Contemporary Visions VII
Deadline: 17 October 2016
Application fee: £10
Image: Last year’s exhibitor, Struan Teague, ‘Untitled’ (2014) oil, acrylic, and spray paint on canvas, 70x65cm.
ABOUT
Contemporary Visions is an annual group exhibition to identify and explore current themes, trends, and discoveries in contemporary art across all media and disciplines. This is a remarkable opportunity for artists at any stage to exhibit in a vetted exhibition in the heart of London’s vibrant art community. Past winners have gone on to solo-exhibitions with the gallery, presentations at art-fairs, or inclusions in publications, such as ‘100 Painters of Tomorrow’, as well as other noteworthy opportunities with Beers and other galleries alike. This year, the jury includes Philly Adams, Senior Director of Saatchi Gallery; Kurt Beers, Director of Beers and Author of ‘100 Painters of Tomorrow’; Carlye Byron, Collector; Byzantia Harlow, Artist and Contemporary Visions VI finalist; Hugh Montgomery, Deputy Arts Editor and Writer with I News; and Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Artsy UK Gallery Relations Liaison.
ELIGIBILITY
Artists worldwide, at any stage of their careers may apply.
EXHIBITION DATES
February 24 - March 25, 2017 / Preview Thursday 23 February 2017 from 6-8pm
*Dates are subject to slight change.
IMAGE SUBMISSION
All media is accepted. This includes, but is not limited to, painting, photography, sculpture, video, and all two-dimensional and three-dimensional work, new-media and any non-traditional media. Do not apply with work that is dated prior to 2015.
Submit up to 4 JPEGS of different works. JPEGS must be labeled as follows:
title_media_sizeincm_year.jpg
Do not label with your name. For instance, Jon Smith would label his work as such:
untitledpainting_oilandcollageoncanvas_150x150_2015.jpg
Maximum-pixel height/width is 2000x2000 at a preferred 300dpi.
(Please do not email the gallery asking how to convert your images.)
*Note: images may appear cropped when uploading; however, the entire image is viewable on the back end of the system so please proceed if this occurs.
ARTWORK RESTRICTIONS
There are no restrictions to the dimension of actual works exhibited apart from the gallery ceiling height of 2.75m.
Work must be available for sale during the exhibition dates.
VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
Artists working in video or time-based media can submit up to 4 video stills, accompanied by a maximum of 2 unique videos edited to a maximum preview runtime of 1 minute. (Please indicate the full runtime of your video in the description of your work.) Videos must be uploaded to a password-free hosting site such as Vimeo or Youtube. Please provide the link in the description of your work. Videos protected by passwords will not be viewed. Artists of interest will be contacted to submit videos of a longer or full runtime. Do not post DVDs to the gallery as they will not be considered.
FORMS
Submit all information directly to the online application system. No postal applications will be considered.
JURY
- Philly Adams, Senior Director Saatchi Gallery
- Kurt Beers, Director of BEERS London & Author of ‘100 Painters of Tomorrow’
- Carlye Byron, Collector
- Byzantia Harlow, Artist and Contemporary Visions VI finalist
- Hugh Montgomery, Deputy Arts Editor and Writer with I News
- Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Artsy UK Gallery Relations Liaison
FEE
There is a processing fee of £10 to submit - payable via Paypal.
You do not need a Paypal account in order to complete payment.
DEADLINE
The open call will close on midnight (local time) Monday 17 October, 2016.
RESULTS
Results will be sent to the emails provided to each applicant, however, in certain instances spam filters, inbox limitations, and incorrect emails provided during your application process often means that you will not receive pertinent information. Therefore, we recommend checking the BEERS site regularly for updates and we kindly ask that you DO NOT email the gallery for updates as everything will be posted accordingly to our website in the event you do not hear from us via email.
CONTACT
For further queries, please contact info@beerslondon.com
Thank you in advance for your application and we wish you the best of luck!