Visiting Curators

Visiting Curators is a joint project of the Bremen Artists’ Association BBK, the Bremen Women Artists’ Association, GEDOK, the Künstler:innenhaus Bremen and the Städtische Galerie Bremen. The project has been taking place since 2017 and is organised by Künstler:innenhaus Bremen.

Previous curators
Olivia Aherne, Lisa Le Feuvre, Anna Nowak, Junia Thiede, Dr. Ilka Voermann, Jenny Graser, Nele Kaczmarek, Eliane Odding, Theresa Roessler, Sarah Schönewald, Jes Fernie, Adeline Lépine, Lena Nievers, Agnieszka Roguski, Eric Golo Stone, Stef Van Bellingen, Lisa Britzger, Anne Hagen Kielgast, Susanne Weiß, Krist Gruijthuijsen, Nadia Lichtig, Katrin Peters-Klaphake, Moritz Scheper, Aneta Rostkowska, Dr. Monika Bayer-Wermuth, Dr. Sven Beckstette, Anja Casser, Luisa Heese, Natasha Marie Llorens, Philipp Ziegler, Heide Häusler, Akiko Bernhöft, Christina Kennedy, Ursula Schöndeling , Sophie Prager, Regina Barunke, Valerie Verhack, Dr. Julia Wallner, Justė Jonutytė

  • Open Call to all Bremen Artists

    Once again this year, all visual artists in Bremen are invited to apply for the Visiting Curators funding program! Five renowned curators will visit the City in November 2026 to meet with artists in their studios (or in a space at the Künstler:innenhaus Bremen). The aim is to connect Bremen-based artists with internationally active curators and to provide them with professional feedback on their artistic work through one-on-one consultations.
     
    The visits will take place between November 12 and 13, approximately between 9 am and 6 pm Please keep this timeframe free. The curators’ selection will be announced in early September. The detailed schedule will be released in mid-October.
     
    The guest curators are
    Eva Birkenstock from Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover
    Aleksandra Grzonkowska from NOMUS – New Art Museums in Danzig, Poland
    Nadia Ismail from Kunsthalle Giessen
    Chloë Reith from The Common Guild in Glasgow, UK
    Victoria Tarak from Kunstverein Bielefeld

  • Who can apply?
    Applications are open to all professional artists based or with a studio in Bremen who have completed their studies at an art academy or who can prove that they are working professionally as an artist. There is no age limit.
     
    How to apply?
    • fully completed application form
    • Short biography with exhibition activities in German and English (1 page each)
    • Portfolio (max. 10 pages and 10 MB) with German and English work details (for time-based media, please include links to online documentation and images)

    Please send your documents digitally as PDFs by e-mail to: assistenz@kh-bremen.de ↗
     
    How to be selected?
    Please name a first and second choice for the curator you would like to meet on the application form. Each guest curator selects 6 to 8 artists for a studio visit.
     
    Please note: The meetings with Chloë Reith und Alexandra Grzonkowska will take place in English.
     
    Deadline for applications: 09.08.2026, midnight!
    Unfortunately, applications submitted later cannot be considered.
    Please send any queries by e-mail to: assistenz@kh-bremen.de ↗

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