Six-month creative R&D fellowship for artists, technologists, curators, producers, organisers, researchers, and interdisciplinary practitioners.

The Art and Technology Fellowship from Serpentine Arts Technologies supports four fellows, individuals or collectives, working across art and advanced technologies. The inaugural Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship: Art x Convergence is a six-month, low-residency programme running from September 2026 to March 2027. Fellows receive a £10,000 award, travel and accommodation support for London intensives, mentorship, workshops, seminars, advisors, peer exchange, and public-facing process sharing. Applications are open until midnight BST on 7 June 2026.

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Opportunity Snapshot – Art and Technology Fellowship

What: Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship: Art x Convergence
Who: Individuals and collectives working at the intersection of art and advanced technologies. Applicants may work across art, technology, curating, producing, organising, research, writing, or other interdisciplinary approaches.
Where: Hybrid, with three in-person weekend intensives in London.
Award / Support:
– £10,000 fellowship award
– Travel and accommodation support for London weekends
– One-to-one mentorship
– Specialist workshops, seminars, and advisors
– Peer learning and cohort exchange
– Coordination, logistics, and access support from the FAE / Arts Technologies team
Application Fee: Not listed
Residency Duration: September 2026 to March 2027
Application Opens: 5 May 2026
Deadline: Midnight BST, 7 June 2026
Official Link: https://airtable.com/appB9uhkcEZ0NUpbQ/pagB33PwCFgLTUTww/form
Strategy Coach Note: https://www.patreon.com/posts/strategy-coach-158454014

Want the Strategy Behind This Application

The Future Art Ecosystems Fellowship is structured around research clarity, process-led development, and the ability to articulate how a practice operates within unstable technological, social, and institutional conditions. Most applications weaken when proposals describe broad themes around AI or technology without defining a focused inquiry, a realistic six-month R&D structure, or a clear relationship between mentorship, experimentation, documentation, and public process sharing. Strategy Coach Notes break down how reviewers assess research questions, portfolios, mentorship fit, and process design, and how to build an application where inquiry, methodology, work samples, and fellowship structure operate as one coherent system.

About the Art and Technology Fellowship

Serpentine Arts Technologies has launched the inaugural Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship: Art x Convergence as a creative research programme for practitioners working with advanced technologies. The fellowship supports early-stage creative research grounded in process, dialogue, and shared learning. Fellows are invited to pursue a defined research question connected to their practice or a project in development. The programme is connected to Serpentine’s broader Future Art Ecosystems initiative, which addresses cultural infrastructure, organisational innovation, and advanced technologies.

The 2026 theme, Art x Convergence, asks applicants to consider how previously separate systems are becoming entangled through AI, advanced technologies, legal frameworks, ecological systems, embodiment, simulation, authorship, accountability, and planetary governance. Serpentine frames convergence as an active site where categories become unstable and disciplinary tools may prove insufficient. The fellowship is designed for practitioners who can use creative R&D to stay with instability, develop methods, and share process publicly.

What Is Offered

Selected fellows receive:

• £10,000 fellowship award
• Travel and accommodation support for the three London weekends
• One-to-one mentorship
• Access to specialist workshops, seminars, and advisors
• Peer learning and cohort exchange
• Support from the FAE / Arts Technologies team
• Public-facing process sharing opportunities
• A six-month hybrid structure with online and in-person components

The program includes three in-person weekend gatherings in London, regular online cohort sessions, weekly sessions with advisors and specialist workshops, monthly one-to-one mentor meetings, occasional check-ins with the Serpentine Arts Tech team, and independent research time. Weekly online participation is around 3.5 hours.

Who Should Apply To The Art and Technology Fellowship

This opportunity is for practitioners whose work engages art and advanced technologies through practice, research, organising, production, curating, writing, or interdisciplinary methods. International applicants are welcome, provided they can attend the three London intensives. Collectives may apply, but the collective must nominate a lead participant for in-person activities.

Strong applicants should have a clear research question, concern, or line of inquiry. The proposal does not need to be fully resolved. Serpentine states that clarity of inquiry matters more than polish, and the fellowship is focused on process, experimentation, and development rather than a finished outcome.

Application Materials

The application asks for personal details, a video introduction, information about the applicant’s practice, CV, portfolio, work samples, references, attendance confirmation, visa support information, optional access needs, and application questions.

Timeline

The open call launched on 5 May 2026.
Applications close at midnight BST on 7 June 2026.
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in June.
The fellowship runs from September 2026 to March 2027, with in-person London intensives in September 2026, November 2026, and March 2027. Exact intensive dates will be shared with selected fellows.

Why This Opportunity Matters

This fellowship is significant because it supports research before a project becomes fixed into final form. It gives practitioners time, mentorship, peer exchange, public process, and institutional context while asking them to articulate how their work responds to convergence as a real condition of contemporary practice. For artists working with AI, robotics, simulation, embodiment, infrastructure, governance, ecology, or hybrid systems, this is a focused opportunity to develop language, methods, and research structures inside a major international art institution.

Apply

Apply through the official Serpentine application form linked from the programme page.

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