2025 IRUDIKA RESIDENCES

Open call until october 16!

Irudika organizes its Artistic Residencies in order to promote artistic creation and cultural exchange at an international level. A professional jury will select two projects that will enjoy a stay of two and a half months that aims to promote creation in the specific field of illustration and graphic animation. These two people will be in charge of generating the image that will function as a promotional poster for Irudika and the animation that will serve as an advertising banner for the meeting.

The Residencies take place from March to May, with a stay in three creation centers between Angouleme (France), Zapopan and Guadalajara (Mexico) and Bilbao (Basque Country). The residency ends with an exhibition in Vitoria-Gasteiz, where the work carried out by the two resident artists during that time of stay will be exhibited.

Irudika, with the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), Fundación Vital Fundazioa and in collaboration with Fundación BilbaoArte Fundazioa, the Cité Internationale de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image d' Angouléme-France and La Casa del Autor de Zapopan (Mexico), launches this call aimed at professionals of illustration and graphic animation.

PHASES OF THE ARTISTIC RESIDENCY

PRESENTATION. Thursday 3 of March 2025. VITORA-GASTEIZ. The authors will start their residency from this city.

1st PHASE: 4 to 31 of March 2025. ANGULEMA - Maison des Auteurs. Design process of graphics/poster for the illustration resident and animated bumper for the animation resident, as well as the development of personal projects. (Those who wish to travel to the fair in Bologna, at their own expense, can arrive in Mexico on 4 April, otherwise they can arrive directly from France to Guadalajara on 1 April).

2nd PHASE: 1/4 April to 12 of May 2025. JALISCO, MEXICO - Casa del Autor de Zapopan. Residents will be provided with a studio and accommodation by La Casa del Autor in Zapopan, and will be self-sufficientfor the duration of the residency.

3rd PHASE: BILBAO – from the 5 to 23 of May - Fundación Bilbaoarte Fundazioa. Production of pieces and final artwork for installation.

4th PHASE: OPENING of the exhibition on 23 May 2025. VITORIA-GASTEIZ. Duration of the exhibition approximately one month, space to be confirmed, by Fundación Vital Fundazioa. After the inauguration, the artistic residency in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz will conclude.

BASES AVAILABLE HERE

JURIES:

- Editorial Media Vaca
-  Bea Lema (Ilustradora. Premio Nacional de Cómic 2024)
- Aitor Aretxabaleta (Hopper-ink)
- Marta Sánchez-Nieves Fernández (Presidenta de ACE Traductores)
- Kike Infame (Responsable Residencias Irudika)
- María Barriga (Seleccionada Residencia Animación 2024)
- ca_teter (Seleccionado Residencia Ilustración 2024)
- Sara Sánchez Asensi (Directora-Gerente de Cegal)

Instituciones:
- Acción cultural Española AC/E
- Vital Fundazioa
- Maison des auteurs  
- Casa del Autor de Zapopán (México)
- Bilbaoarte Fundazioa