Visual artists who have been working professionally for a minimum of 4 years.
For what?
You can use this grant to create work. That can include research, experimentation, or the purchase of new materials or equipment. Or it can help with the execution of a commission and/or participation in exhibitions or events in the Netherlands or abroad.
How much?
€ 44,000. This amount will be paid in segments over no less than 2 and no more than 4 years.
How and when to apply?
Applications can be submitted at any time of the year, using the Mondriaan Fund’s online application system. You must first apply for an account in order to submit your application. Once your application is complete, please allow for a processing period of 3 months from the moment your application has been submitted in full. Grants cannot be awarded retroactively.
Here you will find more information about submitting an application to the Mondriaan Fund.
Good to know
Have you been professionally active as an artist for less than 4 years? Then Artist Start is the scheme you should apply for.
You can choose to spread the grant over 2 or 4 years.
No budget needs to be included in your application. You can spend the grant to develop your practice as you see fit.
Education and working practice
Applications may only be submitted by artists who have been working as professional visual artists for at least 4 years:
If you have completed a Bachelor’s degree programme (HBO) with a visual arts curriculum, the date on your diploma will be considered the start of your professional practice. If there is an interim period between your graduation from the Bachelor’s programme with a visual arts curriculum and the start of your Master’s programme, this period will be considered as part of your professional practice.
If you have not completed a Bachelor’s degree programme (HBO) with a visual arts curriculum, the date on which you first presented work in professional art circles will be considered the start of your professional practice.
In order to be eligible for a contribution, you must be artistically active in the visual arts and in that capacity embedded in the professional visual arts practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
A period of enrolment at a postgraduate institution or postdoctoral programme, such as the Rijksakademie, de Ateliers, the Jan van Eyck Academie, BAK or EKWC, will be counted as part of the duration of the professional practice.
You cannot apply for or use a contribution while enrolled to study at educational institutions for e.g. Bachelor’s, Master’s, postgraduate, postdoctoral or PhD programmes. The exception is part-time programmes (not Bachelor’s programmes) of less than 20 hours a week.
Total taxable income
To receive an Artist Basic grant, the applicant’s taxable income for the previous 2 years must not exceed € 55,000 per year. Any previous financial support from the Mondriaan Fund is not taken into account in this calculation.
At the time of application, you will not receive any other financial contribution from the Mondriaan Fund that covers the same costs.
Previous applications
Artist Basic grants can be awarded no more than once every 4 years.
An artist who has previously been rejected on the grounds of artistic performance may not apply for an Artist Basic grant for a period of 12 months after the first application date.
An artist may not apply for an Artist Basic grant during the term of other financial support from the Mondriaan Fund if the fund board believes that the contribution will cover the same costs.
More information about the conditions, assessment criteria and the information we need to process your application can be found via the button below on the Mondriaan Fund website. This information is available in Dutch and English.
