The Adobe Creative Residency empowers talented individuals to spend a year focusing on a personal creative project, while sharing their experience and process with the creative community. Meet Adobe's 2019 residents — up-and-coming creative leaders who are eager to share their work and ideas with others.
Adobe Creative Residents receive access to the best creative tools and resources, along with guidance from advisors and a compensation package. In return, residents proactively pursue their own personal creative projects while sharing their processes, insights, and inspirations with the community along the way.
Our ideal candidates are skilled in their fields, just starting out in their creative careers, and passionate about building their communities. Every year we look for a variety of ideas, people, and cultures to represent the diversity of Adobe's creative community.
Follow them as they share their work and processes, and discover how they're building careers guided by passion and vision.
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Get inspired by stories from past residents, and see how they've evolved from beginner to pro.
Julia Nimke
Freelance photographer
“I love when someone tells me I inspired them to go to this country or do that kind of trip.”
Nadine Kolodziey
Artist, illustrator, designer
“I want people to be inside my work – to walk through it or to become part of it.”
Laura Zalenga
Portrait photographer
“Nothing compares to being out there with my camera, enjoying and exploring the world.”
Rosa Kammermeier
Lettering artist
“I want to make people stop in their daily lives, and to spread a little positivity into the world.”