Xiyao Chen

Xiyao Chen (based in London) is an interdisciplinary artist, landworker and researcher. Her practice is driven in response to the imminent climate emergencies, across the expanded field of anthropology, moving images, sonic sculptures and agroecology. She is currently nurturing an…

Stanislava Ovchinnikova

Stanislava Ovchinnikova is an interdisciplinary artist and curator whose interests lie primarily in the area of politically engaged and trauma-based artistic practices. Her work relies on autobiographical materials and intergenerational histories, and often involves other members of affected communities at the research stage. In 2021…

Andreas Brunner

Andreas Brunner is a visual artist born in Switzerland, currently based in Reykjavik. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, and graduated from the Masters program in Fine Arts at the Iceland…

The residency programme that started in 2021 invites artists, curators, designers, architects, researchers and other creators to become part of the SODAS 2123 community. This is a unique residency near the city centre, which provides opportunities for Lithuanian and foreign artists to live and create at the SODAS 2123 cultural complex, alongside already operating cultural organisations and local artists. With over 50 artists’ studios, rehearsing studios for bands, offices for design, film and visual arts organisations, exhibition spaces, event spaces, various workshops, a cafe, a public outdoor garden space, a public allotment, and more, SODAS 2123 provides space for a variety of cultural and art disciplines, and each resident in the complex is open to sharing, learning and craftsmanship.


The SODAS 2123 artist-in-residence spaces were arranged by the architects Ona Lozuraitytė and Petras Išora. The spaces were created with DIY aesthetics in mind, and following ecological principles. In creating a sustainable environment, the architects used left-over materials from exhibitions, and recycled various objects for a second use. There are two studio apartments: of 28 square metres, and 27 square metres.
On the residency floor there is a fully equipped kitchen, work spaces and communal spaces. Residents are welcome to use a shared studio in the Alt Lab, as well as the Atletika gallery spaces between exhibitions.


28-square-metre individual room with a kitchenette and bathroom


27-square-metre individual room with a shared kitchen and bathroom


Photo credits – Bon Alog.

Xiyao Chen

Xiyao Chen (based in London) is an interdisciplinary artist, landworker and researcher. Her practice is driven in response to the imminent climate emergencies, across the expanded field of anthropology, moving images, sonic sculptures and agroecology. She is currently nurturing an…

Stanislava Ovchinnikova

Stanislava Ovchinnikova is an interdisciplinary artist and curator whose interests lie primarily in the area of politically engaged and trauma-based artistic practices. Her work relies on autobiographical materials and intergenerational histories, and often involves other members of affected communities at the research stage. In 2021…

Andreas Brunner

Andreas Brunner is a visual artist born in Switzerland, currently based in Reykjavik. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, and graduated from the Masters program in Fine Arts at the Iceland…

Brigit Arop

Brigit Arop is a freelance art worker based in Tallinn with a background in semiotics, who mainly curates and writes. She is interested in queer-feminist artistic practices that use material-sensitive approaches, text, autotheory and humour to shift stale values. Arop…