Residency

Artists spend a period working in Serifos — in the mines, on the footpaths and within the island’s community.

Kotoki hosts artists and researchers over successive periods, often outside the tourist season, when the island returns to its own rhythm. We support the process with working space in Chora, introductions to the island’s people and archives, and production support for public presentations.

We have supported a wide range of international and national artists working in different media, including but not limited to painting, drawing, sculpture, video, research and music.

There is no rolling open call. For proposals, write to us on Instagram.


Artists in residence
Walking practice in the Serifos landscapeNovember 2025

Mine the Cycladic Body

Body and landscape, through walking practices and somatic research.

Photographic postcards of SerifosOctober 2025

Mariya Kozhanova

“It Is Windy in Paradise” — photographic postcards dedicated to Serifos.

SIDAAROS performance at the Archaeological Museum of SerifosAugust 2025

Nikolas Lakiotakis

SIDAAROS — a performance on the trajectories of iron.

Inside the remains of the Mega Livadi mines2024 – 2025

Sofia Dona

“A Stone’s Throw” — inside the remains of the mines.

Outing at Mesovouni, SerifosNovember 2024

Ignacio Acosta

“Memories of Rock” — in collaboration with Archipelago Network.

Thenia Antoniadou in the Serifos landscapeNovember 2024

Thenia Antoniadou

Land(e)scapes — landscape and body in post-industrial areas.

Archival photograph from the iron mining history of SerifosNovember 2024

Archipelago Network

Eleni Zaras & Jacob Moe — digitising mining archives.

The landscape of SerifosMay 2024

GM Touliatou / Maria Salouvardou

Research, and the performance INCONNU in Panagia.

Ann NeumannMarch 2024

Ann Neumann

Writer and journalist — death, grief, culture and society.

Reading the landscape, 2023September/October 2023

Jeffrey Benjamin

An archaeologically inclined practice around industrialisation.

Nikolaos Laaris performingMay/June 2023

Nikolaos Laaris

Pianist — Royal College of Music, Manhattan School of Music.

John Moran, EveryoneMay 2023

John Moran | Marieluise Herrmann

Composer and choreographer, with Marieluise Herrmann.

Hide Pile 3, 2022April/May 2023

Sophie Friedman-Pappas

Sculpture and materials in transition; a talk in Chora, May 2023.


The space

Kotoki sits at the heart of Chora, the main settlement of Serifos. The space is used for working, presentations and gatherings. Events often move outside it — into the mines, the squares and the footpaths of the island.