Artist in Residence in Northern Thailand

Established in 2007 and located 20 km outside Chiang Mai city, ComPeung is the first independent and longest ongoing AiR program in Thailand. Over 100 artists from around the world have completed residencies with us–search our updated archives to get inspired for your next residency.

For artists who need time away from regular commitments to finish current projects, reflect on their practice, or explore and develop new works, ComPeung is the ideal place to do so. In an unregimented and relaxed atmosphere, artists have complete freedom to focus on their work. We hope that by living and working together in a tranquil setting with our team and a small diverse group of artists, people will be inspired and challenged to explore new possibilities and dreams.

By experiencing a new setting and culture artists who stay at ComPeung will be pushed beyond their comfort zones in a way that is supportive of creating work not imaginable at home.

ComPeung offers warm, engaging hospitality with fresh daily produce from the local market for delicious home-cooked meals and provides all the basic necessities for living in a semi-rural, tropical area.  

We are a small artist-run organization sustained completely by our residency fee and generous support from friends and family. This allows us to run our unique program openly and offer artists time and space to create without the intensive focus on a specific expected outcome.

At ComPeung you will experience solitude, nature, and a micro-community of other artists. Our goal is to offer artists the rare opportunity to focus solely on development of new work or ideas, and themselves as artists.
 

Deadline

For our regular residency program, there is no fixed deadline, but we do appreciate receiving online applications at least 2 months prior to the proposed residency.
 

Residency Type

1-3 months residencies. The minimum stay is one month, however longer residencies inherently provide more time to get acclimated to a new environment and focus on fully developing projects.