Sunny Art Prize 2020 - Art competition

by Irena Sibila on Dec 02, 2019

◷ 30/06/2020 (deadline)

Sunny Art Prize 2020 is now open for entries!

CALL FOR ENTRY: The Sunny Art Prize 2020, an international art competition hosted by Sunny Art Centre (London), recently has opened the call for applications accepting submissions from around the world.

About ⇣

The Sunny Art Prize 2020, an international art competition hosted by Sunny Art Centre (London), recently has opened the call for applications accepting submissions from around the world. This fine art competition in the UK is a global platform offering art opportunities to emerging and established artists to showcase their artworks internationally. The exhibiting galleries are located in cities across the world, including London, Beijing and Shanghai. This art competition welcomes submissions from all over the world. The diversity of the prize is also reflected by the variety of art practices it represents, from two-dimensional work such as paintings, drawings and photography to three-dimensional sculptures and ceramics, as well as contemporary installations, mixed media artworks, video and digital work.

You can submit artworks that belong to one of these categories:

• Painting
• Sculpture
• Photography
• Ceramic
• Prints (digital and printed)
• Installation art
• Mixed Media (including 3D and wall-hung pieces)
• Video art (including moving image, projected work and digital installations)
• Drawing

Submission requirements:

• There is no theme restriction for the artworks.

• The entry must be 120 x 120cm maximum if two-dimensional (including frame where applicable and projected images, video, and digital art installations). If Your Entry is three-dimensional, its size must be 80 x 80 x 80 cm maximum. A link needs to be included in the submission for Video art and/or moving image.

• You can submit a maximum of 4 entries.

• All Entries must be original work that has been made within 3 years from the date of the submission deadline.

• Submited photographs must be 2M in size maximum and must be Jpegs. No other format will be accepted.

All work submitted must be available for sale.

The Gallery will shortlist 30 artists to exhibit at the Gallery’s location in London. From selection the Gallery will shortlist 10 artists that will exhibit Entries in the Partners’ galleries. The 3 artists of them will be elected as the first three winners (Final Judging).

The Prize Winners will be joined by 27 shortlisted artists in a group exhibition at the Sunny Art Centre, London. From these 27, 7 artists will be selected to exhibit their works at one of our partners’ galleries in China along with the three Prize winners.

Sunny Art Prize Exhibition 2020 will be held at the Sunny Art Centre (London, UK) from 1st - 31st October 2020. Art Prize winner will be announced at the Exhibition Opening Night at Sunny Art Centre on 1st October 2020.

Entry Fees:

The entry fee is £25 for one artwork, £32 for two artworks, £40 for three artworks and £45 for four artworks (pricing excluding VAT).

Eligibility ⇣

This art competition is open to all artists from around the world. Entrants must be 18 years or over.

Prize ⇣

The following prizes will be awarded:

• 1st prize: 3,000 GBP + public solo and group exhibition + one-month residency in China
• 2nd prize: 2,000 GBP + group exhibition + one-month residency in China
• 3rd prize: 1,000 GBP + group exhibition + one-month residency in China

This art competition also gives the art prize-winners the opportunity to be part of a one-month artist residency. The Artist Residency Programme is organised in collaboration with established Chinese art institutions and it provides the chance to engage with historically and culturally rich places in China.