Artist
If you would like to work as an artist in Austria for more than six months, you need a residence permit. The Settlement Permit – Artist (“Niederlassungsbewilligung – Künstler”) is particularly designed for full-time artists.
If you would like to work as an artist in Austria for more than six months, you need a residence permit. The Settlement Permit – Artist (“Niederlassungsbewilligung – Künstler”) is particularly designed for full-time artists.
When are you considered to be an artist?
You are considered to be an artist when you perform an activity in the field of art. For this purpose, you must be creative and artistic yourself and pursue this work on the basis of your artistic qualifications/aptitude (“künstlerischen Befähigung”). In any case, you are said to have artistic qualifications when you have completed your studies in art at a university or university of applied sciences.
If you work as an artisan (“Kunsthandwerkerin/Kunsthandwerker”) and only technically carry out or produce the designs or drafts of an artist but do not determine the artistic design yourself, then you are not considered to be an artist. If you carry out work in applied arts and crafts and you need artistic and handicraft skills to perform this work, you will usually need a trade license (“Gewerbeberechtigung”).
As a restorer, you can be considered to be an artist if you add to the existing work or restore it as a consequence of extensive damage and you require artistic skills to do this work. In this case you are involved in a kind of artistic performance. However, if you only carry out cleaning or conservation work on a work of art, the work is usually considered to be a commercial activity.
Types of gainful employment for foreign artists in Austria
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