Do you wish to exhibit at Kunstnerforbundet in 2027 or 2028? We accept applications from professional visual artists, craft artists, duodji practitioners and freelance curators in the visual art field.
Our application portal opens on 5 August.
Deadline: 1 September 2025.
We accept applications from professional visual artists, craft artists, duodji practitioners and freelance curators in the visual art field living in or connected to Norway and Sápmi. We accept applications from individual artists and curators, and artist groups and collectives.
Kunstnerforbundet is committed to diversity in its programming, and we encourage all professional artists to apply, regardless of education, organizational affiliation, gender, ethnic background, religion, functional ability, age and orientation.
Kunstnerforbundet makes changes to our annual open call for exhibitions.
Announcement for two years
Previously, we have had annual open calls for exhibitions for one year at a time. From this year, our open call will go out biannually and accept applications for exhibition space for two years at a time. This means that this year you can apply for an exhibition in Kunstnerforbundet in the period 2027 and 2028.
New requirement for applying for an exhibition space
If you have had a solo exhibition in Kunstnerforbundet in the last 5 years (after 1 September 2020) or you are going to have other exhibitions in Oslo in 2027-2028, you can unfortunately not apply for an exhibition space.
The application consists of a project description/proposal, desired exhibition space, artist CV as well as visual documentation of previous artistic work and/or sketches for the exhibition project attaches as pictures, video and/or sound. The application may be written in Norwegian, Scandinavian languages, English or Sámi languages.
The application is submitted via the Kunstnerforbundet online application portal within the application deadline (the application portal will open on 5 August). Read the application criteria text carefully before you start filling in the application form. Please note the limitations on text length and the number of attachments in the application.
Applications that are not received by the deadline, or that are incomplete, will be rejected. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications via letter, e-mail, as a PDF or other digital or physical formats.
The jury consists of the board and the director of Kunstnerforbundet who make the professional assessments of the applications. Based on the applications, the jury will make an exhibition program for Kunstnerforbundet in 2027 and 2028.
The application portal opens on Tuesday 5 August 2025 at 12 pm.
Application deadline: 1 September 2024 at 12 am (midnight).
Answers can be expected around the turn of the year.
Please get in touch with us in good time before the application deadline.
Kunstnerforbundet will be closed for the summer from 30 June to 7 August, but we will respond to e-mails from 1 August.
→ Read more about Kunstnerforbundet and the exhibition programme.
Good luck!
Publisert 25. juni 2025
Sist oppdatert 25. juni 2025