Women in Art Fair: Call to Artists
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Women In Art Fair
Women In Art Fair 2025
Women artists: your time is now!
Three years ago, we founded Women in Art Fair, an initiative dedicated to redressing the gender imbalance in the art industry.
Our mission has been clear from the start: “to create a positive global platform from which female artists, curators and gallerists are given an opportunity to show their work and contribute to the developing exchange of ideas around gender, sexuality and culture”...
Open for Entry
Entry Deadline: 31/03/2025, Midnight
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery
Full Details, Entry Terms & Conditions
Women In Art Fair
Women In Art Fair 2025
Women artists: your time is now!
Three years ago, we founded Women in Art Fair, an initiative dedicated to redressing the gender imbalance in the art industry.
Our mission has been clear from the start: “to create a positive global platform from which female artists, curators and gallerists are given an opportunity to show their work and contribute to the developing exchange of ideas around gender, sexuality and culture”.
As we announce our 2025 edition, this mission is more vital than ever. Only 3.3% of all auction sales between 2008-2022 were works of art by women. Women earn as little as 10% of the earnings of male artists. The median price of artwork sold by women artists is 47.6% lower than their male counterparts.
This was, and remains, unacceptable. So, we open our 2025 edition in a spirit of protest, in a desire to claim an equal space for women in the universe of creators, to gain just recognition for this whole sector of artists whose work is currently so undervalued. This year, we launch our WIAF Prize – three prizes for women artists, who will receive both cash and marketing support – to promote and support women artists even further.
The prize will honour three artists whom the committee believes show exceptional talent and to invest in their on-going practice. Winners will be announced on the opening night of the Fair, with the following cash prizes being awarded: 1st prize - £1500; 2nd prize - £750 & 3rd prize - £400.
Additionally, prize winners will benefit from an in-depth video feature on the WIAF website to showcase their work.
Women’s rights, whether in the workplace or over our own bodies, are increasingly challenged. At WIAF, we respond to that challenge with energy, with mutual support and with visibility. In recognition of the issues women are facing, this year we turn our 2025 edition over to women who create on their own – whose work relies on their own creativity and own power to get recognised. In doing so, in the middle of the year, in Central London, we will offer a space where their art, their creativity, can stand for all women.
Artists are encouraged to consider variety in their portfolio, submitting up to five works in any medium, to give the selection committee an overview of their practice and themes.
As we continue to fulfil our mission, we invite you to join us. In a world where women’s art continues to be overlooked, we offer a transformative space where their creativity takes centre stage – where representation and value are celebrated and championed.
Call Status: Open for Entry
Exhibition Location: UK
Exhibition Type: Gallery
Entry Deadline: 31/03/2025, Midnight
Exhibition Contact: info@womeninartfair.com
Key Dates
Open For Entry: 15 January 2025.
Entry Deadline: 31 March 2025
Selection Notification: April 2025
Artwork Delivery: June 2025
Private View: 19th June 2025
Exhibition Open To Public: 19th - 21st June 2025
Collection of unsold work: June 2025
Entry Pricing and Concessions
Standard Prices.
Maximum Artwork Entries: 5
First or Single Entry Price: £50.00
Up to 3 artworks: £50.00
Up to 5 artworks: £60.00
Extra Questions
When entering this call, the organisers request that you answer the following questions.
Terms and Conditions
General Information
The exhibition will be held in Central London in June 2025. The venue is TBC, with an announcement coming shortly.
Eligibility
Submissions of work are invited from visual artists working in any medium.
Restrictions
All entries must be less than 1.5 meters in any one direction including frame.
Image Uploads
Image files should be JPG or PNG and no more than 5MB large. Upload time will depend on your internet connection speed so please be patient. If you are having problems uploading your images please use image editing software to resize your image to approximately 1600 pixels wide and then save as a new file. Image file names should not be too long and should not contain any invalid characters such as ' " & % * ( ) < > / ~ # + =
Pricing
Work selected for exhibition will be expected to be for sale. Commission is charged by WIAF at 30% on all sales. It will be assumed that the sale price includes the cost of any frame and our commission. Please allow for these points when pricing your work. Prices should include VAT if applicable. Prices cannot be ammended once you have submitted your work.
Communications
All communication will be by email. Successful applicants will be notified by email and must respond within one week to confirm participation. Failure to do so could result in work being withdrawn From the exhibition.
Selection
The Selection Committee will select the works for the exhibition. The Selectors will consider all correctly completed submissions. The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Insurance
Artists are responsible for insuring their own work. All works accepted for exhibition will be displayed entirely at the artists' risk and organisers and the gallery will not accept liability for loss or damage occurring during the exhibition or during delivery or collection to the exhibition.
Delivery and Collection
Artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their work at the Gallery. All packaging materials must be removed after delivery (no gallery storage is available for this) and brought back at collection. If you are applying from overseas please consider how you will get your work to and from the exhibition at the required times.
Work not collected at the stated times will be subject to a daily charge of £10 and will be disposed of after one week.
Online Selling
If 'Online Selling' is used and artworks are not delivered to the gallery, artists will be responsible for the safe delivery of artworks should an artwork be sold via the online gallery.
If a buyer makes a purchase via the online gallery the organisers will contact the artist and buyer to determine if there are additional postage and handling charges that need to be charged to the buyer.
Agreement
By submitting to the exhibition you are deemed to accept and agree to the following:
The decision of the Selectors on all matters Is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
I understand that The Organisers reserves the right to make such changes to the exhibition arrangements and these Terms & Conditions as may be deemed necessary by circumstances.
I authorise The Organisers To process, store, and utilise the data in my submission and agree that, if selected for exhibition, images of my work can be freely used by The Organisers, The Gallery and associated organisations for promotional and publicity purposes.
All information provided by me is true and accurate and that the work submitted is wholly of my own creation.
I have read and understood these terms and conditions and by submitting this application I accept and agree to observe all the Terms And Conditions therein.
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