Open Call Artistic Development Award 2025

OPEN CALL
Artistic Development Award of the state of Salzburg and the Salzburger Kunstverein 2025

Deadline for submission: 15 September 2025

In 2025, the Salzburg provincial government and the Salzburger Kunstverein will again award the “Artistic Development Award of the state of Salzburg and the Salzburger Kunstverein” in the amount of Euro 3,000 to one of the submitting artists. Included is also a solo exhibition in the Studio Space of the Salzburger Kunstverein in the following year (Oct./Nov.).

A submission for the Artistic Development Award is not linked to a submission for exhibition participation in the Annual Exhibition 2025. Membership in the Salzburger Kunstverein is a prerequisite for submission. The Artistic Development Award Winner will be presented at the opening of the annual exhibition on 12 December 2025, 8pm.

Submission documents:

For the application we ask you to send

- a detailed portfolio with max. 20 pages (including detailed CV, contact details, digital only, only one Word or PDF document).

Please submit your application in one email to info@salzburger-kunstverein.at (larger files via dropbox, wetransfer or compressed). The submission date of the email is valid without exception.

Conditions of participation:
1) Prerequisite for participation is membership in the Salzburger Kunstverein in 2025. The membership fee must be received by the submission deadline (September 15, 2025), otherwise the submission cannot be considered.
2) The prize is awarded to an artist with artistic relevance to Salzburg.