Artist Project

• An application for an Artist Project grant can only be submitted by artists who:
  • Have been working as professional visual artists for at least one year and are registered with the Kamer van Koophandel (KvK, Chamber of Commerce), or
  • have completed higher professional education (HBO) in the visual arts for at least 3 years and have been working as a professional visual artists for at least 1 year, or
  • have been working as professional visual artists for 3 years or more.
• An Artist Project grant may not be used to fund study. It may not be used while attending educational institutions, such as bachelor’s or master’s degree programmes, or post-academic or post-graduate programmes such as the Rijksakademie, BAK, de Ateliers, the Jan van Eyck Academy or EKWC.
• To be eligible for a grant, you must be artistically active in the visual arts and in that capacity be embedded in the professional visual arts practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.

• The grant is not intended for work done for an organization, regular work activities, exhibition costs or other costs of presenting the artist’s work.
• Regular costs, such as ongoing housing expenses, may not be covered by the grant.
• The grant cannot be used to put previously produced work back into production, to frame it or transfer it to a different medium. The grant can be used to create an artist’s book, on condition that it is a special publication that is an autonomous work of art in its own right and is produced in an edition of no more than three copies. An Artist Project grant may not otherwise be used for publications. To help produce a publication, artists can apply for a Publication grant.
• The Artist Project grant may not be applied towards a working period in a guest studio in the Netherlands or abroad if this studio is offered in the Mondriaan Fund’s Residency programme. Click here for an explanation of the costs that can be included in the budget.

• In the case of a flexible grant amount, your own contribution to the project should be at least 10% of the total budget. This can be your own investment, contributions from third parties, an interest-free loan from Fonds Kwadraat, or a contribution through crowdfunding.
• There is no maximum amount for a flexible grant, but we do expect you to make every possible effort to obtain co-financing from third parties.
• If another party, such as a museum, gallery, company or client, is involved in the application, their financial contribution must be in acceptable proportion to the support requested from the Mondriaan Fund. All Dutch cultural institutions are expected to adhere to the Fair Practice Code (in Dutch). This automatically means that they follow the guidelines for artist honoraria.

• 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.
• No fixed grant amount can be awarded to an artist who has received an Artist Start grant (previously Werkbijdrage Jong Talent) within the last 12 months.
• 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).
• If a previous application was rejected on the grounds of artistic performance, you may not apply for an Artist Project grant within 12 months of the first application date, unless it is for a completely different plan, where the expectation is that your work is developing along a completely different path.

• Your visual documentation;
• Your curriculum vitae;
• Your explanation of your work and professional practice;
• Your plan.

• The quality and development of your oeuvre*

• • Do you have a distinctive artistic vision and is this convincingly conveyed in previous work?
  • What is the quality of your work to date? Consider e.g. the conceptual significance of the work, the inherent imaginative strength, the command of the selected mediums and/or techniques and the work’s power of expression.
  • Does your oeuvre from the past year show development appropriate to the phase of your professional practice?

• The quality of your cultural entrepreneurship*

  • Are you actively focused on developing your practice, entering into collaborations, entering into the public eye and finding an audience for your work?

• The quality of the plan

  • Does the project exhibit quality? Consider e.g. the significance of the concept, the artist’s powers of imagination, the command of the selected mediums and/or techniques, the project’s power of expression and whether the plan is feasible.
  • Is the proposed project remarkable within the context?
  • If applicable: does the plan include a convincing strategy to reach a relevant audience?

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

Explanation of your work (3 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.

Curriculum Vitae (3 pages maximum)

Upload the most important data about your professional practice, with emphasis on the last 1 to 4 years. Include exhibitions (indicate solo or group), events, commissions, publications, prizes or awards, as well as eventual sales, mentioning the year in which they occurred. Also mention any associated activities, such as lectureships, advisory or jury positions.

Plan (4 pages maximum)

Outline the conceptual plans for the project associated with your 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 the grant for an internship, schooling, participation in a programme or other form of  enrichment, outline why this type of enrichment or collaboration will contribute to your personal development or further education.

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. Also outline the envisaged audience and why this audience is relevant.

(Visual) documentation

Create a PDF document with up to 20 images of your most important works from the past 1 to 4 years. Begin with the most recent work. It can also help to include some images of the work in the context of presentations, such as an exhibition. You can also upload sound or video/film fragments of up to 15 minutes. This is possible, for example, if you make films, performances or installations. If a publication is the carrier of the work (the publication is the medium used by the artist to show the work) you can upload a pdf of the publication or a short video in which the publication can be viewed. Publications sent to us by post will not be included in the assessment. The total size and duration of the presentation (images and separate video or audio fragments) should not secede 300 MB and 15 minutes duration. Click here for the technical specifications for your uploaded documentation.

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)

Include a numbered documentation list (in PDF) that corresponds with your visual documentation, with descriptions or captions for the relevant images, sound or video/film clips. (For example: 01, Title, 2020, loop 2 min.)

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.

If you will be realizing the project for which you are applying for funding together with an organization or another person, we ask you to also upload the following supplemental documents. (4 pages maximum):

Agreement from the collaborating party

We need a statement of agreement from the organization or the person with whom you will be working.

Information about the collaborating party

Include a curriculum vitae and/or supplemental information about the organization or person. If it is an organization with a public programme, we require a description of their activities and an explanation of their public reach and visibility over the past three years. Include all of these documents in a single PDF.

Motivational statement from the collaborating party

If, for example, you have been selected for a residency, workshop or educational programme, we would like a motivational statement from the organization explaining why you have been selected.

Statement from participating educational organization

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

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, including how costs will be covered, not just the part for which you yourself are applying for a Mondriaan Fund grant. If another party is involved in your application, such as a museum, gallery, company or commissioning client, the financial contribution of this party must be in acceptable proportion to the contribution you are requesting from the Mondriaan Fund. Explain how the amount of this party’s contribution is in appropriate balance with the amount requested.

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.

Estimates

Estimates must be included for all expenses above € 1000. Include all of these estimates in a single PDF.

Where applicable:

Personal Records Database (BRP) extract

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.

Diploma, degree, art school deregistration or Kamer van Koophandel (KvK, Chamber of Commerce) registration

If you have been working professionally for less than 3 years, we request copies of any diplomas or degrees from art schools, or a statement from the school that your study ended before you received a diploma. If you have not pursued a higher fine arts education programme, include a recent copy 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.

If you have succeeded in raising funds for your project through crowdfunding, for example via voordekunst.nl, this will have a positive impact on the assessment of your application.