The Inlaks Residency at Tracey Emin Foundation (Tracey Emin Artist Residency, TEAR)

The Inlaks Residency at Tracey Emin Foundation supports a 14-month studio residency for one young painter from India at the Tracey Emin Foundation (TEAR) in the UK. The TEAR programme is a free, studio-based art school programme that develops studio practice alongside a community of professional artists, with mentorship, visits from curators and opportunities to exhibit. The residency begins in April 2027 and completes in early July 2028. The Inlaks Foundation provides partial financial support toward the awardee's living expenses in the UK.

14-month residency at Tracey Emin Foundation studios; studio-based programme with mentorship, visits from gallery directors/curators/art professionals, opportunities to exhibit; partial financial support of GBP 12,000 toward living expenses.

Applicants must be painters who work directly with physical materials (not primarily digital), must be Indian citizens residing in India at the time of application, must not have previously received an Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation overseas grant, and must have been born on or after 1 January 1992 (35 years of age at time of application).

Applications are submitted via the Tracey Emin Foundation application link. Initial selection and desk review are carried out by the Tracey Emin Foundation followed by an online interview; shortlisted applicants based in India face a second interview by an independent selection committee appointed by Inlaks.