Hektor is a safe space for artists, activists, guests and friends. We want to use our estate to create a better and more creative world, from one of the world’s most inspiring islands: Lanzarote.
Discover our (art) events and artist/activist residencies which contribute to our ambitions.
We have less than 30% of the spots available for our 2027 residencies. More information here.
Upcoming Artists and Activists in Residence
Zeno transforms landscapes, memories and everyday observations into vibrant paintings that explore our longing for a slower, more connected relationship with the natural world.
Outbeing is a regenerative travel business with a simple mission: to connect more people with nature, regeneratively. We’re building better ways to get out of the city, ones that leave places better than we found them.
Paula Kühn is a creative technologist and designer working between AI, fashion, and artistic practice. She explores how working with machines reshapes creativity and perception beyond a human-centered view.
Her focus lies in integration - understanding how technology can distance us from our bodies and nature, and what conscious practices are needed to reconnect
naN
not a Number group: Alicja Panasiewicz/Adam Panasiewicz
is an artistic group formed in 2015. It is primarily based on the collaboration in artistic activity of Alicja and Adam Panasiewicz. The artistic duet is mainly concentrated on artistic works using the language of new media that allow great liberty in creation and vagueness in the interpretation of the projects on intermedia.
Daan is an ecologist and landscape architect—and, in many ways, a perpetual student of botany. After two years working with Erik Dhont, he took the leap into freelance practice this summer. The catalyst was an invitation for a residency in Mexico, where he is collaborating with a painter to design a garden rooted entirely in native plant species.
Ondrej is an artist and architect working at the intersection of art, architecture, and design.
He creates site-specific installations, objects, and spatial projects tailored to a specific place, its context, and its unique needs. His work ranges from standalone objects to larger structural interventions across interiors, public spaces, and landscapes.
Romanian-born Diana Radovan is a hybrid writer, performance artist, forest bathing guide, forest therapy practitioner, and sustainability professional. Her literary work has been published internationally in magazines and anthologies in English, German, and Romanian and has won multiple awards since 2004. She is the author of three books: Our Voices (an experimental memoir, 2022), Dincolo (a collection of travel and identity essays, 2025), and Seasons of Change (a nature poetry collection, 2025).
Enrique Traver Barbabosa (b. 1993, Mexico City) born too early to be a TikTok star, born too late to be a soap opera actor, is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, performance, photography, and installation.
Art events, permanent installations & collection
Past Artist Residencies 2026
Past Artist Residencies 2025
Past Artist Residencies 2024
Past Artist Residencies 2023
Rich Rawling has been exploring the elusive nature of watercolour for decades. In the fall of 2023 he will do so at Hektor.
During her stay at Hektor, Stacy Brafield will be working on a new artist book: show up that documents Kjøkkenhage (The Kitchen Garden).
During his residency at Hektor Amit Berman (IL) created a series of paintings and photographs focusing on the personal and interpersonal experience around the island, while emphasizing intimacy, fleeting moments and delicacy in the queer relationship.
The residency changed Matthew for the better, recharged their creativity and activist spirit, and sparked new ideas and approaches for their future practice/s and projects.
Stephen Thompson researched and explored the human vitality of Lanzarote related to the body.
Drawing inspiration from the worlds of Almodovar and Manrique, Karina Soors, the founder of Studio Woot Woot, a creative agency, has crafted an installation that allows guests to create their own sunrise and sunset against the breathtaking backdrop of the valley view.
Strook’s permanent installation at Hektor: a line drawing celebrating more than a decade of friendship.
Inspired by the house, farmlands, island, volcanoes, and most importantly, the friendship between the artist and the founders of Hektor, Heidewinne has created an embroidery artwork that embodies life at the farm.
Wannes cools worked for 6 weeks at Hektor. On his last day, he made an installation exposing all the work he created.

Lore Loyens wrote a scenario and casted some of her artist during her residency at Hektor.