We have received many interesting submissions to the open call for the 30x30x30 exhibition at our gallery during Maastricht Gallery Weekend – 17, 18 and 19 October 2025. And we had to make some tough calls but we have made a selection showing a good cross-section of contemporary art on and with paper within a 30 km range.
We are looking forward to collaborating with the selected artists for this year’s show. And we hope others will submit again for next year´s edition of 30x30x30.
We have selected artists living and working in Maastricht, Liège, Aachen, Heerlen and other places in the vicinity of 30 km circumference around the gallery. We invited artists to submit work on and with paper measuring no more than 30 by 30 centimetres. Each of the 30 artists will exhibit three artworks. 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 produced by artists across different generations and backgrounds living and working in the region.
Stay tuned for details on each of the participating artists!
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.