Pfaelzer Hof Artists Residencies

Pfaelzer Hof Artists Residencies in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Shared Habitat mentor residencies and retreats in Germany and the UK. Pfaelzer Hof Artists Residencies is located in a former hotel in Rhineland-Palatinate in the town of Idar-Oberstein Germany’s gemstone capital and within a rural and vine growing area.

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Nina Mischler (Switzerland) creating a mural on the terrace.
Jeder Zug zählt (Every move counts) depicts billiard champion Paul Schneider, the former hotelier of Pfaelzer Hof, with balls and earth.

Kelsey Harrison (USA) with her sculptures Pillars of Support, made with architectural timbers from
the underpinning of the Pfaelzer Hof’s historical facade.

Joanna Tam (USA) in her award-winning film Wasenstrasse, conceived of and shot during a Pfaelzer Hof residency on the topic of home and homelessness.

Bruce Asbestos’ striking video works were shown at Pfaelzer Hof gallery / project room in 2021. Bruce has recently exhibited at Bangkok Bienale (2024) and will be creating a new work for Tate Modern London in 2025.

Lydia Corbett painted a Madonna and Child mural in the entrance lobby of Pfaelzer Hof during her residency in 2013. A second exhibition showed Lydia’s paintings together with Stuart J Young sculptures in 2020.

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