Arts
cylixe, Mirkan Deniz
Architecture
Yorgos Loizos, Alicia Hernanz
Music
Alexander Khubeev, Mithatcan Öcal
Literature
Adisa Bašić, Ramy Al-Asheq
Performing Arts
Lynn Takeo Musiol, Kleopatra Markou
Film and Media Arts
Stefanie Heim, Susann Maria Hempel
Visual Arts
Lucía Simón Medina, Benjamin Stölzel
Architecture
Isabel Zintl, Martin Hakiel
Music
Yiran Zhao, Hakan Ulus
Literature
Dénes Krusovszky, Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Performing Arts
Arturo Domínguez Lugo, Akram Assam
Film and Media Arts
Nikias Chryssos, Ines Thomsen
Visual Arts
Robel Temesgen, María Korol
Architecture
Martina Schlusnus, Simon Rauchbart
Music
Elena Rykova, Niklas Seidl
Literature
Sergey Lebedev, Kaan Koç
Performing Arts
Jason Danino Holt, Rima Pipoyan
Film and Media Arts
Rafael Jové, Elena Zieser
Visual Arts
Sebastian Gräfe, Otavio Schipper
Architecture
Felix Lüdicke, Theresa Schütz
Music
Amir Teymuri, Matthias Kranebitter
Literature
Liat Elkayam, Tanja Maljartschuk
Performing Arts
Caitlin van der Maas, Zsuzsanna Simányi
Film and Media Arts
Thomas Ladenburger, Aslı Özarslan