Dear all, if you live within 30km from the gallery we encourage you to participate in the open call for 30 x 30 x 30 2026
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 – 16, 17 and 18 October 2026. 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 until october 31st, but will be visible with the artist profile on a website.
Terms & Conditions
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, photographs of the 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 4 MB.
Submissions need to be send to: opencall@mariekeseverensgallery.com
All works will be displayed at the same selling price: 450 euros (including 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:
15-08-2026 at midnight
Deadline for the artist (or an artist’s representative) to deliver the three works to the gallery:
08-10-2026 at 5 p.m.
Deadline for the artist to deliver the three high resolution photos by email:
31-08-2026 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.
The 30 x 30 x 30 edition of 2026 has been made possible
with the support of Gemeente Maastricht