International Art Competitions - art contest for artists

 

Deadline: 12 May 2021

Il Varco is glad to inaugurate the eight edition of Prisma Art Prize, a quarterly award with cash prizes for artists from all around the world that will become a collective exhibition for the first time in June 2021 in Rome.

Organized with the goal of creating a space for visual artists to share their work with hundreds of colleagues from all around the world, it offers 2000€ in cash awards every year, purchase prizes and packages of services worth 2500€ from Biafarin and Vivivacolors in four seasonal competitions and an online gallery where the artworks are put on display forever.

Jurors are qualified and esteemed painters, curators, mixed media artists and digital artists from different countries all around the world. The exhibition will take place at Atelier Montez, a contemporary art factory born in 2012 from the redevelopment of an urban wreck on a project by the Artist Gio Montez, that has already attracted international artists like Hermann Nitsch, Cheikh Zidor and Turi Sottile.

Visit our finalists gallery and submit on our official website.

Signing up is fast and you can do it entirely online.

Entry fee:

25€

Prizes & Awards:

Various prizes: 

Cash prize (500€), service prizes and interview every three months, live exhibition in a gallery in Rome every year

Details:

https://www.prismaartprize.com/

 

Deadline: 11 March 2021

"Lab.18 art contest, is a call for submissions open to all kind of artists. Works allowed in the art competition are: drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, mix media and video. A great opportunity for the artists, which can win a cash prize, have the opportunity to exhibit the artworks and much more. 

The following types of works are admitted: Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Mixed media, Digital, Video, Graphics, Net art, other (all visual works that can be reproduced through a picture are allowed).

The contest is addressed to professional and amateur artists, graphic designers, painters, photographers, etc. from all over the world. 

Entry fee

45€

Prizes / Awards

5000,00€

- collaboration award for a new Malamegi collection

- artwork acquisition award

- cash prize

- monographic book prize

Details:

https://www.lab.malamegi.com/

 

Deadline: 8 March 2021

Canada’s leading contemporary outdoor art fair is celebrating 60 years of of launching artists careers, and the #CallForArtists is now open! Visual artists and makers of all backgrounds are invited to apply for the hybrid online/outdoor 60th @torontooutdoorartfair in July 2021. Each year, a loyal following of Fair-goers spend $2 million on art purchases, providing an income to independent artists that contributes to their economic prosperity. The 60th Anniversary Fair will be one to remember with new special programs and awards!
Accepting applications until March 8. Get more info and apply now at www.torontooutdoor.art

Entry fee

$50 CAD

Prizes / Awards

$40,000 cash and in-kind awards, Biggest prize $6,000 to one artist

Details:

https://torontooutdoor.art/

 

Deadline: 3 January 2021

a.topos Venice is pleased to present THE CREATIVE ROOM, an original initiative created by the Curatorial Collective to promote emerging creatives, following the CC’s commitment to enhance their visibility by providing an exhibition space to selected artists in the venetian contemporary art scene.

In this OPEN CALL first edition, we are inviting participants to send proposals that address a challenge imposed by the exceptional reality of lockdown and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: How to recreate oneself? Exercising the gaze towards the outside? Repositioning self as subject/object? Share your artwork with us so that we can convert our gallery in an extension of your own CREATIVE ROOM.

Entry fee:

20€

Prizes / Awards:

2 exhibitions

Details:

https://atoposvenice.com/thecreativeroom

Art competition

Deadline: 4 March 2020

The competition is open for Indian, Indian diaspora artists and artists residing in India at any stage of their careers.
Artists are invited to submit in any of the following mediums: painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, mixed media, and print.

The Indian Contemporary Art Competition (ICAC) aims to discover and promote talented artists from India, the Indian diaspora, as well as foreigners living and working in India. ICAC intends to create an opportunity to celebrate and expose artists who passionately embrace the colorful culture of India. Up for grabs are prizes valued at more than $55,000, all chosen and arranged to give the selected artists the international exposure that will extend their network with fellow artists and collectors from all over the world. Prizes include participation in different events such as a collective exhibition in New York, an art fair, and an online promotion, plus generous cash awards.


Entry fee
45$ for 5 images

Prizes:
5 cash prizes $500

A collective exhibition for 25 artists from the Classical Exhibition Category and 10 artists from the Digital Display Category – will be held from December 3rd – 12th, 2020.

1 artist will be awarded with the participation in an Art Fair.

Details:
https://www.nyartcompetitions.com/indian/

Art award

Deadline: 10 February 2020

Internationally renowned, Wildlife Artist of the Year brings together a wide range of artists and art-lovers from all over the globe to celebrate our planet’s wildlife through some of the world’s most exciting and diverse wildlife art. Since the competition began in 2008, it has attracted more than 10,000 entries, raising more than £1.2m to fund David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s (DSWF) vital work.

There is no maximum number of entries.

Categories:
Animal Behaviour
Earth’s Wild Beauty
Facing Extinction (previously Vanishing Fast)
Human Impact (ages 16-22 only)
Into the Blue
Urban Wildlife
Wings
Endangered: Wildlife in Motion

All artistic mediums are allowed excluding digital mediums and photography



Entry fee:
Entry to the ‘Human Impact’ category for young people is £10 per entry.
For all other categories, entries are £25 per entry or £10 (per entry) for Wildlife Shepherds.

Prizes:
First prize: £10,000
Second prize: £1,000
8 category winners receiving £500 each


Details:
https://davidshepherd.org/art/wildlife-artist-year-submission-2020

Art residency in Germany

Deadline: 20 January 2020

The programme is aimed at international artists whose work relates to the historical disciplines represented at the Bauhaus and the subsequent developments of these core disciplines – among them painting, product design, textile design, music, theatre, performance, architecture and photography.

The Bauhaus Residency comprises three different possibilities for participation: an Open Call, which is addressed to artists who are part of an artist collective and which is hosted by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation together with the GfZk – Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig; a group of invited artists and authors; and a Shared Residency for young musicians with the Kurt Weil Fest GmbH.


The Open Call is aimed at artists working collectively (2 to a maximum of 5 people). Of particular interest are works that engage and reflect on social contexts in novel ways as well as other approaches to modernity. In the spirit of the programme’s emphasis on the fictional (that is, the shaped, formed and invented), the main focus will be on a critical examination of the working process itself. Therefore, we are looking for innovative ways of presenting the processes of art making and development. A connection to the 2020 theme of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation: “Habitat” is desirable. “Habitat” conceives of habitation as a cultural practice, thus distancing itself from modernist understandings of housing as a universally applicable ‘living machine.’

Preferred time of residency (22 April – 14 July or 1 September – 31 November)

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- Living and work space in the Muche / Schlemmer House
- An expense allowance for three months of 4,800 euros in total
- Opportunities for giving presentations and performances and engaging in discussions during their stay
- Support in their research work, in organising events along with technical assistance and public relations activities
- Public presentations of their work in the Gropius House for a period of up to 6 months

Details:
https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/open-call-bauhaus-residency-2020.html

Grants for artists

Deadline: 11 February 2020



Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter Cycle. Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. For more information and to apply https://innovateartistgrants.org

Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted.

Entry fee
$25

Details:
https://innovateartistgrants.org

Media art festival

Deadline: 1 February 2020

Vector Festival is an annual media arts event dedicated to showcasing experimental art works that engage critically with digital technologies.

The festival is proudly participatory and community-oriented. Hosted by InterAccess and co-curated by Katie Micak and Martin Zeilinger, Vector Festival takes place at arts venues and in public spaces across the City of Toronto.

Since its inception, Vector Festival has been innovative in its inclusion of game-based digital art alongside other new media disciplines. Continuing this focus for the 2020 edition, the festival’s curators pose a deceptively simple question: what comes after gamification?

Now that game culture and game technologies have become so pervasive in popular culture, how do experimental media artists respond critically to the rampant gamifying of everyday life? From online social interaction to digital finance, from education to military conflict, from politics and environmental issues to the ways in which humans (and machines) express themselves creatively, what comes after gamification?

The Festival will take place between July 16-19, 2020, with the flagship exhibition extended until August 22, 2020.

Categories:

FLAGSHIP EXHIBITION
Digital and post-digital art works including interactive installations, experimental game mods, sculptural work, screen-based work, sound art, etc.

ONLINE P ROJECTS
Web-based projects and digital artworks that can be presented online, including experimental interactive and time-based digital projects.

FESTIVAL SCREENING
Experimental film/video/machinima works.

PERFORMANCE
Performance-based proposals including chiptune, sound art, live coding, A/V performances, and telematic performances for virtual and public spaces.

SITE-SPECIFIC OUTDOOR SCREENING
To be presented on two large-scale (4.88 x 8.64 m) outdoor LED screens for a public audience of all ages.

GIFs
Animated GIFs intended for presentation on public screens across Toronto.

CURATORIAL SUBMISSIONS
This year, we also invite curators/curatorial collectives to submit proposals for machinima screenings (on a theme of your choosing). If you are considering a curatorial submission, we encourage you to contact the Vector Festival team for additional practical details.

No entry fee

All artists and curators selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with the up-to-date CARFAC Fee schedule, as well as support to apply for external funding.

Details:
http://vectorfestival.org

Art competition

Deadline: 7 January 2020

Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 1st “Skies” Online Art Competition for the month of December 2019. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. All entries must include the sky as the primary focus. In that representation the gallery seeks artworks with any perspective of the sky, including clouds, night and day sky, dusk and dawn, storms, stars, moon and planets. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art.

All winning artists will receive a digital award certificate. First, second and third place will be largely displayed with an article about the artist and their work. Winning artwork (First place) will be on the poster of the show. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards may also be presented.

This is an international competition and it is open to all artists of 18 years of age or older. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installarion art) except video and sound art.

Entry fee:
15 $ for the 2 images of artwork


Deadline:
http://artroomgalleryonline.com/call_for_artistss.html

International Art Competition “Botanicals”

Deadline: 19 or 28 December 2019 (there are two dates on the website)



Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 1st “Botanicals” Online Art Competition for the month of December 2019. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. The Botanicals theme may include any work with interpretation of botanical and floral art (flowers, herbs, fruit, leaves, plants and related floral subcjects).

This is an international competition and it is open to all artists of 18 years of age or older. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installarion art) except video and sound art.

All winning artists will receive a digital award certificate. First, second and third place will be largely displayed with an article about the artist and their work. Winning artwork (First place) will be on the poster of the show. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards may also be presented.

There is no limit to the number of images that an artist can submit.


Entry fee
$15 for 2 images of artwork

Details:
http://artroomgalleryonline.com/call_for_artists.html

Art prize

Deadline: 19 January 2020

The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020 will be awarded to artists that show significant potential, interesting ideas, a relevant message and skillful execution. We understand that talented artists exist in many forms, so endeavour to appeal to emerging artists of all ages and career paths, whether student, graduate, full-time or part-time, and from any country.

You can submit up to 5 different artworks

Any medium

Accepted media include but are not limited to: paintings, drawings, original prints, photography, sculptures, digitally produced artworks, mixed media constructions, video, sound, digital applications and installations.

Entry fee
Entry fee is £20 for first artwork, then £10 per additional artwork.

Prizes:
The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Overall Award:

£3,000 cash prize award, and £500 Cass Art voucher
Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery for Sep-Dec 2020

• The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Sculpture Award:

£1,750 cash prize award, and £250 Cass Art voucher
Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst London HQ for Sep-Dec 2020

• The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Choice Award:

£1,500 cash prize award, and £250 Cass Art voucher
Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Ashurst London HQ for Sep-Dec 2020

• The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Photography Award:

£1,500 voucher of services with Genesis Imaging
Exhibition of a collection of your photographs in the Ashurst London HQ for Sep-Dec 2020

• The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize New Media Art Award:

£1,500 cash prize award
Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Rich Mix Mezzanine Gallery for Nov-Dec 2020

Details:
https://www.artprize.co.uk/

Art contest

Deadline: 15 March 2020

This is an open call for artists to communicate what they see as the banality of evil in our daily lives. It poses a challenge to communicate that which has never been communicated before and create a platform for groundbreaking ideas to be brought into our collectivity.

Artists the world over are invited to submit.

Only one artwork per entry is accepted.

Winners of each category will be invited to Germany to be a part of the exhibition to receive the art award.

Top 10 artworks in each of the 4 categories will be exhibited at the final exhibition in Berlin, Germany.

Categories:
1. Painting & Drawing
2. Sculpture
3. Photography and Media Art
4. Performance Art

No entry fee

Prizes:
The winner of each category will receive US $2000.

Details:
https://www.boeart.org/

Art fair

Deadline: 9 March 2020

Visual artists and makers working in any medium, at any stage of their careers, are invited to apply for a chance to be a part #TOAF59 (July 10-12 @ Nathan Phillips Square). With 130,000+ visitors spending $2M on art over one weekend, you will grow your network, be part of a juried showcase, and be eligible to be recognized by one of TOAF’s prestigious awards, with of $40,000 cash and in-kind awarded each year.


Entry fee:
$50, or $30 for students.

There are also Booth Fees (These are prices in 2019 - Subject to change for 2020)
10'x10' Regular Booth: $575
10'x10' Prime Location Booth*: $690
10'x10' Budget-Friendly Booth: $475
10'x10' Student Booth**: $250
10'x5' Emerging Artist Packages including tent and booth fee: $450

Details:
https://torontooutdoor.art/

Deadline: ongoing



ArtOpenCalls website is visited by both: artists and curators or art gallery owners. That is why we plan to create a special place on the website where the artists will be able to show themselves to the curators, gallery owners and all art fans. It'll be a place where one can look for inspiration for their own work and share their achievements.



Every week or so we will try to pick most interesting artworks, and post them on facebook and/or instagram. Informations about artists will be posted at website of ArtOpenCalls https://artopencalls.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

There is no restriction in theme. There is no restriction in art medium.

We want to give you a chance to promote you and your art.



Rules (as simple as it can be):



1. All artists from around the world may enter this contest



2. The Entrant guarantees that the work entered for the competition is original and that he or she is the sole owner of the exploitation rights attached to this work. As such, the Entrant shall personally obtain permission from any third parties [both actual persons featured, and third parties that may claim intellectual property rights to the aforementioned photographs or videos (for example, photographs or videos featuring architectural monuments or sculpture)] having participated directly or indirectly in producing the work and/or who believes themselves to hold any right whatsoever concerning it. In the event of a third party claim, the Entrant will be liable for any eventual payments resulting therefrom.



3. Artists must be over 18 years old


4. Only completed entries will be taken under evaluation


5.  Artists give unlimited in time permission to the ArtOpenCalls to publish images or videos sent by artist in the selection process:

- on the website of ArtOpenCalls

- on Facebook page of ArtOpenCalls

- on instagram account of ArtOpenCalls

All authors will be credited under the image/video of artwork


6. Taking part in the competition means accepting its rules.



No entry fee


Link to submission:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YTfpXNE0aHjtAqKuHsD_rthK_cnvcLFb-sh5nX72ikU



contact:

If you have any questions please contact through facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/artopencalls/

To see artists selected in the past please visit:
https://artopencalls.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

Art residency in Ireland

Deadline: 13 December 2019


Artlink are seeking two Visual Artists; one Irish and one International, to take part in paid artist residencies at Artlink Fort Dunree, Donegal, Ireland, in 2020. Applications are open to professional visual artists working in any discipline.

Duration: 4 Weeks, March to December 2020

During the residency artists are expected to develop new work or new ideas based on the unique site, and engage with local artists and Artlink members. Resident artists are expected to actively create within the studio space for at least 20 hours a week and be willing to hold open studio hours with the public for a minimum of one day a week. Public engagement could be through presenting artist talks, workshops, demonstrations or other events.


The [INTL] residency is available to any artist living and working outside the island of Ireland, and the [IRL] Residencies are open to  any artists living and working on the island of Ireland including NI.


No entry fee


Residency offers:
1 x  Visual Artist living anywhere in the world [INTL] - €6500
1 x  Visual Artist living and working in Ireland[IRL]   - €5000
Artilink will offer time, space and professional support for work, reflection, research and experimentation.

Facilities available:
- Links to the local community
- 24-hour secure access to studio space (if required)
- Broadband Internet (intermittent)
- Alternative photographic processing kit (hinged back printing-out frames 1 x 20”x16”, 4 x 12”x16”, UV light, flat hake brushes, weighing scales, thermometers, glass cylinders, developing trays up to 20 x 16, print washer)
- Digital Imaging Suite
- Colour Printer
- Technical assistance
- “The Potting Shed” community garden and studio
- Digital projector
- Large flat screen monitor
- Glass kiln
- Ceramic kiln


Details:
http://www.artlink.ie/residency-open-calls

Support and mentorship for artists, designers and architects

Deadline: 31 December 2019

bang. Prix is Turkey’s leading platform where art, design, technology and science intersect,
founded in 2015 by a team of interdisciplinary minds with backgrounds in various fields and the
common desire to share their curiosities and develop beyond the scope of their fields.
To date, bang. Prix has provided the support and mentorship to 57 participants in the
development of their projects, showcasing them to thousands of audiences in 13 exhibitions in
Turkey and abroad. In its fourth year, bang. Prix is expanding beyond support for project-based
development and exhibitions as a platform that supports practitioners from different disciplines
and countries to develop themselves at the nexus of art, technology, design and science.
Under the scope of the bang. Prix 2020 program, we open our call for applications to those
interested in participating. The program provides resources, mentorship and networking
opportunities customized to each participant.

Who can participate?
Creatives who apply digital technologies or science, including:
● Artists
● Designers
● Architects

Criteria of selection:
● Level of curiosity and motivation towards working in the intersection of art, science,
design and technology
● Need for support provided by the bang.prix program
● How realistic the development goals are
● Clarity in expression of the applicant’s self and work


No entry fee

Details:
http://www.bangprix.org/eng.html

Water colours exhibition 2020

Deadline: 3 January 2020


Any artist over 18 may submit.

Acceptable media: Watercolour or water-soluble mediums, including watercolour, acrylic, ink or gouache (with the exception of water-soluble oils) painted on paper or paper based support.

Maximum of six works submitted.

Maximum of four works selected.

Paintings must be well presented, glazed and suitably framed (no metal or clip frames are permitted).
Works should not be larger than 2.4m high and 1.5m wide including the frame.


Entry fee:
£18 per work (or £12 per work for artists aged 35 or under)


Prizes:
The Winsor & Newton Award: £3,000

The Winsor & Newton Product Prize: £1,000 worth of Winsor & Newton art materials

The Leathersellers' Prize: £1,000 awarded by The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers to an artist aged between 18 and 30 years old

NEW The President’s Choice Award: An award of £750 for the most deserving work in the exhibition, donated by a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) and judged by the President of the RI, Rosa Sepple

The ArtsBox Solo Prize: A solo exhibition at The ArtsBox in Vicenza, Italy

The Cass Art Prize: A prize of £200 of art supplies from Cass Art, awarded to a work demonstrating the most innovative use of colour

The Matt Bruce RI Memorial Award: An award of £500 for what is considered the most outstanding use of light and colour in a watercolour

The John Purcell Paper Prize: Paper to the value of £100 awarded to a work chosen by John Purcell

The Debra Manifold Memorial Award: Presented by the Linda Blackstone Gallery, an award for the most innovative work in the exhibition

The Escoda Barcelona Award: A set of Escoda’s finest brushes for an outstanding landscape painting

The Schmincke Prize: A Horadam Aquarell Artists’ Watercolour set awarded to an outstanding exhibitor

Anthony J Lester Art Critic Award: An outstanding work chosen by the art critic and broadcaster Anthony J Lester

The Frank Herring Easel Award: An easel presented for an outstanding work in the exhibition by Frank Herring & Sons

The Dry Red Press Award: The winning work will be published as a greeting card in the Dry Red Press ‘Prize Winners’ range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist.

Megan Fitzoliver Brush Award: For a work that most inspires a connection with the natural world.

The James Fletcher-Watson RI Award: £500 for the best use of watercolour in the exhibition

The Neil Meacher RI Award – an award of £250 for an outstanding watercolour

The Chaoshan Watercolour Award: £250 awarded by Chinese artist, Professor Li Xiaocheng, for the best classically inspired watercolour

The Baohong Artists’ Watercolour Paper Prizes: Two prizes of £250 each, awarded to a member and non-member for excellence

The Richard Plincke RI Prize for Colour: an award of £250 for creative use of colour


Details:
http://royalinstituteofpaintersinwatercolours.org/ri-2020-how-to-enter/

Art residency in Malaga

Deadline: 15 November 2019

La Térmica launches the call for the fifth edition of the international programme Creators 2020. So far, 36 artists have already taken part on this project that started in 2013, and has since closed every edition with group shows exhibiting the artistic works of the Creators every different year.

This support programme to the contemporary creation seeks to boost the creators’ artistic and professional development that requires either spaces for their own projects or financial, technical and training support.


La Térmica promotes this open program to international and national creators, linked to any artistic discipline.

The maximum period for the projects development and the use of the facilities will be 120 days from February to the beginning of June 2020, with no possibility of extension.

 Individual or collective candidates should have training and a career related to the creation and could submit projects related to any artistic discipline.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
Accommodation, workspaces and individual rooms.
Financial support: 2400 euros per creator to production costs.
Maintenance costs will be borne by La Térmica.

Details:
https://www.latermicamalaga.com/la-termica-creators-2020-english-call/

Art award

Deadline: 8 November 2019 (extended deadline)

The YouFab Award seeks and evaluates works that promote the asking of new questions and push the limits of current 'Fab' models.We want to challenge the status quo, fight “sound judgement”, and hack “common sense”.
We look forward to gathering works that align to this spirit with great anticipation.

YouFab is category-free. All works are acceptable for submission, whether they fall under the category of art, performance, architecture, or a multidisciplinary area. Products and services are also acceptable.
If the work is in it’s draft or prototypal stage, we will base our evaluation on the way it has been attempted and it’s future potential.

Conviviality
Emerging from the space between the old and new OS

Whenever I look at events and revolutions that are shaking up the world, I relive the feeling that systems from an older era are finally approaching their limit. Regardless if we are thinking of issues in business, culture, or politics, it has become more and more challenging to address them through a stream of constant updates, and the limitations of the entire system have become increasingly apparent. When people perceive this to be a minor issue and attempt to find a solution to it, they are led to a myriad of problems entrenched in the entire industry, issues with the legal system, or even problems associated with deep-rooted mindsets, which often result in them ultimately losing sight of the actual site of the problem itself.


Categories:
- students
- general

No entry fee

Prizes:
Grand Prize:
Trophy/ 1000 USD

First Prize 1 Winner
Trophy/ 500 USD

STUDENT Prize 1 Winner
Award Certificate / 300USD

GENERAL  Prize 1 Winner
Award Certificate / 300USD

SPECIAL Prize 1 WINNER
Award Certificate / 1000 - 3000 USD


Details:
https://www.youfab.info/2019/entryinfo.html