International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art in Miami

The XI WTA INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE ART BIENNIAL- MIAMI

Deadline: 25/11/2024

For this new edition, the prestigious XI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art 2025 focuses on the elemental thread of our existence: The Four Elements, which activate us, penetrate us, mold us, give us life and sustenance.

You are invited to reflect on the elements and pour creativity around the preferred element, through a work of textile art / fiber art.

The XI WTA Biennial will have 3 categories:

Large: 50 artworks
Small: 50 artworks
and Three-Dimensional Format: 20 artworks

Each artist may apply as many times as they wish in any of the thematic elements they choose, but they may only be selected to participate with a single work per salon.
Each salon includes the options of the 4 elements to choose from, but each work must be worked around one of the four elements.

The works will be selected by an outstanding International Jury: Kinor Jiang (Hong Kong), Biret Tavman (Turkey), Ewa Latkowska-Żychska (Poland), Ieva Krūmiņa (Latvia), Susan Taber Avila (United States of America) and Paulina Ortiz Stradtmann (Costa Rica).

XI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA 2025, is organized and directed by World Textile Art together with the International CuratorShip team (Yosi Anaya and María Ortega).

SOME RULES

Works may not be older than 2022 and must not have been previously shown.
Each work should address one sole element. ThatWorks may not be older than 2022 and must not have been previously shown.
Each work requires its own individual registration form and registration payment
Is one element per artwork.
The Registration Form is available on WTA website as a downloadable Word Document: wta-online.org
The filled out Registration Forms per work should be sent as Word documents, together with the corresponding proof of payment and the required images of each work.
For the duration of the Biennial in MIFA, the works will be insured.

• LARGE FORMAT Textile Art Salon
Minimum size: 120 cm (height) x 60 cm (width)
Maximum: 200 cm (height) x 90 cm (width) x 30 cm (depth)
Max weight: 7 kg
These works are meant to be exclusively wall works.

• SMALL FORMAT Textile Art Salon
Sole measurements: 30 x 30 x 30 cm
Max weight: 2 kg
These works must be self-

• THREE-IDIMENSIONAL Textile Art Salon
Minimum measurements: 50 cm x 50 x 50 cm
Maximum measurements: 150 x 150 x 150 cm
Max weight: 7 kg

More information and registration form on WTA website

Publication of results 12/15/2024

Start date: 06/03/2025

End date: 29/03/2025

Address/Location:

Miami International Fine Arts
MIFA 5900 NW 74th Ave
Miami, FL 33166
United States

Country: International

Price: $80 for 1 work – $70 per work when registering 2 works – $60 per work when registering 3 works – $50 per work when registering 4 or more works

Website: https://wta-online.org/xi-biennial-miami-usa-2024/

Email: wtabienalmiami@gmail.com