International Opportunities for Artists to Exhibit Abroad

Calgary Arts Development is seeking professional artists to join The City of Calgary’s design team for the Memorial Parkway Program. The lead artist(s) will develop a public art program for this lively outdoor space throughout the infrastructural redevelopment of the area. The mandate of this initiative is to deliver expansive placemaking opportunities for multiple public spaces. Deadline: January 26, 2024. More info. Contact: email

Launched in 2020, this is a 4-week residency (June 1 – 30, 2024) in a small, coastal Japanese town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Hayama Artist Residency application is open to any visual artist over 21 years old, working in any medium – based anywhere in the world. The residency offers a roundtrip flight to Japan, shared accommodations with one other artist-in-residence, and a weekly allotment of $200 USD each for meals and local transportation. The residency also includes a group exhibition at a gallery in Tokyo, Japan. Application fee: $95.00 USD. Deadline: January 31, 2024. More info.

Ready to show off your art? Be part of 2x shows in two different countries at the same time! Our galleries in London & Athens are now welcoming submissions for digital exhibits (February 9-18, 2024) no matter what your background and medium – painting, photography, printmaking; video art; poems or sculpture. Physical artwork (canvases etc) may require photos/videos of the pieces. Get creative & submit today! Participate and have your artwork featured on a network of rotating screens in our gallery – an ever-changing exhibition! Participation fee: £70. Deadline: February 3, 2024. More info. Contact: email

FiKVA seeks entries for a miniature art competition & exhibition, May 11 – August 25, 2024 at WG Gallery in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Up to €2000 in awards. Jurors: Tanya Atanasova & Wilma Geerts. Works must be original, produced solely by the artist, and available for sale. Works must not have been exhibited previously at WG Gallery. All works must be professionally presented: framed and/or ready to hang. No glass or other fragile materials. Accepted mediums: paintings (oils & water-based oils, acrylic paints, watercolors, inks…), drawings (charcoal & pencils, dry and wet mediums…), press prints (etches, linocuts, lithographic prints…), mixed-media, airbrush, and collage. Works must be handmade; no digital works. Entry fee: €25. Deadline: February 14, 2024, 12:00 AM (Brussels Time). More info (PDF). Contact: email

The Holy Art Gallery announces a call to artists for a digital art exhibition, April 5-7, 2024 in Paris, France. Open theme. £120 fee. Deadline: February 25, 2024. More info. Contact: email

The Holy Art is excited to announce Art on Loop Barcelona and invite artists from all countries to submit their works for consideration. This exhibition is open to all mediums, including but not limited to painting, photography, printmaking, video art, installation, films, sculpting, mixed media, poems, illustration, and more. The theme for the exhibition is Open, giving you the freedom to submit any work that aligns with your artistic vision. Participation fee: £120. Deadline: March 1, 2024. More info. Contact: email

The Hellerau – European Centre of the Arts seeks entries for a juried photography exhibition and award ceremony in the exhibition halls of Dresden’s Museum of Science and Technology in Germany, opening August 29, 2024. 1st prize: 5,000 EUR, 2nd prize: 2,000 EUR, 3rd prize: 1,000 EUR, residency prize: a scholarship at Hellerau – European Center for the Arts. Jurors: Carena Schlewitt, Daniel Blochwitz, Prof. Angela Matyssek, Andreas Krase, Stefan Krauth. The theme for our ninth edition is “Singularity”. Your project can either be a coherent photographic series of up to 20 images or a single image. Entry fee: 50 EUR. Deadline: March 1, 2024. More info. Contact: email

The Visual Artists Association (VAA) in London invites artists from around the world to submit entries for the 2024 Visual Art Open with a prize fund of £10,000. Categories for submissions are: Painting & Mixed Media & Printmaking, Photography/ Digital Art, Drawing & Illustration, Sculpture, Drawing Young Artist (16-24 years old). £20 for 1st submission and £10 per additional artwork. Deadline: March 27, 2024. More info. Contact: email or call 02039042600.

Mrs. Toolip Art Gallery seeks entries for a juried art exhibition, June 28 – August 28 in Budapest. Best Painting/Drawing 1,146,000 HUF (3,000 €), Best Sculpture/Installation 1,146,000 HUF (3,000 €), Best Photography 1,146,000 HUF (3,000 €), Best Digital Art 1,146,000 HUF (3,000 €). All types of artworks max: 160cm height x 130cm width (62.99 inch x 51.18 inch). 1 entry = 50€, 2 = 90€, 3 = 120€, 4 = 150€, 5 = 160€, and 6 = 180€ (15% discount for early birds). Deadline: May 20, 2024. More info. Contact: email or call +36 305499902.