Fragile Foundations: Art, Mental Health, and Housing Precarity
Group Exhibition

Leaving behind the outdated romanticizing of suffering and mental health issues in an artistic process, we continue with the Mental Health Awareness Month exhibition series to speak about the effects of housing (in)stability on a creative process.

Through this open call, we invite artists to explore the topic of home and housing and its relationship with their own practice, merging the practical and personal with political and public.

We strongly encourage people from marginalized groups who are disproportionately hurt by the status quo to apply. We will prioritize your stories during the selection process, including BIPOC, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQIA+ people.

Submission deadline:

March 3, 2025

Selected artists will be informed by:

March 17, 2025

Exhibition opening:

April 23, 2025

Exhibition duration:

April 24–June 4, 2025

Exhibition location:

Improper Walls, Vienna, Austria

Honorarium (selected artists):

575 EUR
(production and shipping costs are not covered)

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Open to:

Artists based in Austria. Artists may apply as individuals or as a group.

Media:

painting / graphic / video / photography / sculpture / installation / mixed media / digital art

Languages:

English (in exceptional cases, submissions can be accepted in German or Spanish)

Submission: 

• a short artwork description [up to 1000 characters]

• photo/image/link to a video/concept of the work

• argumentation of why it would fit this exhibition [up to 800 characters]

Selection Process

The jury consisting of Improper Walls' curators will pre-select which artists will be invited for the interviews. These will be followed by the final round, where the winners will be decided.

If you have any questions regarding the open call, please contact barbora@improperwalls.com.