Joy | Juried Art Exhibition

UPWARD Gallery invites worldwide artists to submit artwork for their juried exhibition, Joy.

Artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit their works in any medium, style, and genre.

Acceptable mediums include all traditional art media (e.g., oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, gouache, egg tempera, pen and ink; drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, scratch board, markers, metal point), sculpture, digital painting, arts and crafts (beadwork, pottery, embroidery, floristry, batik, stained glass, two-dimensional collage and fabric art as well, etc.).

Our platform is designed to share art with new audiences and help artists expand their influence and become known. To achieve their goal, They curate themed online exhibitions and publish UPWARD’s Quarterly, a printed art periodical.

All accepted pieces will be displayed on their website, upwardgallery.com. Art industry professionals will review the artworks, and selected pieces will be published in their magazine. They will showcase the artists behind the selected works by featuring them in interviews, profiles, solo exhibitions, and studio visits.

$12 for entry, $10 (2-4 entries), $9 (5 or more entries).

Deadline: September 5, 2024

Requirements

Entrants must be at least 18 years of age or older. Entries can be submitted by entrants of the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence.

Application Instructions

When registering on the UPWARD Gallery website

1. You will need to create a free account on the UPWARD gallery (https://upwardgallery.com) credentials in order to submit an entry.
2. Entries can be sent from your Dashboard on the UPWARD gallery. To do this, you need to go to the My Artworks section, and then click on the Add entry link (https://upwardgallery.com/node/add/entry). Or simply click on the blue icon (+) located at the top right of each page of the site after you log in.
3. Fill out the Entry Form completely. This information will be reproduced in award certificates exactly as submitted. Fields marked with an asterisk () are required. Upload a single digital image.
4. Once you have submitted your entry you will be redirected on the page Entries (Cart) in the Dashboard. This page shows a list of entries waiting for moderation. Usually the moderation process takes up to 2 days. Without waiting for the result of moderation, you may submit another entry. Enter as often as you like.
5. When your works in the Entries (Cart) section are approved by the moderator (they will be marked with a green bar), the Checkout button will become available to you and you will be able to pay the entry fee. They accept payment via PayPal. If during the process of adding Exhibition entries, you find that the order amount in the Entries (Cart) does not reflect the quantity discount, just refresh the page Entries (Cart) in your browser. Please note, the discount for the number of works is calculated in the process of placing one order. The number of works in the order is not summed up with previously placed and paid works in the Exhibition.
6. After summing up the results of the Exhibition, you can download an digital certificate in PDF format in the section My Artworks (links near each work).

Without registering on the UPWARD Gallery website
To participate in the Exhibition without registering on the site, applicants must send a form with information about the yourself and his or her works submitted for the Exhibition. The number of artworks per entry is limited to 6. A form to fill out is available at: https://upwardgallery.com/submit-entry
The gallery moderators will look at the submitted works and will send a link to the applicant’s email to pay the entry fee. After the gallery receives the entry fee payment, the artist’s personal page on the website will be created within 1-2 working days, the approved works will be published, and after the jury summarizes the results of the exhibition or Exhibition, digital certificates will be sent to the applicant’s email.

If you experience any difficulties submitting an entry form please contact info@upwardgallery.com.*