Independent Art Space on Södermalm, Stockholm
Press
Boilerplate, facts and contact details for journalists and editors.
Boilerplate
Parallel Collective is an independent art space on Södermalm that runs international artist residencies from a house it owns in Oujda, Morocco; memberships fund the programme.
Parallel Collective Gallery is an independent art space at Svartensgatan 10, Södermalm, dedicated to cross-disciplinary contemporary art. The collective runs international artist residencies, anchored by a house it owns in Oujda, Morocco, led on the ground by a local project leader, with traveling craft stops in Fez and Marrakesh where residents work within zellige mosaic and Moroccan craft traditions. Two residency cycles are complete, and expansion is planned toward São Paulo and Tokyo. The platform runs in seven languages, including right-to-left Arabic, and the programme is funded by yearly memberships and grants.
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Facts
- The gallery
- Svartensgatan 10, 116 20 Stockholm (Södermalm)
- The residency house
- A house owned by the collective in Oujda, Morocco, run by a local project leader; residents travel to Fez and Marrakesh for zellige mosaic and Moroccan craft traditions.
- Residency cycles completed
- Two completed international residency cycles.
- Languages
- The platform runs in seven languages: English, Swedish, Arabic (right-to-left), Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese.
- Funding model
- Yearly memberships and grants fund the residency programme.
Press contact
For interviews, visits and press questions, write to contact@parallelcollective.se.
Images
High-resolution images are available on request: the Oujda house and craft activities, the gallery on Svartensgatan and platform screenshots including the Arabic interface. A downloadable press kit is published on this page once the photo sets are ready.