International Art Presentation

• If you have to pay to participate in a presentation, you may not apply for a grant to cover your costs;
• You have been working for at least 1 year as a professional visual artist and are registered with the Kamer van Koophandel (KvK, Chamber of Commerce); or if you have had at least 3 years of study at a recognized fine arts school and have been working for at least one year as a professional visual artist: or if you have worked for 3 years or longer as a professional visual artist.
• As an exception, a non-Dutch art institution can request support in order to exhibit work by master students at a recognized higher arts educational or a post-academic institution.
• The grant can only be awarded for presentations by living artists who are artistically and intrinsically active and embedded in the professional visual arts in the Netherlands.

Guest curator

• The guest curator from the Netherlands must have been professionally active as a curator in the field of contemporary visual arts for at least 2 years. This must be demonstrated by means of a curriculum vitae.

• If you are an internationally recognized art institution located outside the Netherlands which considers presenting contemporary art an important objective, and are not primarily focused on sales;
• If you include a realistic honorarium for the artist and/or guest curator in your budget. This expense is part of your production costs, and must be paid by you, as the commissioning party, to the artist or guest curator;
• As an exception, you can also apply for support for presenting works by master students at Dutch fine arts schools or those following graduate or postgraduate courses in the Netherlands.
• If you are engaging a guest curator from the Netherlands in your project, this person must have been active as a curator in contemporary art for at least 2 years, as indicated by their curriculum vitae.
• Commercial galleries are not eligible for the International Art Presentation grant. Galleries that present artists from the Netherlands at art fairs outside the Netherlands can apply for International Art Fair grant.
• If the application concerns the production of new work, the foreign institution is expected to include a realistic honorarium for the artist or artists in the budget, accompanied by an explanation of how that amount was decided on. The artist honorarium is paid by the institution.

• Information about the host art institute;
• A plan that includes a statement of motivation and a communications plan describing how a suitable audience will be reached;
• The curriculum vitae of the artist, artists or curator;
• A description of the work of the artist;
• Visual documentation of work by the artist;

• The importance of the international reputation of the presenting institute:
  • How is the quality of the programming rated in the Netherlands and overseas? As indicated by recent external ratings, e.g. reviews.
  • Has the institution achieved convincing public reach in recent years? This will involve both qualitative and quantitative assessment.
  • If a curator is involved: the quality of the curator.

• The quality and the development of the oeuvre of the artist:*
  • Does the artist have a distinctive artistic vision and is this convincingly conveyed in previous work?
  • What is the quality of your oeuvre? Consider e.g. the significance of the oeuvre, the inherent imaginative strength, the command of the selected mediums and/or techniques and the work’s power of expression.
  • Does the oeuvre show development appropriate to the phase of the professional practice?
• The quality of the artist’s cultural entrepreneurship:*
  • Is the artist actively focused on developing their practice, entering into collaborations, entering into the public eye and finding an audience for their work?
• The quality of the plan:
  • Is the plan in line with the context of the institution or event?
  • Is the presentation significant for contemporary visual art from the Netherlands?
  • Is the plan feasible?
• The quality of the presentation plan:
  • Does the plan include a convincing strategy to reach a relevant audience?
• The contribution of the project to international visibility:
  • Does the project contribute to the international visibility of contemporary art from the Netherlands?

In the case that the advisory committee positively assesses the above criteria and in the case that a publication is part of the application, the committee will also assess:

• The importance of the publication:
  • Does the publication add value to the presentation?

*The background and context of the professional practice will be taken into consideration during the assessment, e.g. schooling, cultural context and the nature and duration of the professional practice.

Factual information about the non-Dutch host institute (5 pages maximum)
Describe the objectives of the institute where you will be exhibiting, their activities over the last two to four years, their target audiences, collaborations, audience reach, international connections, press attention and collaborations.

Plan (5 pages maximum)

• Describe the substance and concept of the presentation, the title of the exhibition and the period when it will take place, the expected number of visitors, expected media attention and the way in which they reach a suitable audience. Explain why you and possible other artists have been selected, as well as why the work being presented was selected. Also state when the exhibition will be on display and the title of the exhibition.
• If the presentation involves new work to be made for the occasion, explain the motivation behind this choice, and if other artists are also taking part, include a summary about them and their work.
• Include a compact curriculum vitae or professional profile of the (guest) curator of the project.
• If the project concerns a collaboration, include the information concerning the collaborating institute or institutes. Describe the added value of this collaboration.
• If the application also concerns a publication, explain the importance of the publication. Include the title, authors, subject matter and contents, the size of the edition, publisher, distribution plan and the costs associated with the publication.

Curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum)
Include the most important information about your professional practice, especially in the last 2 to 4 years, such as exhibitions (indicate solo or group), events, commissions, awards and publications, including the year for each. Also mention any associated activities, such as teaching, advisory or jury positions.

Statement of agreement from the collaborating institute
This should be a statement signed by the non-Dutch institute agreeing with your applying for support, or an official invitation from the institute with, if applicable, a confirmation of their commission to create new work for the occasion.

Specified budget with financing plan
Submit your budget in Euros. If you will be creating new work commissioned by the institute where you will be presenting it, you should receive a realistic honorarium for your work. This honorarium is part of the production costs, but must be paid to you by the institute that commissions it.

Estimates
Financial estimates or specifications are required for all costs above € 1000. Include all estimates in a single PDF document.

Explanation of the work (2 pages maximum)
Describe the artistic vision/guiding principles of your work, how you express them in your work, and the selected mediums and/or techniques. How has your work developed, and what have you done to achieve this development? Also state what you do to further your entrepreneurship, such as entering into collaborations, entering into the public eye and finding an audience for your work. In the case of collaborations, please outline your role.

Visual documentation
For a presentation of existing work, include a selection of several images in a single PDF no larger than 12 MB.

For the production of new work, send us visual documentation with an emphasis on work from the last two to four years. This must be no more than 20 digital images, in a single PDF document of no more than 100 MB.

In addition, you can include sound, video or film fragments. The total size and format of the submitted doc-umentation, including both visual material and separate fragments, can be no more than 300 MB, and no more than 15 minutes in duration. Click here for technical specifications for your uploaded documentation.

Documentation list
In either case, include a numbered documentation list (in PDF) that corresponds with your visual documentation, with descriptions or captions for the relevant images, and your sound, video or film clips. (For example: 01, Title, 2020, duration 2 min.)

Where applicable:

Personal Records Database (BRP) extract
If you do not have Dutch citizenship, include a recent extract, no more than 3 months old, from the Basisregistratie Personen (BRP, or Personal Records Database) where you live, confirming that you reside in the Netherlands.

Bank details or Kamer van Koophandel (KvK) registration
We need your bank account number to transfer funds if your application is granted. If you have not previously submitted an application to the Mondriaan Fund or if the account number has changed since the previous application, please upload a recent bank statement clearly stating the name of the account holder and IBAN. Applicants established in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom can provide a bank statement or other document from the bank stating the name of the account holder and bank account number.

If you have a business bank account for your one-person business, include a recent (less than 3 months old) copy of your registration with the Kamer van Koophandel (KvK, Chamber of Commerce), showing that you are the sole proprietor of the account.

Diploma, degree, art school history or Kamer van Koophandel (KvK, Chamber of Commerce) registration
Have you been working professionally as a visual artist for less than 3 years? If so, we request copies of any diplomas or degrees from art schools, or a statement from the school that your study ended before you graduated. If you have not pursued a higher art education programme, include a recent copy (less than 3 months old) of your registration with the Dutch Kamer van Koophandel (KvK) or foreign Chamber of Commerce as an indication that you are registered as a visual artist.