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Linden Projects Space

Applications
NOW OPEN

+ General Application

+ First Nations Application

Entries close: Sun 5 July at 11.59 pm

Artists will be notified of the outcome of their application the end of July.

HOW TO Apply

+ Floor Plan

+ Past Exhibitions

Applications are now open for the Linden Projects Space exhibition program 2027.

Linden Projects Space is a purpose-built gallery space dedicated to providing artists and curators of all career-levels a supportive environment to test their ideas, experiment, and exhibit their work.

Programmed each year by an open and equitable proposal call-out process, Linden Projects Space presents a diverse, free-to-visit, rotating exhibition program of solo, collaborative, and curatorial projects. We welcome proposals for projects that are critically-engaged, conceptual, cross-disciplinary, site-responsive, participatory, challenging, innovative, and discursive.

Since the Linden Projects Space opened in 2019, it has afforded artists the freedom to explore, experiment and take risks with their work. It expands the sphere of contemporary practice, championing emergent forms of art making and critical exchange.

The assessment panel for the Linden Project Space 2027 exhibition call out will comprise:
Dr Stephen Haley: artist; former lecturer, Victorian College of the Arts; member, City of Port Phillip Art Acquisition Committee.
Jessica Row: Curator and Collection Manager, Kingston Arts
Hamish Sawyer: Curator, Linden New Art.

The First Nations artist opportunity will be selected by a First Nations artist, to be announced soon.

For all enquiries and questions, please contact Hamish Sawyer
E: curator@lindenarts.org

Exhibitors at the Linden Projects Space receive:

- a five-week exhibition
- an opening reception event with fully licensed bar
- professional installation assistance, access to tools and resources
- targeted media and marketing; curatorial support; exhibition insurance
- support with grant applications.

Exhibition hire fee:

The hire fee for the Linden Projects Space is $1,950 (including 10% GST). This is payable to Linden prior to installing your exhibition. Linden does not take a commission on any artwork sales, 100% of artwork sales go directly to the Exhibitor. Exhibitors living and/or working in the City of Port Phillip are eligible to apply for project funding through the Cultural Development Fund program.

First Nations identified exhibition opportunity:

As part of Linden’s Reconciliation Action Plan and commitment to providing a platform for First Nations artists, we are delighted to offer a subsidised exhibition for an early-career First Nations artist as part of the Linden Project Space 2027 program.

For information about early-career eligibility, please see attached link to National Association of Visual Arts:
https://code.visualarts.net.au/payment-rates/how-to-use-payment-standards/creative-career-stages#early-career-artist

Visit the 360 gallery

Installation views of Linden Projects Space 2025 exhibitions by Katey Smoker, Matthew Bird, Rie Delange and Carolyn Craig, Photographer:: Shelley Xue
Installation view of Merryn Trevethan exhibition, Linden Projects Space, 2025. Photographer: Astrid Muller