In residence: August 2025 – April 2026

Ashley Middleton is an artist and researcher whose work explores the evolving relationship between the body, technology, and the environment. Working across installation, sound, video, and photography, she creates immersive experiences that integrate scientific inquiry with sensory perception. Guided by rhizomatic methodologies, embodiment practices, and a feminist phenomenological perspective, her projects investigate how attention, ritual, and intuitive knowledge shape ecological awareness.

In Residence: January - April 2026

Mhairi Killin is a visual artist from the Isle of Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Working across drawing, print, sculpture, and film, her practice explores the fragile and interconnected relationships between land, sea, humans, and other beings, often challenging perceptions of islands as remote or marginal.

In residence: April 2026

Janos Nieminen returns to Artica Svalbard in April 2026 to continue his research exploring how states express presence and influence in the fragile environments of the Arctic.

In residence: April - May 2026

Scott Carroll is a futurist, designer, and award-winning filmmaker whose work explores the intersections of human behaviour, landscape, and narrative—using technology to expand the liminal spaces between them. His films and interactive projects have reached nearly 80 million screens worldwide, through platforms including the BBC, PBS, Arte, EiTB, Warner Brothers, and 20th Century FOX.

In residence: April - May 2026

Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger is an environmental artist whose work explores human impact on islands and isolated environments. Through immersive residencies as an artist, traveller, and observer, she creates works that critically examine the effects of the Anthropocene and consumerism. Her multifaceted practice spans sculpture, installation, and moving image, connecting art, science, and lived experience.

In residence: April - May 2026

Jennifer Redfearn is a professor and documentary filmmaker whose work explores the ties between people, place, and the natural world. Her films are immersive and often character-driven, guided by deep listening, empathetic observation, and a cinematic approach to storytelling. She is drawn to work that invites audiences to sit with complexity and continue the conversation after the film ends.