Figureworks 2025 Call for Artists

Figureworks 2025 Call for Artists
Figureworks® is calling artists in all media to submit to the 12th annual juried Figureworks Prize and award show, presented by Wallack’s. The submission deadline is October 31, 2024.

Figureworks® is an annual juried art prize and celebration of the art of the human form held in Ottawa, Ontario. We accept figurative works in all media. The show is open to all artists living in Canada working in all mediums who wish to submit recent works that represent the human form or parts thereof.

The jury is composed of Olivia Johnston, photographer and installation artist; Andrew Morrow, contemporary painter and professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa; and Jiaxuan Yi, contemporary painter and calligraphy artist.

Submit online today

Why enter?
Figureworks® is more than an annual prize; it is a community of artists passionate about the human figure. Artists will have their work reviewed by our professional jury and the opportunity to win cash prizes.

Those in the show will have their work displayed in a highly-respected Ottawa art gallery and published on the Figureworks® website. Artists may also sell their works at the show should they choose. Note that Figureworks® and the venue takes no commission on sales – all sales go directly to the artists.

Who can enter?
Figureworks® 2025 invites the participation of Canadian artists by restricting submissions to those within Canada, whether resident or non-resident, including international students studying at a post-secondary institution.

We encourage submissions from all artists and recognize that there are many communities of artistic creation, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, Black, people of colour, immigrants, homeless, and 2SLGBTQ+ artists, as well as artists with disabilities.

We are proud to acknowledge Wallack’s and Wallack Galleries (305 Bank Street, Ottawa) as the 2025 Figureworks® Presenting Partner. Wallack’s has a strong tradition of supporting the arts, supplying professional art supplies through their stores, and representing artists through their gallery.

Figureworks® also acknowledges the support of SPAO: Photographic Arts Centre.

For more information visit the Figureworks website
http://figureworks.org/awards/2025/guidelines

Contact:
Shawn Philip Hunsdale
chair@figureworks.org

Figureworks Inc.
27 Johanna Street
Almonte, ON K0A 1A0
Canada