Supported by Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen’s Foundation, INTRO is an extended program—a one-year collaboration with O—Overgaden tailored to the individual artist/group. It includes financial support for 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.

Previous participants in the O—Overgaden INTRO program include Dina El Kaisy Friemuth and Sóley Ragnarsdóttir (both 2021), Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl and Iselin Forslund Toubro (both 2020), as well as this year’s artists Tora Schultz and Isabella Solar Villaseca, whose large solo exhibitions open at O—Overgaden on 18 November 2022.

O—Overgaden is now initiating the Open Call for 2023–24, looking to start collaborations with two new young artists.

Both programs run from January 2023 to January 2024, with solo exhibitions opening in November 2023.

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.

INTRO

The program includes:

• A one-year modular program of meetings with Danish and international curators, artists, consultants, etc. specifically selected for the individual artist in close collaboration with O—Overgaden’s team

• Support for exhibition production: 80,000 DKK

• Exhibition fee: 30,000 DKK

• Travel stipend: 30,000 DKK

• Fundraising assistance

• Exhibition at O—Overgaden in the period November 2023 – January 2024 (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 2017 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

Applications must include:

• A short letter outlining your motivation for participating in the program (max. 1,500 characters)

• A description of your practice (max. 4,500 characters)

• CV and documentation of previous work (please compile and uploaded this as one PDF, max. 5 MB)
  

The application should be submitted via the new online portal, please follow the link below.
Please note that applications sent by email will not be considered.

The deadline has been extended with 24 hours and is now 11 November 2022, 1pm.

Applicants can expect to receive a response no later than eight 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 fourth iteration of the INTRO program. There will be a new application round towards the end of 2023 for the fifth iteration of the program.

Please direct any questions about O—Overgaden INTRO to:

• Aukje Lepoutre Ravn, Curator, or Maria Kamilla Larsen, Press & Communications Coordinator at: opencall@overgaden.org