Endowment: 6,000 euros
What is funded?
The programme is based on the idea of creating a local production and discussion context in which artists and theorists connect and reflect on supra-regional art and social discourses with local themes. At the same time, the possibility of an artistic experimental laboratory is preserved, allowing new things to be tried out.
The "fellows" selected by a jury of experts come to Büchsenhausen for a period of one to two semesters, where they work on the submitted project and accompany this process discursively in public events.
The City of Innsbruck supports this programme with an annual working grant of 6,000 euros.
Who awards the scholarship?
Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen launched the International Fellowship Programme for Art and Theory in 2003.
Who can apply?
Applications are open to
- Visual artists
- Media artists
- Theorists
- Critics
- Curators
What can be submitted?
Project proposals
What documents are required?
All further details on the call for applications can be found at Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen.
Who decides on the award?
An expert jury, selected by Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, then decides on the award.
Previous fellows
Previous fellows of the City of Innsbruck as part of the International Fellowship Programme for Art and Theory at Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen:

Bita Bell is delighted to have been named the 2025/2026 Innsbruck Büchsenhausen Fellow.© Stadt Innsbruck/A. Steinacker
| Year | Scholarship holder |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Bita Bell |
| 2024 | Felix Kalmenson |
| 2023 | Tatiana Fiodorova |
| 2022 | Bettina Knaup |
| 2021 | Rosalyn D'Mello |
| 2020 | Mykola Ridnyi |
| 2019 | Lena Ditte Nissen |
| 2018 | Riccardo Giacconi |
| 2017 | Marianna Christofides |
| 2016 | Vladislav Shapovalov |
| 2015 | Andrea Bellu |
| 2014 | Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa |
| 2013 | Vlad Morariu |
| 2012 | Kevin Dooley |
| 2011 | Ivana Marjanovic |
| 2010 | Susanne Martha Winterling |
| 2009 | Michael Hieslmair |
| 2008 | Lieven de Boeck |
| 2007 | Ursula Hansbauer & Wolfgang Konrad |
| 2006 | Alison Gerber |
| 2005 | Evren Uzer & Otto von Busch |