Studio Office and Studio Commissioners
The Studio Office in the kulturwerk of the bbk berlin is the central contact point for all artists living in Berlin and looking for a studio–regardless of whether they are members of the bbk. We provide advice on finding a studio and holding on to existing studios.
The Studio Office has made a long-term commitment to securing spaces for the production of visual art in Berlin and to keeping them affordable for artists, even in the face of gentrification.
FOR THE CURRENT: Information on the situation of studio funding in the 2024 budget crisis here
News
Commitment authorizations remain uncertain
The Co-Studio Representative for Berlin, Julia Brodauf, on the current status of commitment authorizations (VEs) and the preservation of endangered studios
26.11.2025 | Press release by bbk berlin:The houses in the 2025 studio subsidy program will remain in place beyond 2026
Around 300 studio leases will expire in the next two fiscal years. The political will to secure them is there, and financial security does not seem to be a problem either.
FIXTURES #9 - Sharon Paz / Fragmented Reality – Technology, Memory and Home at December 8th, 2025
We are delighted to welcome our next guest in the FIXTURES event series: Sharon Paz. The artist uses technology both as a medium and as a metaphor for the construction of non-linear narratives. In her lecture, she will present several of her interactive projects in which the audience can participate.
Current challenges facing the Teilestraße studio location: Exhibition + exchange at the Schokoladenfabrik studios
On Friday, November 7, 2025, the artists of the Schokoladenfabrik Studios invited guests to a joint breakfast at their group exhibition on the third floor of the former Sarotti chocolate factory. The format brought together representatives from politics, administration, ownership, and other threatened studio buildings in Berlin for the first time in this form.
FIXTURES #8 - Susanne Bosch / Translation.Bridging.Transfer on November 17th, 2025
At FIXTURES #8 we are very happy about our interesting guest: Susanne Bosch. Susanne Bosch will show several own works and some new projects, which are developped in her collaboration with Ulrike Zimmermann in their joint Studio Bosch.
The central question in her lecture is: But what does the translation of a process-based artistic work into another art form suitable for exhibition and the
