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Fondation François Schneider Contemporary Talents Competition: Water (Talents Contemporains)

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Fondation François Schneider Contemporary Talents Competition: Water (Talents Contemporains) — Fondation François Schneider
  • Who Can Apply: Adult visual artists and collectives worldwide with a recent professional record; previous winners excluded.
  • The Focus: One artwork or project exclusively about water.
  • The Funding: €15,000 or €8,000 for editioned photo/video; acquisition, exhibition and possible sculpture/installation production support.
  • Key Requirements: Online signed documents, ID, CV, portfolio, intention/artwork texts, biography, technical sheet, images/video and project budget; conflicting official page limits are explained in application notes.
DeadlineSunday, November 22, 2026
AwardEach winner receives €15,000 as a merit prize and for the acquisition of the work (€8,000 for a photographic or video work produced in several editions).
Cost to attendWinners must supply framing, plinths and required display equipment at their own expense; no fixed cost is stated.
Program datesAutumn of the following year: major group exhibition of the winners at the art centre in Wattwiller
Locationglobal
ParticipationHybrid
Career stagesEmerging, Mid-Career, Established, Late-Career
DisciplinesPainting, Drawing, Sculpture, Installation, Photography, Video, Textile, Other forms of visual art
Age range18–
Application notesRegister online; French for francophones, English otherwise. Upload signed registration and rules, ID (PDF; projects: 1 page), CV/collective profile (PDF, 2 A4 pages), portfolio (PDF, 20 A4 pages, 30 MB), intention text plus artwork text (1,000 characters including spaces) and biography (500 characters), technical sheet including dimensions/weight, installation/transport and maintenance, 3–5 colour JPGs (5 MB each), and video for video works (MOV/MP4, 4 GB; optional otherwise). PDFs allow 3 pages for combined intention/text/biography and 2 for technical sheet; webpage says intention 2 pages and technical sheet 1: confirm live limits, using stricter limits meanwhile. Projects also require a quoted production budget up to €50,000 including tax, excluding artist honorarium. Label AI-assisted visuals. Rules: https://www.fondationfrancoisschneider.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-02-Reglement-TC16-FR.pdf; call: https://www.fondationfrancoisschneider.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-10-Appel-a-candidatures-TC16-BD.pdf
Contactl.rosenfeld@fondationfrancoisschneider.org
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