Artist Project

• Applications can only be submitted by visual artists who have been professionally active 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.
• In order to be eligible for a contribution, you must be artistically and substantively active within the visual arts field, and in this capacity, part of the professional art practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
• It is not permitted to apply for or use a contribution while enrolled to study at educational institutions for e.g. Bachelor’s, Master’s, postgraduate, postdoctoral or PhD programmes. The exception is part-time programmes (not Bachelor’s programmes) of less than 20 hours a week.

What is eligible:

• The cost of materials specifically related to the project.
• Rental of equipment and materials.
• If equipment is purchased that is strictly necessary for the project, the depreciation costs can be included in the budget. For more information, click here.
• Travel expenses for a return flight, train journey or mileage allowance to and from the main location as stated in the application. Local travel expenses are part of the contribution covering time investment.
• Hiring third parties (including travel and accommodation expenses, if applicable).
• Residency expenses: Please note that the contribution covering time investment is halved if a residency fee is included in the budget, or if it becomes apparent that the residency covers the following expenses: accommodation and meals.
• In the case of an artist’s book, the contribution may only be used for a special publication that can be considered an autonomous work of art in its own right and is produced in an edition of no more than 3 copies. The Artist Project grant may not be used for other publications, but the Publication grant is available for such projects.

What is not eligible:

• Regular expenses, such as ongoing housing costs and child care are not eligible for a grant.
• The grant is not intended for work for an organisation, for regular work activities, exhibition costs or other costs of presenting work.
• The grant cannot be used to put previously produced work back into production, to frame work or transfer it to a different medium.
• Costs associated with a stay abroad and that are covered by the contribution for time investment include accommodation, meals and local travel expenses. An application can be made for these costs for third parties involved with the project.
• The Artist Project grant may not be used for a working period in a guest studio in the Netherlands or abroad if this studio is offered in the Mondriaan Fund’s Residency
• The Artist Project grant may not be used for activities or a project at institutions/art venues receiving long-term financial support from one of the Rijkscultuurfondsen (public cultural funds) or the Basic Cultural Infrastructure (BIS), unless it concerns non-standard programming.

An Artist Project grant may not be applied for during the term of another financial contribution from the Mondriaan Fund if the fund board is of the opinion that the contribution would cover the same costs.

Within any 48-month period, an artist may be awarded support for a maximum of 24 months. For the remaining period, an applicant can only apply for a flexible grant amount towards project costs (as part of an Artist Project grant).

An artist who was previously rejected for the Artist Project grant on the grounds of artistic performance is not permitted to apply for the following grants within a period of 12 months after the initial application date: Artist Project, Residency, Publications.

• Visual documentation material.
• Explanation of your work and cultural entrepreneurship.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Plan.

• The quality and development of your oeuvre*

  • Is there evidence of a distinctive artistic vision and is this convincingly conveyed in previous work?
  • Is the work of distinctive quality within the context of professional contemporary visual art? (Consider e.g. 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 evidence of a convincing development of the oeuvre appropriate to the phase of your professional practice?

• The quality of your cultural entrepreneurship*

  • Do you make convincing efforts to promote the understanding and appreciation of the intentions of the work? And does this result in increased visibility and appreciation of the practice within professional contemporary visual art circles?

• The quality of the plan * **

  • Does the project exhibit distinctive quality? Consider e.g. the substantive significance of the concept, the artist’s imaginative strength, the command of the selected mediums and/or techniques, whether the project is convincing and/or whether the plan is realistic in terms of execution.
  • Is the proposed project remarkable within the context? And is it expected to result in work of convincing artistic and substantive quality? If applicable: does the plan include a convincing strategy to reach a relevant audience?

*During the assessment, the background and context of the professional practice will be taken into consideration, such as schooling, cultural context and the nature and duration of the professional practice, or the type of work you create.

**The criterion focused on the quality of the plan will hold greater significance, as this is of particular interest within this grant.

Explanation of your 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.

Curriculum Vitae (max. 3 pages)

Include an overview of the most important information about your professional practice, with an emphasis on the last 1 to 4 years, depending on when you began. Consider e.g. exhibitions (indicate whether it was a solo or group exhibition), events, commissions, awards, publications and any sales (with dates). Also mention any ancillary activities, such as teaching, consulting and committee positions.

Plan (max. 4 pages)

Outline the substantive plans for the project associated with the application. If the application concerns an enrichment or collaboration, outline why and how this plan is in line with your oeuvre, contributes to your artistic development and that of your (temporary) partner, if applicable. In the case of a collaboration, outline your role and the added value of the collaboration.

If you are applying for this grant for a residency, for mentoring or participation in a programme or other form of  enrichment, outline why this type of enrichment or collaboration in particular will contribute to the substantive development of your practice and/or work.

Indicate how you plan to reach the public with the work associated with your application, e.g. an exhibition, website, blog, open studio or workshop.

(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 the artist’s 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. Click here for the technical specifications.

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, sound or video/film fragment included. For example: 01, title, 2020, run 2 min.

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

Agreement from collaborating party (max. 2 pages)

Please also include a statement of agreement from the receiving organisation or of consent from the person with whom you will be collaborating.

Information about the collaborating party (max. 2 pages)

Include the person’s curriculum vitae and additional information about them/the organisation. If the organisation has a public programme, also include a description of their mission and vision, their programme of activities and an explanation of their public reach and visibility over the past 3 years. Include all of these documents in one PDF.

Collaborating party’s substantive reasoning (max. 2 pages)

If you have been selected for e.g. a residency or open call (exhibition), we require a substantive reasoning from the organisation outlining why you have been (pre)selected.

Statement from participating educational organization (max 1 page)

If you will be realizing your project in the context of an educational organization, upload a statement from that organization confirming that the project for which you are applying for Mondriaan Fund support is not part of a bachelor, master or PhD study.

If you choose a flexible stipend, we also need the following:

Specified budget with financing plan

Please include an itemised budget in the application form. This only concerns the expenses eligible for support from the Mondriaan Fund. Click here for an explanation of the items that can be included in the budget. If third parties are involved in the financing of the plan, upload the total budget with financing plan, not just the part for which you are applying for support from the Mondriaan Fund. If another party is involved with the application, such as an art venue, museum, gallery, company or client, the financial contribution from this party must be in acceptable proportion to the contribution you are requesting from the Mondriaan Fund. Explain how the sum being contributed by this party is in appropriate balance with the requested sum.

Letters of confirmation of contributions from collaborating parties

If applicable, include a single PDF with all letters in which collaborating parties confirm their contribution to the project.

Quotes

Quotes for notable entries in the budget. Quotes are obligatory for all entries above € 1,000. Please add all quotes in one PDF.

Where applicable:

Personal Records Database extract (BRP)

If you do not have Dutch citizenship, include a recent extract, no more than 1 year 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/bank account number of the applicant. 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.

Artists who have received a contribution from the Mondriaan Fund in the past 12 months are eligible for a pre-approved, interest-free loan from Fonds Kwadraat, e.g. to purchase equipment. Read more here.