Underprivileged (Queer) Grant

I’m proud to say that based on my opportunities, I’m now able to offer this grant.

This is a one-off €500 grant awarded now and then to a different working-class creative practitioner from anywhere in the world throughout the year. It’s been set up to support creatives of all ages who are early in their careers and would benefit from no-strings-attached financial support.

The money can be used however the recipient likes—whether it’s to cover time to make, buy materials, fund equipment, research, subscriptions, development, travel, or to help with rent and bills. The grant is open to anyone who makes stuff: art, writing, performance, sound, music, craft, comedy, games—whatever it is you do.

To apply, send an email to karim@karimboumjimar.com with: `I am Fabulous´ and your name as the subject line:

  • A brief introduction to yourself

  • Your contact information

  • An example of your work

This is a rolling, monthly-reviewed grant. There’s no fixed deadline, and no expectations of outcomes or reporting. Each month, I check the current needs and select recipients accordingly. If you’re not selected one month, your application stays in the pool for future consideration—no need to reapply.

Awarded grants


Leviathan Furtilius

May 2025: Recipient of the grant 003

Leviathan Furtilius (b. 1988 Copenhagen, Denmark) is a visual artist and theorist working between punk, steampunk, and queer ecologies. Their interdisciplinary practice spans sculpture, writing, costume, and installation, exploring wild aesthetics through organic textures like mold and bark, hybrid animal figures, and retro-futuristic design. Drawing from DIY culture, Victorian fantasy, and queer rebellion, Furtilius constructs speculative worlds where technology and nature co-exist in decay and regeneration. Their ongoing research fuses feral symbolism, post-industrial critique, and queer identity into tactile, subversive forms. Recent works include Queer Fauna, a series of moss-cloaked machines, and The Rusted Archive, an evolving visual essay on punk mythologies and non-human kinship.

Ghazaal Nasiri

May 2025: Recipient of the grant 002

Ghazaal Nasiri (b. 1991, Shiraz, Iran) is a visual artist based in Oslo, with a BA in Painting from Shiraz University of the Arts and an MA in Fine Art from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Working across drawing, textiles, ceramics, and embroidery, she weaves together personal and cultural memory through intuitive mark-making and traditional Qashqai techniques passed down from her grandmother. Her practice explores themes of migration, identity, and intergenerational storytelling, often culminating in large-scale, textile-based installations. Nasiri is currently developing a ceramic painting series inspired by Persian mythology and historic traditions.


Vukadin Filipović

February 2025: Recipient of the grant 001

Vukadin Filipović (b. 2000, Užice, Serbia) is a visual artist based in Vienna, where he studies at the Academy of Fine Arts under Prof. Christian Schwarzwald. His work explores themes of home, memory, and (un)belonging through intimate drawings, texts, photographs, and embroidery. Filipović uses his body and personal archive as tools for a queer self-ethnography—tender, ironic, and unabashed. In his ongoing series The Following, he maps fragmented timelines of desire and return, blending diary excerpts with visual traces. He also works collaboratively, as in The Paper Bag, a film documenting the reimagining of a removed Tito monument, which sparked public and critical dialogue. He has exhibited in group shows, including Parallel Vienna (2022).