Open Call 2026 / Center européen d’actions artistiques contemporaines (CEAAC), Strasbourg
On behalf of the Municipality of Budapest, the BHM Budapest Gallery and the Centre européen d’actions artistiques contemporaines (CEAAC) in Strasbourg jointly announce a call for artists living and working in Budapest for the year 2026, for creative, professional and artistic networking opportunities.
Residency period: 1 April – 30 April 2026
The CEAAC will provide the winning applicant:
-fully equipped accomodation and studio in the center of Strasbourg nearby the CEAAC
-A financial support of 1000 € (providing an invoice is necessary)
-professional support as required and a public event at the end of the residency
Application requirements:
Applications are invited from those who have won this competition up to once and travelled before 2022. The CEAAC and BHM Budapest Gallery also expect applicants who can speak English and/or French at an adequate level about their work and professional issues.
We expect a written professional report, including photos, from the successful applicant after the trip abroad. Participants are asked to occasionally support the Budapest Gallery’s artist exchange programme, so that foreign artists coming to Budapest can get a better understanding of the capital’s art scene and future domestic applicants can get a more complete picture of the exchange programme.
How to apply:
Applications must be sent electronically to hermann.julia@btm.hu
The subject of the message should be CEAAC2025
Deadline: 10 December 2025
The application must include:
– a registration form and a declaration of consent to personal data processing, which can be downloaded at the bottom of the page
– a curriculum vitae and work portfolio in one PDF file, in the maximum size of 20 MB
– and a cover letter of up to 2-2 thousand characters in Hungarian and English
Applications will be judged by a professional jury invited by the Budapest Gallery. The jury will select a shortlist from which the host institution will choose the winner.
The jury for the 2026 artist exchange competition will be composed of Tamás Don, Flóra Gadó, Júlia Hermann, Emese Mucsi, Lea Novák.
Deadline for the final result: January 2026
For further information, please contact Budapest Gallery Exhibition Department, Júlia Hermann hermann.julia@btm.hu