The New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation announces an open call for our first international Juried Solo Exhibition. The Juror for this year’s competition is Nat Trotman, Associate Curator at the Guggenheim Museum.

Trotman holds an M.Phil. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is a graduate of the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program. He first joined the Guggenheim curatorial staff in 2001 as curatorial assistant for the exhibition Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle. Since then he has curated numerous exhibitions for the museum, including most recently the Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim: Found in Translation in New York and Berlin, Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance (cocurated with Jennifer Blessing) in New York and Bilbao. Trotman has published on Matthew Barney and Joseph Beuys, Jane and Louise Wilson, and others.

The exhibition provides the opportunity for emerging and underrepresented artists to present innovative and compelling work that creates new dialogue and a forum for exchanging ideas with a wider audience. The artists must present a strong cohesive body of work produced within the last five years.

The mission of the NARS Foundation is to provide a diverse platform for cultural exchange and collaboration among artists and curators. NARS provides an array of creative support services including cross-cultural exchanges, integrated residency programs, and affordable studio spaces that connect with the needs of both emerging and mid-career artists.

Guidelines and application forms are available for download from our website. All applications must be delivered to the office by 5pm on September 12, 2011. A non-refundable application fee of $35 (US) is required with each application.