04 Feb 2015

Open Call - Art Olympia 2015

Art Olympia 2015 is a new international open art competition. The main goals are to discover talented artists and to support them so that their art careers may flourish. Art Olympia will give away a total of $500,000 in cash awards and prizes to 240 select artists from all over the world. At the primary round, art experts will evaluate the works as digital images. At the final round, jurors will decide the winners by looking at the actual works.

Don't miss out this great opportunity to have these great art experts look at your works.
Paris-Based Judges: Jean-Michel Alberola, Cecile Debray Amar, Chu Teh-I, Leiko Ikemura　
New York-Based Judges: Gregory Amenoff , Brett Littman, Eric C Shiner, Nicolas Touron, Kara Vander Weg
Tokyo-Based Judges: Ryohei Miyata, Akira Tatehata, Hiroshi Senjyu, Yuji Akimoto, Hiroshi Minamishima

●AWARDS
For general awards, the first prize winner will receive $120,000, the second prize winner $30,000, and the third prize winner $20,000 with the Art Olympia original trophies.
For student awards, the first prize winner will receive $20,000, the second $10,000, and the third $5,000 with the Art Olympia original trophies
There are special prizes from Art Olympia in addition to the first to sixth prize. Student artists will automatically be considered for both general awards and student awards.
All of the 240 finalists will receive cash prizes, have their works displayed at the exhibition, will have exposure on worldwide art magazines, and will be listed on the original pictorial records of works as well as the Art Olympia website.

●Entry Rules and Regulations
*2-dimensional works, which can be representational or abstract.(photography, calligraphy, video, sculpture, and group/collaboration works are not accepted)
* Original works that have never been previously submitted to other competitions
* Size and weight
Maximum Size: 117cm x 117cm (46 x 46 inch), There is no minimum size.
Maximum Depth: 10cm (4 inch) (including the frame)
Maximum weight: 20kg (44.1lbs)
*For protection purposes, the work entered MUST be framed. The frame must be deeper than the work and no wider than 8cm (3.2 inch). Unframed works will not be accepted for the final round judging.

●Eligibility
*Regardless of nationality. age of 18 or older.
General Category: All entrants
Student Category: Entrants who are enrolled in a university (grad school) or technical school or similar at the time of entry
*All participants are entitled to enter in the General Category regardless of age, etc.
*Participants who are students are entitled to simultaneously enter the Student Category.

●Entry Fee
General submission: $60 for 1 image, $100 for 2 images, $140 for 3 images
Student submission: $40 for 1 image, $70 for 2 images, $100 for 3 images
*Each artist is limited to THREE images.
*Payment: We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and PayPal.
*Please note entry fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable for any reason.

-Entrants are responsible for shipping their works to the designated address in Tokyo and purchasing any insurance desire(These would be only the final round artists).
- Art Olympia will bear the return shipping cost, insurance from Tokyo, and customs procedures for returning. (Works will be shipped to the designated address by the entrant.)

Art Olympia has the three bases to apply. It depends on where you live. please refer to our site for further details.