Sohn Fine Art is pleased to announce a call for art for their 9th Juried Exhibition, “POV”. Point of View (POV) presents an opportunity for emerging and established artists to share their point of view and artistic perspective with the public in an exhibition of their work and awards.

This open call for art will result in a group exhibition of chosen work to be on view in-person and to the public at Sohn Fine Art. The gallery is located in the heart of the Berkshires in Lenox, MA. Artists world-wide are invited to submit 2-D and 3-D artworks in any genre that are made with any medium, including photography, artworks made with unconventional mediums and sculptures. The judges are looking for a strong and cohesive body of work by each artist that reveals the artists unique conceptual and technical perspective. This exhibition will be curated and judged by Sohn Fine Art’s Director, Cassandra Sohn, Art Advisor and Curator, Stephanie Manasseh as well as Curator and Architect, Grigori Fateyev.

Approximately 20 artworks will be accepted into the exhibition. All work will be judged anonymously.

Submission deadline: January 26, 2025
($35 for 20 artworks)

Accepted artists notified by: February 7

Exhibition at Sohn Fine Art: March 28 – April 28

Reception: Saturday, April 5, 3:00 – 6:00 (Where the winners will be announced. The People's Choice Award Winner will be announced at the end of the exhibition)

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

1st Place Winner
$250 in cash and $250 fine art printing or framing credit to use toward printing or framing their own work through the Sohn Fine Art’s partner business, Sohn Studio. Plus, a one-on-one portfolio review with the gallery’s Director, Cassandra Sohn.

2nd & 3rd Place Winner
Honorable Mention

People’s Choice Award
$250 credit to use toward printing or framing their own work through the Sohn Fine Art’s partner business, Sohn Studio.

About the Jurors

Cassandra Sohn owns, and is the Director of, Sohn Fine Art in Lenox, MA. Sohn founded the company in 2011 and runs all departments of the business – www.sohnfineart.com. Sohn also curates exhibitions at Museums, cultural institutions and off-site galleries. She is the founder of the Master Artist Series program, which offers unique experiences with artists in the top of their fields to patrons and collectors of photography, as well as professional and aspiring photographers and artists through exhibitions, lectures and workshops.

Stephanie Manasseh is an art advisor and curator. She is the co-founder of Berkshire House and Director at Jonathan Prince Studio, splitting her time between Brussels and Massachusetts. Born in Montreal, Canada, Manasseh earned her degree from McGill University and went on to further her studies at Sotheby's Institute and Goldsmiths in London. 

In 2006, she founded SM Art Advisory, an art bureau. Drawing on her international experience advising clients from art fairs, to corporate businesses to private collectors, Manasseh offered seasoned market insight and crafted bespoke aesthetic experiences across the globe. That same year, she also founded the Accessible Art Fair (ACAF), which ran for sixteen years, offering unaffiliated artists an opportunity to exhibit and sell their work in a high-end art fair setting.

In 2021, Manasseh was appointed curator of the Sol Lewitt exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Belgium, whilst also advising the Jewish museum of Amsterdam on their 2023 LeWitt exhibition. Through her close contact with the LeWitt family, Manasseh facilitated a Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing at Berkshire House.

Manasseh’s expertise in the art world has brought her ongoing professional partnerships with many international brands including BMW, American Express, The New York Times, Montblanc, Tiffany, Alfa Romeo and The Bicester Shopping Collection.

Grigori Fateyev, RA, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he studied theater set design at The State Institute of Theater, Music, and Cinematography. He graduated from Cooper Union School of Architecture in 1998 and is the principal and owner of Art Forms Architecture. During the past 25 years, he has designed multiple residential, commercial, and municipal projects in the Berkshires, Hudson Valley, and New York City. He also serves as a curator at Turn Park Art Space in West Stockbridge, MA, and has lectured and exhibited his designs at UMass Amherst. Fateyev’s work centers on developing contextual and contemporary architectural solutions for cultural institutions, museums, artist studios, private art collections, and performance art centers. As a part of his practice, Fateyev collaborates with artists on a variety of site-specific art installations, public sculptures, and exhibitions.

About Sohn Fine Art

Sohn Fine Art specializes in contemporary photography and unconventional mediums and is dedicated to the development, promotion and exhibition of innovative contemporary artworks by international and local artists. It is the company's mission to promote broader understanding of, and community engagement with photographic mediums through exhibitions, lectures and workshops. Sohn Fine Art's Master Artist Series Program hosts world class photographers in the Berkshires annually. The goal of this program is to offer unique experiences with artists in the top of their fields to patrons and collectors of photography, as well as professional and aspiring photographers and artists. www.sohnfineart.com

Application Requirements

• Artists world-wide are invited to submit.
• 2-D and 3-D artworks in any size, in any genre that is made with any medium.
• All submitted work must be limited editions or one-of-a-kinds.
• All artwork in the exhibition must be available for sale.

Eligibility Criteria

• This opportunity is open to all visual artists worldwide.
• Accepted work must arrive at the gallery installation and presentation ready, framed or finished to exhibition standards, and produced using only archival materials.
• All artwork must be dropped off or delivered to the gallery no later than March 16.