Scotland + Venice
Scotland + Venice provides artists based in Scotland with a valuable platform to showcase their work on the international stage at one of the world’s most prestigious visual arts festivals, the Venice Biennale.
It is a partnership between Creative Scotland, National Galleries of Scotland and British Council Scotland. The partnership is now seeking notes of interest from experienced curators and/or visual arts organisations who will work with them to deliver an ambitious and imaginative project that will run during the Biennale (May 13 to November 26 2017).
Outline proposals should be completed using the
templates provided below and should be submitted to Amanda Catto, Head of Visual Arts
at amanda.catto@creativescotland.com
by 5pm on 14 April 2016. A shortlist of a
maximum of 6 proposals will be established and we will invite the selected
applicants to discuss these in more detail at an interview to be held in
Edinburgh on 25 April 2016.
Further details
Download details of the Open Call for Scotland + Venice 2017.
Download the proposal form for Scotland + Venice 2017 in Word format.
To help Scotland + Venice 2017 applicants develop their proposal, we have provided a budget template.
Scotland + Venice 2015
Graham Fagen was selected to represent Scotland at the 56th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale, which ran from 9 May to 22 November 2015, in a solo presentation commissioned and curated by Hospitalfield Arts, Arbroath.
Graham's work mixes media and crosses continents; combining video, performance, photography, and sculpture with text, live music and even, plants. His recurring artistic themes, which include flowers, journeys and popular song, are used as attempts to understand and talk clear-sightedly about the powerful forces that shape our lives.
Stories from Scotland + Venice
As the call for entries for Scotland + Venice 2017 opens, it's been revealed that Graham Fagen attracted record numbers to the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
Published: 15 Mar 2016
The Scotland + Venice partnership is delighted to announce further details of the 2015 presentation with Glasgow-based artist Graham Fagen as a Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
Published: 10 Mar 2015
The Scotland + Venice partnership is delighted to announce a new venue for its 2015 presentation.
Published: 06 Nov 2014
Following on from successful projects in 2010 and 2012, Scottish architecture will once again be in the spotlight this year at the Venice Architecture Biennale from 26 September - 24 October.
Published: 07 Oct 2014
The Scotland + Venice partnership is delighted to announce that Graham Fagen has been selected to represent Scotland at the 56th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale, running from 9 May to 22 November 2015, in a solo presentation commissioned and curated by Hospitalfield Arts, Arbroath.
Published: 25 Mar 2014
Half-way through its run as a Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, organisers of Scotland + Venice are pleased to announce that more than 10,000 people have now seen the exhibition.
Published: 18 Feb 2014
The Scotland + Venice partnership is delighted to announce further details of the 2013 presentation, curated and organised by The Common Guild, Glasgow. The exhibition will feature new work by Hayley Tompkins, Duncan Campbell and Corin Sworn at the 55th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (1 June - (...)
Published: 13 Feb 2014
Scotland + Venice 2013 ran from 1 June - 24 November, curated by The Common Guild, it celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Venice Biennale with an exhibition of specially commissioned works from Glasgow-based artists Duncan Campbell, Corin Sworn and Hayley Tompkins.
Published: 01 Jun 2013
Scottish Artist Karla Black had a solo presentation at the 54th International Art Exhibition -- la Biennale di Venezia, the world's largest and most prestigious showcase for contemporary visual arts. The exhibition was curated by The Fruitmarket Gallery and was presented, as in 2009, at Palazzo Pisani (S. Marina).
Published: 24 Jun 2011
Martin Boyce was selected to represent Scotland at the Venice Biennale in 2009 with an exhibition of work entitled No Reflections. Curated by Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) Martin Boyce devised a lyrical installation for seven inter-connected rooms of the second floor of the 15th-century Palazzo Pisani (S. Marina).
Published: 25 Jun 2009
Hosted by the Scottish Arts Council, National Galleries of Scotland and British Council, and curated by Philip Long, Scotland and Venice 2007 featured the work of Charles Avery, Henry Coombes, Louise Hopkins, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer and Tony Swain.
Published: 30 Jun 2007
