Open calls
The Absent Gallery is delighted to hold regular “Open” style exhibitions in The Main Gallery.
Open Exhibitions
The Absent Gallery is dedicated to running a series of Open style exhibitions, professionally curated from selected artwork submitted by artists from Somerset responding to our Open Calls.
The selected artworks will be hung in a wonderful virtual interactive 3D gallery, where visitors can enter at any time to take a virtual walk around the gallery floor and at their own pace stop and view each piece of artwork in detail.
Each exhibition will be curated as in the real world, with each exhibition having a consistent high standard of carefully selected content that creates a united experience.
current open calls
There are no current calls to artists
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“SPRING OPEN 2021”
Submissions for this Open Call are now close
We all need a little positivity at the moment and with the new year starting what better than a Spring Exhibition.
The Absent Gallery is very pleased to bring you this general open exhibition. There is no specific theme and we are inviting submissions from artists of any discipline to submit artwork to this virtual interactive exhibition.
previous open calls
“TIPPING POINT”
Submissions for this Open Call are now closed.
Close to our heart is climate change and the human impact on this world, which is why The Absent Gallery is creating this Open Call to artists, to make some noise. We all have a voice through our art and we want to hear yours, nice and loud. We are looking to create an exhibition with a very powerful unified message, one that is not shying away from the cold hard facts, showing all the bitter truths, hopes and fears for the future of planet Earth.
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TIPPING POINT welcomes 2D and sculptural* submissions of any style and medium. The theme of this exhibition is CLIMATE CHANGE and the HUMAN IMPACT on the environment. Entries are asked to reflect any aspect of climate change, global warming, environmental issues and the human impact on the environment in anyway you wish.
This is a global problem and we are therefore inviting UK and International submissions. There are no restrictions on size, larger work is well suited to the virtual environment and we welcome submissions from large format artists.
This exhibition will be professionally curated from selected artwork submissions. The selected artworks will be hung in a wonderful virtual interactive 3D gallery. No commission is taken on any sales. Sale enquiries are handled directly by the artist. Submission fees apply. Submission does not guarantee inclusion.
*(We welcome submissions of sculptures. If you wish to submit a sculpture please contact us)
“LOCKDOWN OPEN”
Submissions for this Open Call are now closed.
The Absent Gallery’s Premier Open Call exhibition. We are so pleased to be able to bring this exhibition opportunity to artists of Somerset during this dreadful time of continued uncertainty. This is going to be the first of many Open Calls to artists to exhibit in a 3D virtual interactive exhibition environment.
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LOCKDOWN OPEN welcomes 2D and sculptural* submissions of any style and medium. The theme of this exhibition is as the title suggests LOCKDOWN. Entries can reflect this theme in anyway you wish. Whether it is how your response to lockdown has influenced or inspired your working practice. Perhaps you should consider work that you have started or completed over lockdown or work that reflects upon opportunities lost or gained. What comes next now that lockdown is being eased?
There is no restrictions on size, larger work is very suited to the virtual environment and we welcome submissions from large format artists.
This exhibition will be professional curated from selected artwork submissions. The selected artworks will be hung in a wonderful virtual interactive 3D gallery. No commission is taken and for this exhibition no submission or hanging fee either. Submission does not guarantee inclusion.
*(We welcome submissions of sculptures. If you wish to submit a sculpture please contact us)