Artist Opportunities to Explore This February
- Anna Lilli Garai
- Jan 20
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 24
Art on Loop Digital Show in Seoul
Deadline: 01 February 2025
What you get: Selected artists will have their work displayed digitally on special projectors during the exhibition. The event will take place at 38 Sowol-ro 44-gil, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea, starting with the Opening Night on February 22, 2025, followed by a Public Exhibition from February 23 to 24, 2025.
Fee: £100 incl. VAT for one artwork, £120 incl. VAT for two artworks, £180 incl. VAT for three artworks.
Eligibility: Open to artists from any background, working in any medium such as painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, video art, and more.
Autograph London Artist-Teacher Residencies
Deadline: 03 February 2025
What you get: £20,000 value, public presentation opportunities.
Eligibility: London-based secondary school art and photography teachers from global majority backgrounds.
15th Annual Patricia Sitar Juried Exhibition: Reflections
Deadline: 03 February 2025
What you get: Young Adult (Ages 16-21) — 1st Place: $250, 2nd Place: $150; Adult (Ages 22 & up) — 1st Place: $450 + Solo Exhibition, 2nd Place: $250; People’s Choice Award: $100 Eligibility: Open to local, national, and international artists aged 16 and up. Artists must be at least 16 by the date of submission.
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Open Call 2025
Deadline: 04 February 2025
What you get: The total prize fund is £30,000, including The William Lock Portrait Prize of £20,000.
Eligibility: Open to artists worldwide aged 18 and over. Artists can submit up to four works, with up to three works per artist potentially being selected. Works should be based on a sitting or study of the human figure from life.
Boomer Gallery Open Call for a Sales Exhibition of Dreams and Nightmares
Deadline: 06 February 2025
What you get: Selected artists will receive extensive promotional support, inclusion in printed and digital catalogs, and display in a high-traffic London gallery. No commission on sales.
Eligibility: Open to artists working in various disciplines including painting, sculpture, digital art, and more. Submission requires three images of different pieces, a short biography, and a participation fee upon selection.
Tartget Painting Prize, Madrid, Spain
Deadline: 15 February 2025What you get: Over $43,000 in cash prizes and another 50 prizes in painting materials, training, and promotion in galleries and specialized media. Eligibility: Open to painters worldwide, across all styles and techniques including figurative, abstract, conceptual, hyperrealism, surrealism, and more. Artists can submit multiple works in multiple categories.
Jackson’s Art Prize 2025
Deadline: 25 February 2025
What you get: There are 23 awards to be won: First Prize, six Guest Judges Choice Awards, five Jackson’s Choice Awards, a Student Award, Amateur Award, People’s Choice Award, plus eight Material Awards supported with prizes sponsored by notable brands. Selected shortlisted artists will be invited to exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair on Hampstead Heath, and a group show at Bankside Gallery in central London.
Eligibility: Open internationally to artists working in painting, drawing, and printmaking, with no restriction on subject matter.
Part Crowd Art Gallery Open Call: Galax
Deadline: 26 February 2025
What you get: An opportunity to have your work featured in an online exhibition viewed globally.
Eligibility: Open to artists over 18, from any country, working in any medium.
Apply: https://www.partcrowd.com/
7th Puchi Award: Call for Bold and Unique Comic & Illustrated Book Projects
Deadline: 27 February 2025
What you get: The winner will receive a prize of €10,000 (VAT and other taxes included, as an advance payment for the publishing rights of the work), along with the publication of the work, which will be distributed by Fulgencio Pimentel.
Eligibility: Open to any artist of legal age with an original and unpublished comic or illustrated book project.
London Art Biennale Open Call 2025
Deadline: 28 February 2025
What you get: Exhibit your work at the prestigious London Art Biennale from 16–20 July 2025. Complimentary canvas stretching for works up to 150x150 cm, feature in a curated hardback catalogue, and the chance to compete for £13,000 in prizes. Eligibility: Open to all artistic disciplines, including painting, sculpture, digital art, and installations.
Vulpecula Poetica Submissions of Creative Nonfiction Poetry
Deadline: 28 February 2025
What you get: A complimentary digital copy of the anthology and access to Fortuna Major Press’s marketing and network.
Eligibility: Open to emerging and established poets worldwide.