Submissions deadline: January 2, 2026
TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes museum has opened a new selection process to choose the artists and collectives who wish to be part of the TEA Contemporary Biennial 2026, which this year is conceived as a space for exploring the relationship between art, territory and community, understanding these concepts not solely as geographic or social categories, but as fields of shared experience, memory and transformation. This edition of the biennial proposes a reflection on territory as a living fabric of relationships, in which art practices act as tools of mediation, care and resistance in the face of contemporary processes of fragmentation and displacement. The selected projects will seek to activate sustainable bonds between bodies, places and communities, and to foster the emergence of shared spaces of listening and action.
TEA invites artists and collectives to apply to this call to develop and present projects whose research and methodology are focused on territory and community, whether through critical reflection, contextual intervention or collaboration with local agents. The processes or results of these proposals will be presented in a group exhibition at the museum’s headquarters in November 2026. Those interested in participating in this selection have until January 2 to submit their proposals.
Through this call, six proposals will be selected: three from artists or collectives residing in the Canary Islands and three from other national or international origins. Each selected artist or collective will receive 5,000 EUR (five thousand euros) as fees (subject to applicable tax deductions). A production budget of up to 10,000 EUR (ten thousand euros) per project will be made available, managed by TEA according to project requirements and subject to taxation.
Proposals must be submitted in digital format (PDF) to convocatorias@teatenerife.com (this system allows for a maximum of 8 Mb), indicating in the subject line “Bienal Contemporánea TEA + name of applicant”. All attached files must be sent via WeTransfer or Filemail (no size limit) and the dowload links must be included in the body of the email. This call is governed by Law 2/2021, dated 7 June 2021, on social equality and non discrimination on the grounds of gender identity, gender expression and sexual characteristics and Law 15/2022, dated July 12, 2022, on equality and non-discrimination.
The TEA Contemporary Biennial 2026 seeks to promote a vision of art as a situated and relational practice, capable of generating knowledge, community and transformation. This call wishes to activate a collaborative working framework between artists, institutions and audiences, encouraging an ethic of care, attentiveness and sustainability in art-making.
