Phenomenon Grant 2026
About this call
Created in 2025, the Phenomenon Grant is a yearly programme supporting art projects in Greece by individuals, collectives and non profit organizations engaged with queer, feminist, anti colonial and other emancipatory art practices. It funds critical phases of artistic development, enabling experimentation, research, collaboration and the realization of new and ongoing projects. The programme looks for voices that engage critically and ethically with rising authoritarianism and the dismantling of social justice advancements, that create spaces of resistance and that reimagine futures beyond exclusion and domination. Particular attention goes to collaborative work rooted in Greece and built on connections with the Global Majority. Kerenidis Pepe has pledged a total budget of 60,000 euros over 2025 to 2027. In 2025 the grant received 193 applications and awarded three grants of 8,500 euros each.
Who can apply
- International applicants
- Medium: Mixed Media
- Free entry
- Projects must be based in Greece and actively engage with the local context, but applicants do not need Greek nationality or residency. Applicants must have a bank account at a Greek bank before applying. Each applicant may submit only one application per cycle, and the application must be complete at the deadline. Projects must start after 01/01/2027 or already be ongoing, and must be completed before 31/12/2028. Exhibitions at commercial galleries, standalone residency programmes, standalone documentary or film productions, and organizational operating or start up costs are not funded. Applications may be written in Greek or English. Decisions are announced in November 2026.