The Australian Monoprint Prize is open to Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.
2025 Monoprint Prize Judges:
Lisa Sullivan, Senior curator,
Geelong Gallery Emily Ferretti, renowned Australian Painter and printmaker

New York Art Competitions invites you to participate in Identity in the Modern World, an open call exploring the ever-changing concept of identity in today's global and digital age. Participate for a chance to showcase your art in a prestigious New York City exhibition and share your perspective on what identity means in a world where personal, cultural, and digital boundaries blur.

Their 10th edition of the All About Photo Awards invites photographers from around the world to submit their best work for consideration. In reference to Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photo essay, The Mind’s Eye investigates the depth and thoughts behind each image. Winners will receive $5,000 in cash awards, extensive press coverage and global recognition. The grand prize is $2,500, the 2nd prize is $1,000, the 3rd prize is $750, the 4th prize is $500, and the 5th prize is $250! All 50 winners will have their work published or showcased in the All About Photo Winners Gallery, newsletter, social media, and will be featured in the printed issue of AAP Magazine “Special Edition All About Photo Awards 2025”.

L’appartement 49C is excited to announce an open call for its upcoming collaborative exhibition, In Tandem, opening Sunday, March 9th, 2025. This exhibition celebrates the magic of partnerships in art, inviting submissions from artist duos, trios, or collectives working in any medium. This exhibition will take place in L'appartement 49C, an artist-run salon-style gallery founded by Steffie Chau in New York. In Tandem explores the power and complexity of collaboration in contemporary art. Each partnership will reflect its unique dynamics, showcasing how collective voices harmonise, clash, or amplify each other to create something extraordinary. Submissions are welcome from artists in partnerships of any kind (romantic, platonic, professional, or serendipitous), that leave a lasting creative imprint.

Fusion Art announces the 2025 Into the Wild Art Competition.
For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography depicting wildlife. The wildlife theme includes any undomesticated animal species including any wild mammal, wild fish, wild bird or wild reptile.
All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.
Choice of a cash prize or complimentary one-year membership to Fusion Art's Members Gallery for Best in Show winners. Winners and finalists are provided with extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Entry Fees: $25 for 1-2 images / $40 for up to 5 images
Please visit https://www.fusionartps.com/calls-for-artists/ for full competition guidelines and to submit.

The annual Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition calls on photographers from around the world to celebrate the fauna, flora and natural formations of the Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the New Guinea region. Submitted entries capture incredible moments in time, bearing witness to the unique beauty of the world around us.
The competition, owned and produced by the South Australian Museum, results in a stunning collection of images that provoke us to explore and understand the changing nature of the natural environment and appreciate the wonder.
Entries in the 2025 competition are open until 5:00pm (ACDT) on Thursday 6 February 2025. Winners will be announced on Thursday 28 August 2025.

Dreams & Nightmares- Call for Artists: Showcase your work in a prestigious landmark location in Central London

Are dreams and nightmares the hidden catalysts of artistic inspiration?

Full Details Here:
https://boomergallery.net/ldreams-and-nightmares-call-for-artists

This annual juried exhibit showcases artwork from all over the state of California. MICA strives to highlight artists in all stages of their careers and offers them a chance to compete for a number of awards, including the coveted solo show opportunity. This regional show features artwork from an extensive variety of mediums and explores creative movements happening in California.

TRAILS invites artists to submit contemporary sculptures to a multi-location interior exhibition, totalling up to 50 finalists. They encourage all artists, established and emerging to participate. Works may be submitted to one of two categories, Large Form and Small Form. Large Form works may be up to a maximum size of 1800mm x 800mm x 800mm, a maximum weight of 30kg. There is no minimum size requirement for Large Form works. Small Form works may be up to a maximum size of 400mm x 300mm x 300mm, a maximum weight of 30kg. TRAILS Sculpture Prize is supported by Committee for Portland.

Black Box Gallery is excited to announce a juried group photo show on shadow and light. Photography is the documentation of patterns of darkness and light. Shadows enhance the relationships of subjects in an image, they give definition and dimension, which complements the quality of the light values. Photographers have used dramatic shadows and patterns in black and white images and have also explored using ethereal and moody shadows and textures in color photography. They will be looking for a range of how shadow and light are interpreted by contemporary photographers.

For more info: https://blackboxgallery.com

The Local Contemporary Art Prize 2025 is a highly anticipated annual exhibition at Caloundra Regional Gallery, showcasing the breadth of contemporary arts practice from emerging, mid-career and established visual artists residing on the Sunshine Coast. Caloundra Regional Gallery, in partnership with The Gallery’s Friends, invites artists living within the Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions and working across all mediums to submit 2D and 3D works for the Local Contemporary Art Prize 2025. Forty finalists will be selected for the exhibition and winners will share $17,000 in prize money, thanks to this year’s sponsors: Friends of the Gallery, Mary Henzell Investments, Local Agent Caloundra and Community Bank Caloundra – Bendigo Bank. The winning artwork will also be acquired into the Sunshine Coast Art Collection.

It’s time to celebrate 10 years of BBA Prizes! They invite artists and photographers of all mediums, from all around the world, to participate in their biggest exhibition ever.

They will be taking over the iconic Kühlhaus Berlin to present the best artworks and photographs from their international Artist Prize and Photography Prize open calls in May/June 2025. Don’t miss this opportunity to exhibit. Cash prizes, solo exhibitions, online promotions + more to be won!

Are you an artist? Are you a photographer? Then enter now! https://bba-prizes.com

Are you a seasoned veteran or emerging artist? Specialising in photorealistic graphite drawings, oil portraiture, landscape photography, mixed-media creations, or something new and indescribable entirely? Callinan Chambers’ walls are beckoning and our criteria open, so all are encouraged to apply.

Wild or cultivated, plants of all kinds define landscapes, provide a sense of place, and connect to the natural world. Whether captured in the landscape, a garden, or a studio, they are looking for images that reveal the spirit and character of plants as well as intimate connection to them. All photographic styles and processes are welcome.
They are honored to have Wendi Schneider as juror for Monochrome. She will select up to 35 images for exhibition in our Middlebury, Vermont gallery and another 40 images for their Online Gallery. All 75 images will be reproduced in the exhibition catalog and remain permanently on their website, and be promoted on social media with links to the photographers’ URL. Prints due: Mar 21, 2025

Image: Cherie Morfe

The Pearl Beach Arboretum Ephemeral Art Trail (PBEAT) aims to create inspiring temporary public art that promotes nature conservation, supports community identity and increases the cultural vibrancy. Creating the unexpected is a key objective. Applications are now invited for THE PBEAT2025 general art Installations closing midnight Monday, 20 February 2025. This program offers a unique opportunity to create a site-specific art installation responding to the theme for PBEAT2025 – HARMONY IN NATURE.

The TARTGET PRIZE International Painting Competition invites artists from all over the world to participate in its first edition. It is one of the most important competitions in the world dedicated to promoting art and creating opportunities for emerging artists, while consolidating the reputation of distinguished painters. With more than €50,000 in prize money and international recognition awards through collaborations with magazines, galleries, fine art materials and art scholarships, there are more than 50 prizes in total. There are 10 categories in which works can be submitted. Works of all styles are accepted, including hyperrealism, photorealism, contemporary realism, imaginative realism, fantastic realism, surrealism, impressionism, expressionism, plein air painting, contemporary, abstraction and any other type of representative painting.

The 2025 Creative Climate Awards (CCA), an annual celebration of the power of art to envision and inspire bold climate action. This year, the theme, Inspiring Futures, invites artists from around the world to imagine and showcase possible futures where humanity overcomes the challenges of climate change and builds a sustainable, just, and vibrant world. Through a month-long series of public exhibits, performances, community conversations, and a film festival, the 2025 CCAs will bring to life hopeful and solutions-oriented art in diverse spaces across New York City. CCA believe in the transformative potential of arts and culture to educate, engage, and empower communities to take action on climate issues.
April-May, 2025 - Virtually and throughout NYC

The Graphic Arts Biennale, established in 1999, is a cyclical review/competition presenting the works of young-generation artists working in the area of graphic arts. IMPORT/EXPORT is the theme of the 14th Graphic Arts Biennale, which will take place in Poznań in the spring of 2025. It refers to the hierarchy of dependencies between core countries and the periphery that lead to cultural self-colonization and perpetuate this division of the world. Here, import and export allude to the exchange of culture-forming artistic phenomena. The competition is addressed to artists from all over the world, aged 18 to 40 years. In stage one, preview files of original graphic works together with a short description of the idea and technique used shall be sent by 10 February 2025 using the online Application Form.

Divide Magazine, a leading Contemporary Art Magazine, is excited to announce their Open Call for Issue 13.

With a dedicated annual readership of over 86,000+ and a vibrant Instagram community of 20,000+ followers at @dividemag, your work will be seen by thousands of art enthusiasts, collectors, and industry professionals from around the world.

Your work will be featured alongside some of the most exciting emerging and established artists. Artists like the Popovy Sisters, Coderch & Malavia Sculptors, Erik Minter, and Annan Affotey have all graced their pages. Selected submissions may also be showcased on their Instagram, giving your work even more visibility.

The deadline to submit all works is February 10th, 2025. Please note that submissions may close prior to this date if capacity is reached.

Art House Galley is accepting artworks submissions to be published in our gallery for artists worldwide. Art house gallery is a big house full of artists artworks and open for visitors worldwide. Work of art is welcomed to be published in our gallery and have the opportunity to reach an international community of artist and scholars worldwide. Submissions are subject to a selection and need to meet multiple requirements.

Asian CineVision is excited to invite the A4 community to submit to the 48th edition of the Asian American International Film Festival. Categories include documentary and narrative shorts and features, music videos, interactive media, and more! Submit by February 15th to get Regular Deadline prices. The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is proudly known as “The First Home to Asian American Cinema.” Organized by Asian CineVision, it’s the first and longest-running festival dedicated to showcasing the moving image work by media artists of Asian descent for and about the Asian diaspora experience. The Festival takes place in New York City, the second-largest Asian American market in the U.S. Every year, AAIFF attracts audiences from all five boroughs of New York City, the tri-state region, and around the world.

Brought to you by The Artist and Leisure Painter magazines, The Artist and Leisure Painter Open Art Competition (TALP Open), in partnership with Patchings Art Centre, has been offering artists of all abilities the chance to earn recognition and prizes for their artwork for almost 30 years. TALP Open is an amazing international opportunity for artists of all abilities to gain valuable exposure for their work and have it seen by top artist judges. With a range of art prizes, from their fantastic sponsors, worth over £17,000 (and growing), the opportunity to see your work exhibited at Patchings Art Centre and across their online channels, the chance to be featured in the magazines and more, TALP is the perfect way to get your work seen!

Since it was established in 1987 WOW has embraced the worlds of art and design, running an international competition that culminates in a spectacular theatrical performance each year. The exhilarating WOW Show is a visual feast for audiences and an opportunity for designers to be recognised and celebrated on the world stage. WOW offers an opportunity to express innovation, originality and to push the boundaries of creativity. The show represents the last stage of the competition as finalists garments get their moment to shine in front of over 60,000 people.
Entry closes 20 February 11:59pm NZDT 2025 for International Designers.
Entry closes 9 April 11:59pm NZST 2025 for New Zealand Designers.

Presenting Art Collide’s "Open Theme”, Winter 2025, international competition and online exhibition. Artists of all ages from around the world are invited to participate, with complete freedom in choosing their preferred media and style. The competition's theme is "Open," allowing participants to express their creativity by submitting artworks on any subject matter of their choice. Only artists whose works are selected as finalists will be required to pay a $35 participation fee. Finalists will have their artwork showcased online and advance to the final round of judging, where they will be considered for cash prizes, including the chance to win the grand prize of $1,000.

Open Theme:

In contrast to themed competitions that dictate a specific topic or idea, open-themed contests like this one grant artists the freedom to express their creativity without confines on subject matter. Such competitions foster a plethora of artistic interpretations and styles, enabling artists to delve into diverse themes, concepts, and genres driven by their personal interests, experiences, or creative musings. This format empowers artists to exhibit their uniqueness and artistic flair.

Open-themed art contests encompass a broad spectrum of visual arts, spanning painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, digital art, and more. The open theme's adaptability results in a varied and dynamic array of submissions, establishing an inclusive platform that accommodates artists with varying preferences and styles.

First established in 2015 as the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, the prize was relaunched in 2024 as the Bayside Painting Prize with an increase in prize money for the Major Prize to $25,000, making it one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in the country.
The $10,000 acquisitive Beckett Local Prize is open to artists who demonstrate a connection to the municipality of Bayside or the work entered is of local subject matter. There is also a 1,000 People’s Choice Prize.
The Bayside Painting Prize is the only annual painting prize held in Melbourne. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists from across Australia, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 15th Annual “Figurative” Online Art Competition.
The “Figurative” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of the human form and human features. Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital arts) are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art. Although nude art is acceptable, please, do not submit any erotic art.
Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Entry Fees: $18.00 for 1 to 2 entries / $26.00 for 3 to 5 entries. Early entry and art student discounts.

Now celebrating its tenth year, Jackson’s internationally renowned art prize continues to recognize the work of hundreds of fine artists year after year. Artists working in painting, drawing, and printmaking, of all ages and abilities are encouraged to enter up to five artworks. This year sees 23 awards, an exciting Guest Judging Panel, an extended longlist and shortlist, more recognized entries than ever.

Established by Gallery Directors Isobel Beauchamp and Elinor Olisa, the Signature Art Prize was founded to identify and celebrate the unique ‘Signature Style’ of early-career artists. With their extensive experience in the contemporary art market, Beauchamp and Olisa are dedicated to nurturing artistic individuality and supporting new talent.

Selected finalists will be invited to participate in the Signature Art Prize Gala Exhibition in June 2025, where they will have the opportunity to present their work in a prestigious gallery setting. In addition to gallery representation, winners will receive prizes generously provided by their sponsors and the opportunity to take part in a month-long artist residency in a central London studio.

The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation is excited to announce the fourth in a series of open calls, giving curators, academics, and art historians a platform to stage an exhibition at The 8th Floor, our gallery and event space, at 17 West 17th St. near Union Square, NYC. The foundation is searching for emerging researchers and cultural presenters to realize their pre-existing, and as-yet unrealized exhibition concept. Proposals with an experimental and/or pedagogical approach are sought for thematic group presentations. Applicants should be engaged in research which addresses themes relating to the Foundation's mission of art and social justice, championing equity, education, access, and underrepresented narratives and practices.

Discover Wauwatosa announces its 4rd annual call for artists for ART 64, presented by North Shore Bank. ART 64 is a one-of-a-kind live painting competition where 64 artists go head-to-head in a bracket-style tournament. The twist? The public votes in real-time to determine who advances through three rounds of fierce competition—all for a shot at the $20,000 grand prize!

The 14th Annual PleinAir Salon is an online art competition with 12 monthly cycles, and is open to a variety of mediums and styles. It’s not just for plein air painters! They invite a variety of top master artists, museum directors and gallery owners to judge each month. All monthly winners are automatically included in the Annual Competition where the Grand Prize winner receives $15,000 and has their painting featured on the cover of PleinAir Magazine, the #1 representational art magazine at Barnes & Noble.

In addition to a total of $50,000 in ALL Cash Prizes, winners receive exposure and recognition through their various magazines, websites, newsletters and social media platforms.

Early Bird Registration ends on the 15th.

The Access/VSA Emerging Young Artists Program, a Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Program, showcases the work of visual artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, who reside in the United States. This program is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Grant #H421F240164, however, the content does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education. Fifteen winning artists are selected by a jury. Each winning artist receives a $3,000 award and has one of their submitted pieces selected for an exhibition at the Kennedy Center. Winning artists are required to attend virtual workshops (May 3, May 17, June 14) and an all-expenses-paid series of professional development workshops at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. June 17-21, 2025. Artist must reside in the United States. (Includes 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Marianas Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands.) Artist must have a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Artist must be comfortable publicly identifying as an artist with a disability. Artist must be between the ages of 16 and 25.

The inaugural Tartget Prize is one of the most significant international painting competitions. Open to all styles and techniques, the contest offers over $55,000 in prizes across 10 categories, from figurative to abstract.

Deadline Extended: Register by February 28, 2025.

A jury of influential artists, collectors, and critics from five continents will select 200 finalists. Winners will be announced at the historic Ateneo de Madrid, near the Prado Museum, from June 5-12, 2025.

Entry fees start at $53 per artwork ($37 for artists under 25). Register at www.tartgetpaintingprize.com, submit three JPG images (max 10MB), and pay the fee. The first 200 entries receive special advantages.

Blue Koi Gallery is now accepting submissions for the 3rd Koi Artist Award! This is a fantastic opportunity for artists worldwide to share their talent. Blue Koi Gallery welcomes submissions from both 2D and 3D visual artists, encouraging a wide range of creative expressions. To be considered for this exciting opportunity submit you artwork today! A $500 unrestricted artist grant for the winner along with a solo exhibition, published interview and a digital certificate. Finalists will receive a featured artist page and social media blast and a finalist certificate recognizing your outstanding contribution to the arts.

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces the 15th Annual “Figurative” Online Art Competition.
The “Figurative” theme is the artist’s interpretation and depiction of the human form and human features. Both 2D & 3D artists (including photography & digital arts) are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art. Although nude art is acceptable, please, do not submit any erotic art.
Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize. Winners receive extensive worldwide publicity and promotion.
Entry Fees: $18.00 for 1 to 2 entries / $26.00 for 3 to 5 entries. Early entry and art student discounts.