Villiam Miklos Andersen, Caffé Crema, 2024. O—Overgaden. Photo: David Stjernholm
Powered by new, generous support for another three years of the INTRO program, thanks to full financial backing from Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen’s Foundation,
O—Overgaden now invites young artists to apply for our custom-fit post-graduate program. INTRO, now in its seventh consecutive year, is a well-resourced program focusing on supporting two newly graduated visual artists who are tightly connected to the Danish art scene, toward sustainable artistic development and international exchange.
INTRO is an extended program: a one-year collaboration between the artist and O—Overgaden, tailored to the individual artist/duo/group. It includes financial support for the exhibition production and travel as well as artistic, curatorial, administrative, and technical advice from leading Danish and international voices in the arts.
The one-year collaboration culminates in a large solo exhibition at O—Overgaden. The program aims to push at the discussion of “best practice”, exploring how art institutions can best support younger artistic voices.
O—Overgaden is now launching the Open Call for 2026, looking to start collaborations with two young artists. The collaboration with the two chosen artists will run from the end of 2025 and extend into 2027, with solo exhibitions planned to open in November 2026.
Please note that applications are only open to artists with a strong connection to the Danish art scene and who have graduated (MA or equivalent) from a Danish or international art academy within the last five years.
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Previous and current participants in the O—Overgaden INTRO program include Madeleine Andersson and Villiam Miklos Andersen (2024), Cassie Augusta Jørgensen and Anna Sofie Mathiasen (2023), Tora Schultz and Isabella Solar Villaseca (both 2022), Dina El Kaisy Friemuth and Sóley Ragnarsdóttir (2021), Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl and Iselin Forslund Toubro (2020), as well as this year’s artists Anna Munk and Kamil Dossar, whose major solo exhibitions open at O—Overgaden on 21 November 2025—save the date!
About INTRO
The program includes:
A one-year modular program of meetings with Danish and international curators, artists, consultants, etc. specifically sourced for the individual artist in close collaboration with O—Overgaden’s team
Exhibition fee: 50,000 DKK
Travel stipend: 30,000 DKK
Substantial support for exhibition production.
Fundraising assistance for the artist toward artwork production support.
Exhibition at O—Overgaden in the period November 2026 – January 2027 (expected)
A publication
Application Criteria
Applicants must have:
An MA or equivalent from a Danish or international art academy, and have graduated within the last five years (in 2020 or later)
A primary connection to the Danish art scene
Interest in receiving a tailor-made program of critical discussions in relation to all aspects of their artistic work with a focus on collaboration, development, and dialogue
Send Us
A short letter outlining your motivation for participating in the program (max. 1,500 characters including spacing)
A description of your practice (max. 4,500 characters including spacing)
CV and documentation of previous work (please compile and uploaded this as one PDF, max. 5 MB)
The application should be submitted via the online portal—please follow the link below.
Please note that you need to click “Add” after entering your personal applicant information at the top of the application form. We recommend you do this before submitting further information.
Please note that applications sent by email will not be considered.
The deadline is 3 September 2025, 1pm (Copenhagen time).
Applicants can expect to receive a response no later than ten weeks after the application deadline. Individual feedback on unsuccessful applications will not be given.
Applications that do not fall within the criteria will not be considered.
This is the seventh iteration of the INTRO program.
Please direct any questions about O—Overgaden INTRO to opencall@overgaden.org. (Please note that, due to the summer holiday, the O—Overgaden office will not be responding to emails between 11 July and 4 August.)