We want the biographies to give a cross section impression of the artist, their artistic motivation and artistic personality, and we also want the bio to be understandable to our audience. We’re not looking for a CV, but rather information that is relevant for your piece at Borealis, for the festival in general, and for your artistic vision.

Questions that can be answered in the bio are: Where are you from and where do you live? Which themes or methods are interesting to you as an artist? Any major milestones in your career that are important to mention? Anything that would be good for the audience to know about, and puts your work in a larger context?

The bio will be edited down to 200 words and adjusted to fit the Borealis jargon, so you don’t need to perfect the text before submitting.

It is important that the portraits are sent in high quality.

Remember to also add the name of the photographer(s), so that we can give credit to their work. You can do this in the file name(s), or by filling out the “Accreditation Photos” box.

The more pictures, the better!

To give our audience a better impression of who the artists are, we share audio and video of their previous work in various ways.

We wish that you send us everything you have – big and small! The material can be completely different from what you’ll be doing at Borealis 2025 – as long as you think it’s a good representation of you as an artist.

Sound and video may be added as links or files.

This material could show up on our social media, our website and in a promo video for the festival.

The material you submit will be edited, proofread and used on our website, in printed material, social media (Instagram and Facebook), in press releases, programme notes and in general communication of the festival and the 2025 programme.