Residency

• You must have been working as a professional visual artist for at least 1 year:
  • If you have completed a Bachelor’s degree programme (HBO) with a visual arts curriculum, the date on your diploma will be considered the start of your professional practice. If there is an interim period between your graduation from the Bachelor’s programme with a visual arts curriculum and the start of your Master’s programme, this period will be considered as part of your professional practice.
  • If you have not completed a Bachelor’s degree programme (HBO) with a visual arts curriculum, the date on which you first presented work in professional art circles will be considered the start of your professional practice.
• You are artistically active in the visual arts and in that capacity embedded in the professional visual arts practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom
• At the moment you submit your application, you are not receiving other financial support from the Mondriaan Fund that covers the same costs.
• You cannot apply for or use a contribution while enrolled to study at educational institutions for e.g. Bachelor’s, Master’s or postdoctoral programmes. This also applies to participation in programmes at postgraduate institutions and to PhD programmes. The exception is part-time programmes (not Bachelor’s programmes) of less than 20 hours a week.
• The resident is expected to contribute 10%. The Mondriaan Fund has automatically included this in its contribution. You do not have to do anything.
• An artist may apply for 2 residencies during an application round. For each residency, a separate application form and PDF attachments must be submitted. Indicate on the form which residency you prefer.
• A maximum of 1 Residency grant can be awarded to an individual applicant per calendar year.

• You must have been working for at least one year as a curator or art observer in the field of visual arts or cultural heritage, and be able to demonstrate this with publications, exhibitions, research projects or projects you have initiated.
• You are artistically active in the visual arts and/or cultural heritage and in that capacity you are embedded in the professional visual arts and/or cultural heritage practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
• At the moment of your application, you are receiving no other financial support from the Mondriaan Fund that covers the same costs.
• You cannot apply for or use a contribution while enrolled to study at educational institutions for e.g. Bachelor’s, Master’s or postdoctoral programmes. This also applies to participation in programmes at postgraduate institutions and to PhD programmes.
• The resident is expected to contribute 10%. The Mondriaan Fund has automatically included this in its contribution. You do not have to do anything.
• A curator or art observer may apply for two residencies during an application round. For each residency, a separate application form and PDF attachments must be submitted. Indicate on the form which residency you prefer.
• A maximum of 1 Residency grant can be awarded to an individual applicant per calendar year.

• (Visual) documentation.
• Cv.
• Explanation of your work and cultural entrepreneurship.
• A plan, including a motivation of why you have chosen the specific residency, what the added value of the residency is for your practice and network, and how you plan on finding a relevant audience for your work.

For visual artists:

The quality and development of the oeuvre/practice*

• Do you have a distinctive artistic vision and is this convincingly conveyed in previous work?
• Does the quality of your work to date show that you have sufficient potential or notable talent in order to be (or become) significant to the professional contemporary art field? (Consider e.g. development in the work, the substantive significance of the work, its inherent imaginative strength, the command of the selected mediums and/or techniques and the work’s power of expression).
• Is there development appropriate to the phase of the professional practice?

The quality of your cultural entrepreneurship*

• Do you have a distinctly active attitude towards developing your practice, entering into collaborations, entering into the public eye and finding an audience for your work? And does this attitude contribute to the visibility of the practice in professional contemporary visual art circles?

* 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.

For curators and art observers:

 The quality and development of the professional practice*

• Do you have a distinctive vision regarding contemporary visual art and/or heritage, and does this vision contribute to the quality of contemporary visual art and/or heritage in the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom?
• Do your previous activities exhibit distinctive quality, and do they convincingly express your vision? Consider e.g. the ownership or the autonomy of the curatorial activities, the selection of artists/artworks, the themed reflection and research methods.
• Do the previous activities show convincing development that is appropriate for the stage of the professional practice?

The quality of the cultural entrepreneurship*

• Do you have a distinctly active attitude towards developing your professional practice, entering into collaborations, entering into the public eye and finding an audience for your activities?
• Do your activities boost the possibilities of better understanding, enhanced reputation and/or expansion of the public reach of one or more artists, disciplines or movements, collections or elements of cultural heritage?

* 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.

In the case that the advisory committee positively assesses the above criteria, the committee will also assess:

The quality of the plan, the motivation for the residency and your approach to finding an audience for your work

• Are the plan and motivation for the residency convincing and sufficiently suited to the location, facilities and (local) context of the residency?
• Does the residency offer added value for the development of your practice and network?
• Is it sufficiently apparent that your work and/or work process will be presented to the relevant people and/or a relevant audience? Consider e.g. an exhibition, website, blog, open studio or workshop.

Whether or not the applicant has received a grant for a residency in the past may play a role regarding prioritisation.

Explanation of work and cultural entrepreneurship (max. 3 pages)

Describe the artistic vision/guiding principles of your work, how you express these in your work, and the selected mediums and/or techniques. How has your work developed, and what have you done to achieve this development? In the case of a collaboration, please outline your role.

Also state what you do to further your cultural entrepreneurship. How do you make efforts to convey the intentions of your work, so that they are understood and appreciated? Which mediums do you use to these ends, and how? Consider e.g. the use of social media and/or a website, investment in your network, collaboration with a gallery or art institution, participation in open calls.

Cv (max. 3 pages)

Upload your CV with the most important information about your entire artist practice, with an emphasis on the last 1 to 4 years, depending on when you began. Consider exhibitions (indicate whether they were solo or group exhibitions), sales and publications, acquisitions, commissions, grants or awards, and the associated years . Also list related activities, such as teaching and advisory positions.

Plan (max. 4 pages)

Describe your substantive motivation for attending this residency and describe your artistic plan. Outline how your motivation and plan are in keeping with the location, facilities and context of the residency. Describe how the residency represents added value for the development of your practice and network. Also describe how you intend to reach a suitable audience and link that audience to the project or the work you will complete during the working period. This can, for example, take the form of a blog or information posted on your website, or include an exhibition, open studio or workshops during the residency period.

(Visual) documentation (max. 20 pages)

You must also upload visual documentation material for this application. Please note! This is mandatory. If you do not do this, your application cannot be processed. Compile a PDF presenting your most important works from the last 4 years.

• Begin with the most recent work. Ideally highlight a comparable number of works per year, so that the committee can see how your work has developed.
• Include 1 image per page. If you need to show a (spatial) work from different angles, you can include multiple images of that specific work on 1 page. This is permitted on a maximum of 5 of the 20 pages.
• You can also upload audio or video/film fragments totalling up to 15 minutes (the committee will require these if you make films, performances, video installations or audio works).
• Applicants using publications to present or make their work can upload a PDF of a maximum of 1 publication or a short video in which the publication is featured. The publication is for the committee’s perusal and may not be viewed in full. Publications sent to us by post will not be presented to the committee.

Note: You can upload a maximum of 500 MB of images and audio or video/film fragments. See the technical specifications.

Documentation list (max. 2 pages per artist)

Please include a documentation list (in PDF) that corresponds to the visual documentation material, containing a description or caption for each image and/or audio/video fragment information about the title, year, dimensions, technique, duration, and any additional information. For example: 01, title of work, 2024, 20×30 cm, material. See the specifications for the documentation list for more examples.

Please note: do not use hyperlinks in the PDF with (visual) documentation material and in the documentation list. We cannot accept hyperlinks (to web pages for example) because the supplied image material may not be adjusted during the processing of the application.

Where applicable:

Proof of residency in the Netherlands: Personal Records Database registration

If you do not have Dutch citizenship, you need to upload a recent copy (no more than 1 year old) of your registration with the Personal Records Database (uittreksel basisregistratiepersonen) of the municipality where you live. It shows that you reside in the Netherlands.

Banking information and Chamber of Commerce registration

We need your bank account number in order to transfer funds if your application is approved. If your current bank account number is known to the Mondriaan Fund, you do not need to provide any more information.

• If your bank account number has been changed or is new to the Mondriaan Fund, upload a recent bank statement that clearly shows the account holder’s name and IBAN.
• Do you have a business bank account for your one-person business? If so, also upload a recent copy of your registration with the Chamber of Commerce (uittreksel Kamer van Koophandel), no more than three months old. That confirms that your business bankaccount number is for your one-person business.

Diploma

If you have been professionally active for less than 3 years and have completed an arts course with a visual arts curriculum, we require a copy of the diploma from the course. If applicable, submit the diplomas in one PDF.

Explanation of work and cultural entrepreneurship (max. 3 pages)

Describe your professional positioning as a curator/art observer and how this is expressed in your activities. Provide a brief substantive explanation of several relevant projects and your part in their realisation.

Also outline what you do to develop your entrepreneurship, such as entering into collaborations, entering into the public eye and finding an audience for your work. Which mediums do you use to these ends, and how? Consider e.g. the use of social media and/or a website, investment in your network, collaboration with an art or heritage institution, participation in open calls. In the case of a collaboration, outline your role.

Cv (max. 3 pages)

Upload your CV with the most important information about your entire professional practice, with an emphasis on the last 1 to 4 years, depending on when you began. Mention relevant articles and publications, research, exhibitions, manifestations, lectures, commissions, grants and prizes. Also mention related activities, such as teaching positions, advisory and committee positions.

Plan (max. 4 pages)

Describe your substantive motivation for attending this residency and describe your artistic plan. Outline how your motivation and plan are in keeping with the location, facilities and context of the residency. Describe how the residency represents added value for the development of your practice and network. Also describe how you intend to reach a suitable audience and link that audience to the project or the work you will complete during the working period. This can, for example, take the form of a blog or information posted on your website, or include an exhibition, open studio or workshops during the residency period.

(Visual) documentation (max. 25 pagina’s)

Create a PDF with a selection of 1 to 6 of your most relevant and current articles, including up to 10 images of recent exhibitions, events or other activities from the past 1 to 4 years. You can also upload video/film fragments of projects you have completed (together a maximum of 15 minutes and a maximum of 500MB).

Please note: The (visual) documentation material is a mandatory part of your application. If you don’t upload any documentation material, your application cannot be processed.

Documentation list (max. 2 pages)

Please include a documentation list (in PDF) that corresponds to the visual documentation material, containing a description or caption for each image and/or audio/video fragment information about the title, year, dimensions, technique, duration, and any additional information. For example: 01, title of work, 2024, 20×30 cm, material. See the specifications for the documentation list for more examples.

Please note: do not use (hyper)links in the PDF with (visual) documentation material and in the documentation list. We cannot accept (hyper)links to web pages, for example, because the supplied images may not be adjusted during the processing of the request.

Where applicable:

Proof of residency in the Netherlands: Personal Records Database registration

If you do not have Dutch citizenship, you need to upload a recent copy (no more than 1 year old) of your registration with the Personal Records Database (uittreksel basisregistratiepersonen) of the municipality where you live. It shows that you reside in the Netherlands.

Banking information and Chamber of Commerce registration

• We need your bank account number in order to transfer funds if your application is approved. If your current bank account number is known to the Mondriaan Fund, you do not need to provide any more information.
• If your bank account number has been changed or is new to the Mondriaan Fund, upload a recent bank statement that clearly shows the account holder’s name and IBAN.
  Do you have a business bank account for your one-person business? If so, also upload a recent copy of your registration with the Chamber of Commerce (uittreksel Kamer van Koophandel), no more than three months old. That confirms that your business bankaccount number is for your one-person business.