Apply for exhibition space in 2027-2028

Do you wish to exhibit at Kunstnerforbundet in 2027 or 2028?

The application deadline is Monday, 1 September 2025.

Who can apply
We accept applications from professional visual artists, craft artists, duodji practitioners and freelance curators in the visual art field living in or connected to Norway and Sápmi. We accept applications from individual artists and curators, and artist groups and collectives.

Kunstnerforbundet is committed to diversity in its programming, and we encourage all professional artists to apply, regardless of education, organizational affiliation, gender, ethnic background, religion, functional ability, age and orientation.

Changes in the application process
Kunstnerforbundet makes changes to our open call for exhibitions:

Announcement for two years: Previously, we have had annual open calls for exhibitions for one year at a time. From this year, our open call will go out biannually and accept applications for exhibition space for two years at a time. This means that this year you can apply for an exhibition in Kunstnerforbundet in the period 2027 and 2028. In the application form you can fill out which year(s) you apply for.
New requirement for applying for an exhibition space: If you have had a solo exhibition in Kunstnerforbundet in the last 5 years (after 1 September 2020) or you are going to have other exhibitions in Oslo in 2027-2028, you can unfortunately not apply for an exhibition space.

About the application
The application consists of a project description/proposal, desired exhibition space, desired exhibition year, artist CV as well as visual documentation of previous artistic work and/or sketches for the exhibition project attaches as pictures, video and/or sound. The application may be written in Norwegian, Scandinavian languages, English or Sámi languages.

The application is submitted via the Kunstnerforbundet online application portal within the application deadline (the application portal will open on 5 August). Read the application criteria text carefully before you start filling in the application form. Please note the limitations on text length and the number of attachments in the application.

Applications that are not received by the deadline, or that are incomplete, will be rejected. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications via letter, e-mail, as a PDF or other digital or physical formats.

Evaluation of the applications
The jury consists of the board and the director of Kunstnerforbundet who make the professional assessments of the applications. Based on the applications, the jury will make an exhibition program for 2027-2028 in Kunstnerforbundet.

Important dates

Application deadline: Monday 1 September 2024 at 12 am (midnight).
Answers can be expected around the turn of the year.

Questions about the application?

Please get in touch with us in good time before the application deadline.

The application for exhibition in Kunstnerforbundet consists of:

A short project description for the exhibition and about your artistic practice. Max 2000 symbol incl. spacing.
Preferred exhibition space. You may select one or several rooms, or leave it open.
Preferred exhibition year: 2027 and/or 2028.
Artist CV/resumé attached as one PDF-file which is max 2 pages and max 2 MB.
Visual documentation of artworks, art projects and/or sketches for the exhibition project attached as up to 6 JPG-images, max 2 MB each. Please note that JPG is the only valid file format.
Video/audio works or documentation of audiovisual works. We accept one video- or audio file of up to 5 minutes length. The video/audio may consist of several sequences/outtakes from several works. Attached as one link to an external service such as YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud. We recommend password protection for the work, but remember to add the password into the application, in order for the jury to access and view/listen. Please note that the field for the link must only contain the URL (web adress) and no other text, otherwise the link won't work.

Apply as an artist group:

One user account: When applying as an artist group/collective, one person must be the responsible applicant and contact person, and create a dedicated user account on behalf of the group.
Artist CVs/resumés: The resumés of each artist in the group can be up to 2 pages each. The artist resumés must be collected into one document and saved as a PDF. The PDF file must be max. 2 MB.
Visual documentation of artworks, art projects and/or sketches for the exhibition project attached as up to 6 JPG-images, max 2 MB each. This also applies to groups. In order to show documentation from the whole group, it is possible to create a visual presentation that shows several images in one file (use Powerpoint, Adobe InDesign, Canva or similar software).
Video/audio works or documentation of audiovisual works. We accept one video- or audio file of up to 5 minutes length. The video/audio may consist of several sequences/outtakes from several works. Please refer to the info above.

Apply as curator:

The same criteria applies to freelance curators as for artists and artists groups. If you want to apply with an exhibition project with one or more artists, the application must contain artist CV/resumé for curator and artist(s), visual documentation and video/audio, as described above for artists groups.

In general:

Only one exhibition application per user account is allowed in the application portal. If you apply both as an individual artist and as part of a group, each of these must have separate user accounts.

All applicants must register a new user account. During registration and for each login, you will receive an email with a new login link, instead of creating a password. The link will take you to your user page and your application. Due to GDPR regulations, all user accounts and applications are deleted one year after the application period.

You may edit and save your application up until the deadline. Please complete and submit your application well in advance to avoid any trouble and overload on the application portal due to many users at the same time. Please mark that you cannot edit a submitted application.

The application portal will close after the deadline, and it will not be possible to edit or send in additions or attachments to the application.

Language

You may select your preferred display language in the top left corner of this page. You may change this later on.

Questions?

If you have any further questions about the application process, please get in touch with us in good time before the deadline.

Good luck!