RÍO & MEÑAKA
RESIDENCY

RÍO & MEÑAKA RESIDENCE IS A UNIQUE SPACE IN THE MAIN ARTIST STUDIO AREA OF MADRID'S CARABANCHEL NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH MORE THAN 200 SQUARE METERS DEDICATED TO THE MOST CONTEMPORARY CREATION. WITH A SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ARTIST RESIDENCES, RÍO & MEÑAKA NOT ONLY FOCUSES ON THE GALLERY PROGRAMMING BUT IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE CREATION AND GENERATING A MEETING POINT BETWEEN ARTISTS AND CULTURAL AGENTS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, CREATING SYNERGIES AND COMMUNITY DURING RESIDENCE STAYS.

WORKING IN THE RESIDENCE, ARTISTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH CONTACTS WITH OTHER ARTISTS, COLLECTORS, CURATORS, CULTURAL MANAGERS AND ART LOVERS THANKS ALSO TO THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, VISITS, OPEN STUDIOS AND ORGANIZED PROGRAMS THAT ARE DEVELOPED IN THIS SPACE, AS WELL AS GET TO KNOW FIRST HAND THE ARTISTIC AND GALLERY ECOSYSTEM OF THE SPANISH CAPITAL, INCREASINGLY ON THE BOOM. DURING ITS 3 YEARS OF LIFE, RÍO & MEÑAKA RESIDENCE HAS SCHOLARSHIPED MORE THAN 30 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.