The Inlaks-Asia Art Archive Art Grant 2027

About this call

The Inlaks-Asia Art Archive Art Grant invites artists in India to propose methods of art-making that incorporate research, collaboration, workshops and formal experiments around the archive as concept, system and medium. Projects may engage with archives from any field (art, music, cinema, theatre, law, science, medicine), artists' personal archives such as scrapbooks, letters, diaries and photo albums, public libraries, databases and inventories, or anthologies, timelines, maps and bibliographies. Proposals that extend ongoing projects are eligible, and grantees are not expected to submit completed work at the end of the programme. Applications are assessed on clarity and rigour. Shortlisted candidates are interviewed online in early December 2026, and one grantee is selected by a joint panel of Inlaks, Asia Art Archive in India and external jurors.

Who can apply

• India only
• Medium: Mixed Media / Installation / New Media
• Entry fee: See official site
• Applicants must be Indian citizens residing in India, born between 1 January 1991 and 1 January 2001. Collectives may apply if all members are Indian citizens born in that range. Past Inlaks grantees, including recipients of other Inlaks grants, awards or residencies, are not eligible. Apply through the form linked from the page (Apply Now), which has four sections: applicant details, referee details, project details and documents; applications sent by email without the form, and incomplete or late submissions, are not considered. Upload one PDF or ZIP with: an artist statement of up to 1,000 words (for a collective, the collective's statement); a project proposal of up to 2,000 words covering the project and your research responding to the themes of the call, a timeline of the project's stages and potential platforms, an estimated budget, and the archives, collections or people you intend to access or visit (the proposal may change during the grant year in consultation with AAA and Inlaks); a portfolio of three to five of your most recent projects (audio and video may be linked on YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud and similar; a collective prioritises its collective works plus one or two works by each member); and a two-page CV (one per member for a collective). The application form needs a Google sign-in, and the public page does not mention an application fee. Applicants are encouraged to write to aaaigrant@aaa.org.hk with questions before submitting. The selected grantee is contacted by 15 December 2026.