tranzit.at

10/08/2026

O͟P͟E͟N͟ ͟C͟A͟L͟L͟:͟ ͟𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 & 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕

The Artist in Residence Programme at MQ – MuseumsQuartier Vienna is part of ERSTE Foundation’s long-term commitment to supporting contemporary art and strengthening the position of artists and cultural practitioners, particularly in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe.
The programme is carried out in close cooperation with ERSTE Foundation’s key cultural partners: tranzit, Igor Zabel Association and Kontakt Collection / WHW Akademija. ERSTE Foundation and its project partners jointly form the jury selecting the participants.

ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsɪᴅᴇɴᴄʏ
The programme offers artists and curators the opportunity to spend two months in Vienna, living and working in a studio at MuseumsQuartier, with time and space dedicated to research, reflection, artistic development and exchange.

ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴀᴘᴘʟʏ?
The 2027 programme is open to artists and curators working in critical contemporary visual art from: Croatia · Czech Republic · Hungary · Romania · Slovakia · Slovenia · Ukraine
The residency periods are fixed according to country, running from January through October 2027.

ᴅᴇᴀᴅʟɪɴᴇ: 𝟷𝟻 sᴇᴘᴛᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼, ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ
Applications must be submitted in English and include the completed application form, a portfolio, a letter of intent and a brief CV.

Read the full call and apply: https://tranzit.org/en/grants/artist+in+residence+vienna/call-for-applications-2027-now-open-until-september-15-2026

Image: MQ Artist in Residence Studio © Philipp Pesserl & Auguste Marceau

ERSTE Foundation tranzit.hu tranzit.cz tranzit.ro tranzit.sk Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory WHW Akademija Office Ukraine. Support for Ukrainian Artists

15/07/2026

📢 Registration is now open!

Join the international conference 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝, taking place 15–16 October 2026 at Kunsthaus Graz, Austria.

The conference brings together cultural professionals, institutions, policymakers, and international partners to explore how emergency support for Ukraine's cultural sector can evolve into long-term, sustainable cooperation. Discussions will focus on European collaboration, Creative Europe opportunities, and successful partnership models that can shape the future.

🗓 15–16 October 2026
📍 Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
📝 Registration is open until 14 September 2026.

Find the programme and register here:
https://www.artistshelp-ukraine.at/registration-now-open-international-conference-networks-of-cooperation/

We look forward to welcoming colleagues and partners from across Europe and beyond!

Office Ukraine. Support for Ukrainian Artists Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport Creative Europe Desk Austria

25/06/2026

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫

Opening: 16 July 2026, 5pm at ERSTE Foundation, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna

Participating artists: Anastasiia Antonenko, Mark Chehodaiev, EtchingRoom 1, Diana Fedoriaka, Sviatoslav Koverzniev, Olena Kurzel, Serhii Melnychenko, Yaroslava Melnychenko, miki-mike665, Tetiana Pukhnavtseva, Maryna Shtanko, Karina Synytsia, Maria Vasylenko, Yulianna Verba, Ola Yeriemieieva.

A project by Office Ukraine. Support for Ukrainian Artists in cooperation with ERSTE Foundation.

Further info: https://at.tranzit.org/en/office_ukraine/0/2026-07-16/after-the-winter

After the Winter

Opening: 16 July 2026, 5pm at ERSTE Foundation, Am Belvedere 1, 1100 Vienna

The exhibition at the window gallery of ERSTE Foundation at Erste Campus will be on view from 16 July to 16 August 2026, accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The show brings together Ukrainian artists living both in Ukraine and abroad, reflecting on how prolonged war reshapes perception, everyday life, and artistic practice. For artists in Ukraine, the works often emerge from direct experiences of war: damaged infrastructures, blackouts, frontline realities, and the constant negotiation with danger and loss. Exiled artists encounter the war through distance – fragmented communication, memories, and prolonged uncertainty. Their works frequently address displacement, isolation, and fractured belonging, while also tracing forms of resilience and adaptation.

Participating artists: Anastasiia Antonenko Anastasiia Antonenko, Mark Chehodaiev mark, etchingroom1 EtchingRoom 1, Diana Fedoriaka Diana Fedoriaka, Sviatoslav Koverzniev Sviatoslav Koverzniev, Olena Kurzel Olena Kurzel, Serhii Melnychenko Sergey Melnitchenko 🇺🇦, Yaroslava Melnychenko , miki-mike665 міша-mike 665, Tetiana Pukhnavtseva tanya pukhnavtseva, Maryna Shtanko Maryna Shtanko 🇺🇦, Karina Synytsia Synytsia Karina., Maria Vasylenko Maria Vasylenko, Yulianna Verba YULIANNA VERBA | ART, Ola Yeriemieieva ola_yeriemieieva.

A project by Office Ukraine. Support for Ukrainian Artists, in cooperation with ERSTE Foundation.

19/05/2026

Fellowships for Curators and Artists at International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg 2026 /
ERSTE Foundation, tranzit.org, Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory and Kontakt Collection in collaboration with WHW Akademija have the pleasure to provide fellowships to the following artists and curators:

Maria Jančová (CZ) / Anna Chrtková (CZ) / Violetta Vigh (HU) / Lilla Bényi (HU) / Sorina Tomulețiu (RO) / Ileana Stanciu Scripcariu (RO) / Karla Šavrtková (SK) / Dami Demovič (SK) / Žiga Kelenc (SI) / Tina Gerlec (SI) / Karlo Štefanek (HR) / Sabina Oroshi (HR) / Iryna Loskot (UA) / Stefaniia Bodnia (UA)

A special thanks to Office Ukraine.

https://tranzit.org/en/grants/summer+academy+salzburg/fellowship-for-curators-and-artists-at-salzburg-summer-academy-2026
Image: Matylda Krzykowski: Strategic Improvisation © Sommerakademie, photo: Mira Turba

01/05/2026

Artist-in-Residence Programme at MQ:

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛
from Romania
and
𝐊𝐯𝐞𝐭 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐲ễ𝐧
from Slovakia

are participating in May and June 2026

WELCOME TO VIENNA

https://tinyurl.com/yyw45kv2

ERSTE Foundation .org .cz .hu .sk .ro Akademija Zabel Association for Culture and Theory Office Ukraine. Support for Ukrainian Artists

24/04/2026

The ERSTE Foundation in Vienna has already presented three exhibitions in its Window Gallery in cooperation with Office Ukraine.
Since March 2022, this initiative has been supporting Ukrainian artists who have fled to Austria due to Russia’s war of aggression. The fourth Window Gallery exhibition After the Winter featuring 15 Ukrainian artists will be presented at the ERSTE Foundation in Vienna from July 16 to August 16, 2026. 
 
We are looking for works that can be adapted to a window gallery format. Selected works will be printed and installed directly onto the window surface, so submissions should consider composition, visibility, and spatial constraints.
 
We encourage Ukrainian artists based in Ukraine and outside to apply for this Open Call.

Deadline: May 10, 2026

Open Call Application link in bio
 
After the Winter approaches winter not as a season, but as an environment. Darkness, cold, and the absence of water and electricity are not temporary conditions, but realities that reshape perception and the experience of space. Domestic elements like rooms, radiators, blankets, power banks, generators become units through which life is measured. Space absorbs tension, fear, fatigue, and anticipation.
 
This Open Call invites artists to respond not to the event itself, but to its duration. What happens to the body and to space when cold becomes routine? What does a city sound like without electricity? What is now, and what comes next?
 
After the Winter attempts to hold a state that follows a point of maximum exhaustion. Yet “after” here does not imply resolution. It names a brief interval in which experience has not yet settled into history. Memories and experiences remain unstable, they still await continuation. More so, in July, the exhibition will exist within a different climate and a different infrastructural reality. Summer stability sharpens the fragility of what was endured and what’s coming.

An honorary will be provided for selected artists. The exhibition is a cooperation between Office Ukraine and the ERSTE Foundation.