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What Is a Virtual Solo Exhibition – And Is It Right for You?
A group open call puts your work alongside ten, fifteen, or twenty other artists. That context is valuable – but it is not the only context that matters. Sometimes what you need is a space that is entirely yours: your work, your story, your practice, presented in depth without being one piece among many. A…
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Online Exhibition vs Social Media – What is the Difference for Artists?
Many artists treat an online exhibition and social media as essentially the same thing – just different ways of putting their work in front of people on a screen. They are not the same thing. They serve different purposes, reach different audiences, and create very different results for your long-term presence as an artist. Understanding…
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How to Price Your Artwork as an Independent Artist
Few questions cause as much anxiety for independent artists as pricing. Price too high and the work doesn’t sell. Price too low and you undervalue your time, your materials, and the years it took to develop your skill. There is no single formula that works for everyone – but there are principles that make the…
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What Makes a Strong Artist Portfolio Online
An artist portfolio online is often the first thing a curator, collector, or journalist sees before they decide whether to look further. In a few seconds, they form an impression – of your work, your professionalism, and whether you are someone worth paying attention to. Most online portfolios lose people in those first few seconds…
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How to Write an Artist Bio – A Practical Guide
The artist bio is one of those things that seems simple until you sit down to write it. Then it becomes one of the most uncomfortable pieces of writing many artists will ever attempt. How do you describe yourself without sounding arrogant? How do you be concise without leaving out everything that matters? How do…
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Behind the Scenes – How We Select Artists at Marea Gallery
Every open call ends the same way for most artists – with a wait. The submission is sent, and then silence. What happens on the other side of that silence is rarely explained. This article opens that process up. I want to explain how curators select artists for exhibitions at Marea Gallery – not in…
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How to Get Your Art Noticed Online – 10 Ways That Work
How to get your art noticed online is one of the most common questions independent artists ask – and one of the least straightforward to answer. There is no single strategy that works for everyone. But there are approaches that consistently make a difference, and approaches that consistently don’t. This article focuses on what actually…
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How an Artist Interview Can Grow Your Audience
Most artists spend a lot of time thinking about how to show their work. Fewer spend time thinking about how to talk about it. But the ability to articulate what you make – and why – is one of the most underused tools in an artist’s public presence. A published artist interview does both at…
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What Jurors Look For in Open Call Submissions
The selection process for a curated open call can feel like a mystery from the outside. You submit your work, you wait, and then you either hear back or you don’t. What happened in between? What was the curator actually looking at? This article opens up that process from the inside. As the curator of…
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Red Flags to Watch for in Online Open Calls
As a painter, I submit my own work to international open calls – the same way many of you reading this do. Not every experience has been a good one. I recently paid a submission fee to a platform that, on paper, promised exactly what a serious open call should: exhibition, promotion, visibility. What I…
