Organizer Information
FRAU* schafft Raum is a feminist art and memorial space in Vienna's Nußdorfer Straße 4, in the district of Alsergrund. The space occupies a former tobacco shop (Trafik) where, on 5 March 2021, a 35-year-old shopkeeper was set on fire by her ex-partner and later died of her injuries. Initiated by district leadership and opened in December 2023, the project transforms the site of the crime into a place of remembrance, solidarity, and prevention, addressing gender-based violence and femicide as a human-rights issue. It is carried by the Alsergrund district administration, the Human Rights Office of the City of Vienna (Menschenrechtsbüro der Stadt Wien), the cultural association Kulturverein NuDo4, and insurer UNIQA, and has been curated since its opening by Anna Valentina Ennemoser. The space presents a rotating program of exhibitions by contemporary women artists*, selected through an open call, engaging with femicide and gender-based violence; it is freely accessible to the public and visible around the clock through the space's windows.
Title & Description
FRAU* schafft Raum — Open Call #4 (2027–2028)
Kulturverein NuDo4 is opening the fourth call for exhibition concepts at FRAU* schafft Raum, a hybrid memorial and art space. In connection with the history of the site, the artistic programming centers on the theme of femicide, and women artists* are invited to submit exhibition concepts engaging with femicide, violence against women, women's rights as human rights, solidarity, and empowerment. The current call covers the period January 2027 – December 2028; four exhibition concepts will be selected, each running for approximately 24 weeks. Exhibitions are viewable around the clock (through the space's windows) and open to visitors during the day, with a vernissage organized for each show.
Theme
Femicide, in connection with the history of the site — including violence against women, women's rights as human rights, solidarity, and empowerment.
Categories
- Visual Arts
- Performance
- Interdisciplinary Arts
Eligibility
- Primarily directed at women artists* (Künstlerinnen*) working across the fields of visual art; transdisciplinary projects and (combined) works of the performing arts may also be submitted
- Minimum requirement: a completed degree from an art university or art college, plus at least 3 years of regular professional experience as an artist, including public exhibitions, performances, or similar. Participation without an art university/college degree is permitted if the artist has at least 8 years of regular exhibition experience or similar
- No age limit or regional/geographic restriction on applicants
- Previously exhibited works/projects may be submitted, provided they have not yet been shown in Vienna before the FRAU* schafft Raum exhibition, and are not shown concurrently in Vienna during the FRAU* schafft Raum exhibition
- Artists who have already exhibited at FRAU* schafft Raum may not take part in this open call again
- The organizers particularly welcome submissions from Black women artists*, artists of color, artists with their own or a family history of displacement or migration, and artists with disabilities, to foster diversity (this is an invitation, not a formal eligibility requirement)
Program Benefits & Awards
- A flat exhibition honorarium of €2,500 gross (including any applicable VAT) from Kulturverein NuDo4 per selected exhibition, covering material, transport, and travel costs
- If a project is submitted jointly by multiple artists*, the honorarium is shared jointly among them
- A vernissage (opening event) organized for each exhibition
Application Fee
None
How to Apply?
Email application: call@frau-schafft-raum.at
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 21 September 2026
- Notifications (acceptances/rejections): mid-November 2026
- Call Period Covered: January 2027 – December 2028
- Expected Exhibition Periods: mid-January – end of June 2027; mid-July – end of December 2027; mid-January – end of June 2028; mid-July – end of December 2028 (each approx. 24 weeks)
Location
FRAU* schafft Raum, Nußdorfer Straße 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Additional Details
- Application materials required (digital submission only, in German or English): a CV/artistic vita (PDF, max. 1 A4 page); an anonymized concept (a single PDF, max. 2 A4 pages, max. 2,500 characters including spaces) describing the proposed project plus visualizations/sketches. Applicants are asked not to include links in the concept or to name past exhibitions or other identifying references, so that only fully anonymized concepts are presented to the jury
- Applicants may indicate scheduling preferences at the time of submission if needed (e.g. due to overlapping exhibitions/projects or travel abroad)
- Selection process: an anonymized review by a five-member expert jury composed of one representative each from the Human Rights Office of the City of Vienna and the Women's Service of the City of Vienna, plus an art journalist, an art historian, and an artist. Projects are assessed on their engagement with the theme and their artistic execution
- Contact person: Anna Valentina Ennemoser (curator)
- Selected artists enter into a civil-law agreement with Kulturverein NuDo4, which also includes a rights-of-use agreement covering the use of photographs of the artwork for the promotion and documentation of FRAU* schafft Raum, both online and in publications
- Data protection: personal data is processed under joint controllership by the Human Rights Office of the City of Vienna and Kulturverein NuDo4 for the purpose of running the call; anonymized concepts are presented to the jury by curator Anna Valentina Ennemoser; data of artists not selected is deleted after the selection process concludes; data is not transferred to countries outside the EU/EEA