Foyer Exhibition: Environmental-Art Award

CALL FOR ARTISTS: Kunsthaus Graz Environmental-Art Award

In addition to the Environmental Award of the City of Graz, Kunsthaus Graz is launching an open call: We are looking for an artistic position that addresses the theme of environment/sustainable nutrition. The selected work, chosen by a jury, will receive a project fee of €3,000 and be exhibited in the foyer of Kunsthaus Graz in October 2025. Submissions should include an artistic portfolio and/or a project outline in PDF format.

In cooperation with the City of Graz and the Market of the Future

Jury:

Andreja Hribernik (Kunsthaus Graz)

Katrin Bucher Trantow (Kunsthaus Graz)

Judith Schwentner (Vice Mayor, City of Graz)

Submissions are open from now until June 7, 2025.

To do justice to the environment means treating ourselves with respect.

The Environmental Award is growing: Kunsthaus Graz invites submissions for an artistic project to be presented and supported!

For a culture of respect – for the environment and ourselves.

(UNESCO – Sustainable Development Goals)

As a Green Museum, Kunsthaus Graz has been promoting sustainable practices since receiving the Austrian Eco-Label certification in 2022, both in its operations and exhibition programming. In 2025, as part of the Market of the Future, Kunsthaus Graz is pleased to expand the Environmental Award and launch a call for artistic submissions. The award aims to support a local artistic position that explores ecological sustainability. We believe that art has the power to raise awareness and bring about tangible change in environmental matters.

The Environmental-Art Awardis supported by the KunsthausCommunity.

This additional award by Kunsthaus Graz is aimed at local artists engaging with sustainability and environmental protection themes. Like the general awards, this year’s focus is on food and nutrition. It is well known that what ends up on our plates has a direct impact on our environment. Now it’s time to focus on those who already know how to do better – the pioneers showing us how we can adopt more sustainable food practices. The Environmental Award is interested in creative alternatives, forward-thinking initiatives, and now also in speculative works that place responsible food consumption at their core. Especially welcome are local projects that offer meaningful and sustainable solutions to overconsumption and the resource-intensive production of food.

Kunsthaus Graz seeks to honour an artistic position that deals with these topics in a sustainable and artistically compelling way.

The project fee is €3,000, including production costs, and comes with an exhibition in the foyer of Kunsthaus Graz. The selected project will be presented on the ground floor of the Kunsthaus from early October to early November. It will be awarded as part of the City of Graz Environmental Award and will become part of the Kunsthaus exhibition program, accessible to visitors during regular opening hours.

We look forward to your submissions!

Please send your portfolio and/or a project or work concept (max. 2 pages, PDF) no later than June 7, 2025, to office@kunsthausgraz.at with the subject line: Environmental Award Kunsthaus Graz.

The selected project will be announced and commissioned in early July.

Save the Date:
Award Ceremony – Environmental Award of the City of Graz & Kunsthaus Graz Environmental Award
October 4, 2025, 7 PM
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