URRA is a non-profit organisation, founded in 2010 in Argentina, which runs art residencies, international exchanges, exhibitions, and other artistic programmes and events.
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Its aim is to encourage artistic production within a creative environment of reflection and inspiration, fostering dialogue and the exchange of knowledge and experiences among art professionals from around the world.
URRA’s programmes provide platforms for experimentation and knowledge, where artists and other cultural professionals can develop or continue projects without the pressures of everyday or commercial demands. At the same time, we promote participants’ work through various public events, which establish dialogues with the artistic audience and the wider community.
With a focus on the visual arts, our residencies and programmes include artists, curators, and other professionals from different generations, nationalities, and backgrounds.
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Selection of participants is carried out through direct invitations with national and international advisors, open calls, competitions in collaboration with other institutions, among other methods.
All participants receive grants, thanks to the support of public and private institutions, both national and international, as well as foundations, embassies, companies, and private patrons.
We also run the URRA Patrons Programme, aimed at supporting our organisation and expanding its activities and programmes.
In 2023, we inaugurated URRA-HIPHiP, an art gallery that operates alongside our residency programmes. Located at Central Affair, Galerías Larreta in central Buenos Aires, its mission is to support artists by promoting and selling their work, while also contributing to the financing of URRA’s programmes.
URRA is part of the VERIA Foundation for the Development, Research, and Dissemination of Art and Culture, and is a member of the Triangle Network, a worldwide network of residencies.
Our programmes:
In 2026, we will open CASA URRA, a permanent venue in the La Paternal neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, specially renovated to host our residency programmes and other artistic activities.
Since 2013, we have organised International Exchanges, fostering collaborations between Argentine artists and those from partner organisations, including Gasworks, London (2015–present); AIR-M, Munich (2021–2025); Atelier Mondial, Basel (2013–2021); Pier-2, Kaohsiung (2017–2018); Ranchito-Matadero, Madrid (2018); and Yaxs, Guatemala City (2018).
Between August 2022 and December 2024, we operated from the URRA Cerrito venue in central Buenos Aires, running residency programmes for artists, curators, and groups of approximately four professionals.
In 2016, we opened URRA Tigre in the Tigre Sur District, which operated until December 2021, hosting residencies of one, two, and three months with an average of six participants per programme.
Between 2010 and 2016, URRA ran two residency programmes: the Buenos Aires Art Residency and the MAYO Residency, both held in various locations across the city of Buenos Aires.
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We also produce bilingual printed publications (Spanish and English) that document, in text and images, the programmes we have carried out.
