Exhibition

Organizer Information The PLAYGROUND ART PRIZE is organized by Galerie VON&VON, a contemporary art gallery based in Germany that focuses on emerging and mid-career artists. Since 2016, the gallery has developed the PLAYGROUND exhibition series as a recurring platform dedicated specifically to supporting young and emerging artists at the transition point between academic study and […]

Organizer Information The Observatoire de l’Espace is the cultural laboratory of the Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES), France’s national space agency. Since its establishment in 2000, the Observatoire has developed an innovative interdisciplinary approach that bridges space science and contemporary artistic creation. It invites artists, writers, and researchers to explore and reinterpret the cultural, philosophical, […]

Organizer Information Fen Ditton Gallery is a UK-based contemporary art gallery located in Cambridge, dedicated to promoting emerging and mid-career artists with a particular emphasis on works on paper and printmaking. The gallery has built a reputation for its carefully curated exhibitions and commitment to showcasing technically accomplished and conceptually strong practices. Through initiatives such […]

Organizer Information: Woman Made Gallery (WMG). One of the longest continually operating feminist art spaces in the United States, shaped by decades of community care and the ongoing fight to claim space for marginalized artists. Title & Description: Applications are open for the Feminism 250: Woman Made America exhibition. Timed to the 250th anniversary of […]

Organizer Information: Art in Odd Places (AiOP). An artist-run organization that aims to stretch the boundaries of communication in the public realm by presenting artworks outside the confines of traditional arts institutions. The 2026 edition is curated by Arantxa Araujo & Pancho López. Title & Description: Applications are open for Art in Odd Places 2026: […]

Organizer Information: GHOSTMACHINE Gallery. An independent collective art space in Chinatown, NYC, that operates outside the traditional commercial gallery system to empower artists and prioritize their direct voices. Guest curated by Dominika Tylcz (Curatorial Associate in the Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York). Title & Description: Applications are open […]

Organizer Information: Artes Mundi. The flagship international visual arts organization for Wales, based in Cardiff. Their acclaimed exhibition and prize signal a commitment to working with contemporary visual artists whose work engages with social reality and lived experience. Title & Description: The call for nominations is open for Artes Mundi 12 (AM12). Centred on the […]

Organizer Information: 0—1 Gallery. An international platform that builds an ongoing story about humanity—or its absence—by inviting artists to imagine roughly ten years into the future. Title & Description: Applications are open for ESC 2036: 0—1. Each year, ESC invites artists to imagine roughly a decade ahead, focusing on pressure points like climate change, extraction, […]

Organizer Information: Well Hung Gallery (in partnership with Great Art). The prize aims to highlight exciting contemporary painting and support emerging artists working today. Title & Description: Applications are open for the first Well Hung Painting Prize. This competition invites emerging painters to submit their works for a chance to be featured in a summer […]