Academy

Guiding principles

Akademie Schloss Solitude is a place of interaction.

Akademie Schloss Solitude is an international and transdisciplinary artists’ residence. Its unique model affords artists and scientists valuable freedom to develop their work and perform research in both a physical and digital context. Akademie Schloss Solitude’s wide-ranging fellowship program promotes the interrelationship of art and science across all disciplines and fields of practice. Special programs address relevant thematic focuses. Akademie Schloss Solitude provides broad public access to artistic thought and action thanks to a diverse range of public events.

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About us

Akademie Schloss Solitude is an international Artist-in-Residence Program and has supported approximately 1,700 young artists from more than 120 countries since opening its doors in 1990. It creates a close-knit, global and transdisciplinary network of Solitude alumni that expands from year to year.

History

Duke Carl Eugen had the late-Baroque Solitude Castle built between 1763 and 1769 as a hunting lodge and summer residence. Soon, however, he began using the residence for the Hohe Karlsschule (Carl’s High School) Military Academy, whose students included Friedrich Schiller. Solitude was later used for an array of functions, including military hospital, restaurant, prison and student dormitory. The two officers and cavalier’s buildings have housed the living, working and exhibition areas of the Akademie Schloss Solitude since 1990.

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