Marieke Severens and curator Roy Voragen invite contemporary artists from the Maastricht region (within a 30 km radius) to respond to our open call:
We invite artists to submit work on and with paper – drawings, graphic works, collages, visual poetry, etc. – measuring no more than 30 by 30 centimetres to fit in a frame.
We will invite 30 artists to exhibit three works each in the gallery at Kapoenstraat 29, Maastricht, during the three days of Maastricht Gallery Weekend – 17, 18 and 19 October 2025. The ninety works will be displayed in such a way as to create a multifaceted and layered narrative about contemporary art on and with paper.
The aim of the group exhibition is to provide a platform for professional artists in the region, giving them visibility and access to a more diverse audience. The gallery and curator also hope to use the open call to get to know artists they may not yet be familiar with. Furthermore, we aim to contribute to the profiling and professionalisation of the art ecosystem in Maastricht and the surrounding area. The works will be shown in the gallery for three days, but will be visible with the artist profile on a website.
During the three days of Maastricht Gallery Weekend, we invite the thirty artists to take turns to be present and engage in conversations with the curator in the form of flash interviews, which will be broadcasted via Instagram Live. The gallery will be a cultural café during the three days of Maastricht Gallery Weekend.
Terms & Conditions
Who is the open call for? Professional artists working within a 30 km radius of Maastricht.
We request artists to submit the following:
Portfolio, CV, biography, artist statement, proposal/sketch and/or three finished works, and links to website and Instagram in 1 PDF of no more than 12 pages and no more than 8 MB.
Send your application to: opencall@mariekeseverensgallery.com
All works will be displayed at the same selling price: 350 euros (including 9% VAT) – in the hope that as many works as possible will find a beautiful new home. Gallery commission is 50% of selling price minus framing costs.
Deadline for responding to the open call:
31-07-2025 at midnight
Deadline for the artist (or an artist’s representative) to deliver the three works to the gallery:
09-10-2025 at 5 p.m.
Deadline for the artist to deliver the three hi-res photos by email:
31-08-2025 at 5 p.m.
Roy Voragen is a writer, curator and Southeast Asia specialist based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Between 1996 and 2003, he studied philosophy and political science at the University of Amsterdam (B.A., M.A., B.A., M.A.); and he lived and worked in Southeast Asia from 2003 to 2019, where he worked as a university lecturer, writer and curator. He has curated exhibitions in Bandung, Yogyakarta, Jakarta, Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Kuala Lumpur, Maastricht, Cologne, Heerlen, Diepenheim, Tilburg, Aachen and Athens. His practice delves into the multitudes of relationships between porous bodies, stuttering languages and opaque spaces.