Organizer Information
The Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of Berlin (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt) is the Berlin state authority responsible for cultural policy and funding. Its Department I A supports artists, artistic projects, independent groups, and cultural initiatives through various public funding programs. This call provides public funding specifically for the production of individual publications by Berlin-based contemporary visual artists and established artistic collectives. The 2027 program is subject to the availability of public funds.
Title & Description
Berlin Visual Arts Publication Grant 2027
Presentation Funding 2027: Individual Publications of Contemporary Visual Art in Berlin supports the production of substantial publications that document and communicate an artist's practice. Both analog and digital publications are eligible.
A proposed publication must meet at least one of these criteria: it is a monographic book providing an overview of the artist's overall work; it presents a coherent series of works; or it focuses on a defined period of artistic production. Artist books are also eligible when conceived as independent artworks in book form and when the book format itself forms part of the artistic concept.
The publication must be produced between February and December 2027 and must be published at least partly in German.
Categories
- Visual Art / Contemporary Art
- Artist Books
- Art Publications
- Photography
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Installation
- Video / Film
- Media Art
- Performance
- Drawing
- Comic
- Sound Art
- Urban Art
- Other contemporary visual-art practices
The broader Berlin visual-arts funding program explicitly recognizes a wide range of contemporary artistic genres.
Eligibility
The opportunity is regional/national rather than international: applicants must have their first residence (Erstwohnsitz) in Berlin, Germany.
Eligible applicants are:
- Berlin-based visual artists with an established record of high-quality artistic work.
- Established artistic collectives working exclusively as an artistic group.
- For collectives, the majority of members must have their first residence in Berlin; for a two-person group, both members must be Berlin residents.
Additional requirements:
- This must be the applicant's first individual publication, or their last publicly funded individual publication must have been more than three years ago.
- Students are excluded.
- The project must not have already started.
- The publication must not be primarily profit-oriented.
Program Benefits & Awards
Selected applicants can receive a grant of up to €27,000 toward the production of their individual publication.
Funding decisions are made following assessment by an independent jury appointed by the Senate Department. The jury evaluates the applicant's demonstrated artistic quality and the professional quality of the proposed publication project.
Applicants are expected to consider an appropriate way of presenting the completed publication to the public.
Application Fee
None
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application deadline: 13 October 2026
- Project production period: February–December 2027
- Expected notification: By early January 2027
- Funding: Subject to availability of public funds
Applications received after 11:00 AM cannot be submitted, and incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Location
Berlin, Germany
Additional Details
Applicants must submit a project description of maximum five A4 pages, including the publication's planned length, print run, number of text contributions, and whether cooperation with a publisher is planned or secured.
Other required documents include:
- Detailed financing plan using the official template
- Printing cost estimate
- Artistic CV
- Proof of Berlin residence/registration
- Portfolio of artistic work, maximum 10 A4 pages, preferably focusing on work from the previous six years
- Relevant website links, including password-protected links where applicable
Important exclusions: PDF-only publications are not eligible; the digital format accepted is an EPUB e-book. Publications produced as part of prizes or awards are excluded, as are projects already receiving certain funding from the Berlin Senate or Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
The application, project description, and financing documents have specific language, file-format, file-size, and page-length requirements. Applicants are strongly advised to submit before the deadline because uploads may take time and technical maintenance can temporarily affect the application portal.