Grant call for international presentations of Finnish contemporary art in 2026–2027

Frame Contemporary Art Finland has opened a round of grant applications for international presentations featuring Finnish and Finland-based contemporary artists in 2026–2027. From 1 to 31 March, applications are accepted for mobility grants, publication grants, and production grants.

Frame’s grants are available to artists, contemporary art professionals, and local and international contemporary art organisations. The grants are awarded to promote and support the presentation of Finnish art abroad, such as for the purpose of international exhibitions, commissions and publications, the participation of Finnish galleries in international art fairs, and networking-related travel by contemporary art professionals.

Frame’s field of activity is visual art, with an emphasis on contemporary art. It also includes interdisciplinary art forms such as sound, performance, and installation art when presented in the context of contemporary art. Frame’s grants also support comic art and arts and crafts.

Call for grant applications throughout March

This year’s first grant application round will be open 1–31 March 2026, when grants can be applied for international projects of Finnish contemporary art in 2026–2027. There are three types of grants available in the March application round: mobility grants for travel and transportation, publication grants for art publications, and new production grants for international commissions.

In all categories, grants can be applied for by individual artists and art professionals, working groups, and registered organisations.

The deadline for grant applications is Tuesday, 31 March 2026 at 11.59 pm Finnish time (UTC +3).

• The mobility grant supports the international presentation of existing artworks and networking of contemporary art professionals. The trip or presentation of the artworks must take place outside Finland.
• The production grant enables the implementation of a new commission or other production-related collaboration internationally on a co-production basis. The production supported by the grant must be presented outside Finland.
• Publication grant supports publications intended for international distribution that showcase the work of Finnish or Finland-based artists.
• Decisions are made within one month of the application deadline. 
• Frame’s grant decisions are based on peer review. The names of the peer reviewers are public.

How to apply

Application languages are Finnish, English or Swedish. Detailed instructions [↗] can be found on Frame’s website. Submit your application online on Frame’s grant service [↗].

All applicants will be informed of Frame’s decision personally by email. The names of grant recipients will also be published on Frame’s website.

Upcoming grants info session 

Frame hosts a general info session at Frame office (Töölönkatu 11 A, Helsinki) on Thursday 12 March at 10.00 am in Finnish and on Zoom at 11.15 am in English (local time in Helsinki UTC +2). During the 45 min session, Grants Coordinator Veera Lizé talks about Frame’s grant application process.

No pre-registration is needed for the grants info session.

Book a grant clinic appointment

We will conduct one-on-one grant clinics via Zoom, at our office or by phone on Thursday, 12 March, between 12.30 pm and 4 pm Finnish time (UTC +2).

During the clinic appointment, you may ask our grant coordinator about how to apply or about Frame grants in general. The grant clinics are held in Finnish and English.

Frame grants in a nutshell

• Frame awards grants to promote Finnish contemporary arts internationally. With our grants, we promote the international career development of Finnish and Finland-based artists through opportunities to network, exhibit, and perform abroad.
  
• A total of over 600 artists and art practitioners apply for Frame grants every year. The sum applied for annually is 2 million euros. On average, we award grants for 140 projects and over 200 artists and art professionals per year.
  
• Annually, Frame distributes a total sum of 167,000 euros in grants, awarded to Frame by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland.