Short Description:
Influence Gallery is global Arts & Digital Arts platform that offers career changing opportunities to artists around the world.
Our aim is to celebrate and elevate artists by making exceptional art visible online. We are developing a series of opportunities to display your work. Our art competitions are created to give opportunities and financial support to artists all around the world.
Win Cash Prizes, Publications, participate in Physical Exhibitions and more.
Curated by the Influence Gallery Team and a selected Invited Judges.
Media – 2D works in all types of media, including photography. 3D works, indoor sculptures
Format for application– We are accepting photo content, Video art is not accepted this time. You can enter the contest multiple times.
Dimensions – 2D artworks must not exceed these dimensions together with the frame: L120 x H120 x W 5 cm. While there are spaces for larger artworks, we recommend to submit smaller artworks (60 x 40 cm and smaller).
Sculptures and 3D works must not exceed these dimensions: L100 x H170, max weight 50 kg.
All the selected 2D artworks will be displayed on the walls and must have hanging wire.
Image Requirements-
– Image should not exceed 2MB.
– Image should be in jpeg format.
– File name should be as Example: colors_john_smith.jpeg
– Image should be clear and in focus, this represents your work and it will be displayed / judged the same way it is received.
– Important: no frames, walls or any other objects that are not a part of the artwork should be visible on the images of your 2d artworks, with an exception for sculptures and 3D works.
Please Request your Certificates of Participation by email, after results of the competition have been announced.
Important:
- The artist is responsible for shipping costs of the artworks to and from our exhibition location. Please make sure to include package boxes that can be re-used for shipping back and prepaid return labels. Artworks without prepaid return labels will not be shipped back. Drop-off and pick up in person are possible.
- All 2D artworks delivered to the hotel must be wired for hanging
- All 2D artworks delivered to the hotel must be ready for the exposition: framed (mandatory for artworks on paper) or have their sides of the canvas painted (!)
- Please don’t send any unsolicited artworks to the hotel, before the judgement or after. Only the artworks selected and agreed with you in our communications by email will be displayed
- If the artworks are not picked up/ programmed to be sent between December 20th to 31st, 2025, the artist might be charged a penalty of CHF 50 per artwork, per day.
- All the artworks must be available for the exposition for the ENTIRE period of the exhibition
- Please check our website to view the competition results. We will contact only the winners, Merit Awards, Honorable Mentions, and physical exhibition participants by email with further details and instructions.
- Influence Gallery and Rotary Hotel Geneva ensures care and custody of the works received, however we decline any responsibility for damage to the artworks, theft or loss by the courier and during the detention of the works. The artist is the only one responsible for taking an insurance for artworks during the entire period of physical exhibition, including the delivery.
Eligibility:
All artists over 18 years old may enter.
Program Benefits or Awards:
At least 20 artworks will be chosen for an exhibition at the luxurious Rotary Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.
Each selected artist can present multiple artworks (1-3 artworks, possibly more). The final number of artists selected will be decided by the jury.
Awards:
1st Place: 2-nights stay at the hotel for 2 people
2nd Place: 1-night stay at the hotel for 2 people
3rd Place: Dinner at the restaurant for 2 people
Honorable Mentions: 100 CHF
Merit Awards: Free Entry to the next competition
Certificates of Participation
All accepted to the online exhibition artworks will be displayed with the creator’s link to website or social media and will receive an extensive promotion.
Entry Fee:
Until August 3: 55 CHF for up to 3 artworks.
From August 4: 75 CHF for up to 3 artworks.
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline: September 2nd, 2025, midnight
Website link:
https://influencegallery.com/next-show-call/rotary-hotel-exhibition/
