OPEN CALL

Applicants must send us via email at kenza@grayareagallery.co.uk a PDF or Word document that contains answers to the following questions and photo(s) of the artwork(s) being submitted.

1. Artist Name:
2. Artist email:
3. Artist social media handles:
4. Artist current location:
5. Have you had any formal art training, if so please list:
6. Artwork name, medium, size, year created and price (Answered for each artwork submitted):
7. Has this work been exhibited before, if so where and when? (Answered for each artwork submitted):
8. In less than 300 words, tell us more about this artwork and how it fits the brief (Answered for each artwork submitted):
9. In less than 300 words, tell us about you as an artist and how your practice aligns with the gallery ethos:
10. In less than 300 words, please tell us your artist biography/statement:
11. Lastly, in less than 300 words, any further information you think we should know (including special requirements for displaying the artwork):

After submitting your email make sure to follow the link below to pay your application fee. The application will not be considered without the due amount paid.**

YOU WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL (within 24h) when your application document and fees have been received. Contact us if you did not receive the confirmation email.

ELIGIBILITY

• Artists must be aged over 18 and living and working in the UK.
• The Artwork(s) submitted must be a maximum of 150 cm on its largest size.
• The Artwork(s) submitted must not have been displayed in Norfolk in the last 2 years.
• The Artwork(s) must be completed or a comprehensive draft, please contact us with any questions regarding this!
• You cannot have been successful and accepted into our open call last year.

We accept all physical artworks, including but not limited to, paintings, prints, sculptures, textile works, etc. please reach out if you have any questions about whether your artwork(s) is eligible, please email us at kenza@grayareagallery.co.uk

DATES

Submissions will close on July 5th (11:59pm) 

The exhibition's opening evening will be on Friday August 21st and will run daily from August 22nd to 30th. Artworks must be delivered to the gallery by Monday 10th of August, available delivery dates will be offered to successful applicants.

All artist will be notified of the result by July 12th !

LOGISTICS

Entries will cost £10 for 1 artwork, with a bulk discount of up to 5 artworks for £15 (£15 is the total to pay ; not £15 per artwork)

The judging panel will consist of Kenza Gray and Marie-Laurence Boisvert (the co-owners of Gray Area Gallery) and invited guest judge Mark Mann.

All works must be delivered to the gallery and retrieved from the gallery (if not sold), at the expense of the artist.

Any works sold will be subject to a commission taken by the gallery, this will be discussed further if applicant is successful.

** Make sure to make the payment to cover the application fees (single or multiple entries in our 'shop' section; you can follow the links above). Without the due payment, the application will not be considered.**