Call Detail
Biafarin Awards – 2021 (Grant, Publication, Exhibition, Promotion)
Entry Deadline: 10/9/21
Application Closed

Entry Fee (For up to 5 images): $40.00
Work Sample Requirements
Images | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 5
Total Samples | Minimum:Min. 1, Maximum:Max. 5
Call Type: Grants
Eligibility: International
State: Unspecified
Event Dates: 11/15/21 - 12/15/21

ABOUT

Get cash grant, publication, exhibition, and promotion via Biafarin Awards 2021

Biafarin Awards is an annual international art competition with multiple prizes, open to visual artists working in any medium worldwide.

In the last season of 2021, Biafarin, the Canadian organization for artist development; that has organized, sponsored, and collaborated with over 100 art events worldwide, intends to reward international visual artists' efforts for all their passion and hard work to elevate awareness and justice in the world, and keep hope, peace, and happiness alive via their art in this challenging time.

With more than USD 10,000 in valuable prizes, Biafarin Awards provides an exceptional opportunity to art talents, emerging or experienced, to get noticed by art experts, collectors, and art enthusiasts worldwide.

Biafarin Awards include:

■ USD 3,000 cash prizes for 3 artists

■ Annual Blue and Gold artist promotion packages for 6 artists with the total value of USD 2,700

■ Publication in The Book of Arts series for all selected artists

■ An international online group exhibition for around 100 selected artworks

■ A promotional program that includes social media artwork badges, news circulation in art media, press release sends out, digital certificates, and a colorful, stylish exhibition catalogue. 

We invite you to submit up to 5 artworks to gain global exposure and win prizes for this unique art opportunity.

 Find more at https://www.biafarin.com/biafarinawards

 

AWARDS

■ Cash Grants
USD 3000 for 3 artists (each USD 1000) working in any art medium.

■ Annual Artist Promotion Gold Package
3 Artists will be selected for Biafarin annual gold art promotion package.
Find more at https://www.biafarin.com/pricing

■ Annual Artist Promotion Blue Package
3 Artists will be selected for Biafarin annual blue art promotion package.
Find more at https://www.biafarin.com/pricing

■ Publication
All selected artists will be published in a special edition of The Book of Arts series. 

The online version of the book will be available for free, while the high-quality print can be ordered via print-on-demand services.

The book will be promoted and distributed internationally, becoming available to thousands of readers, including experts, galleries, curators, businesses, and art enthusiasts, via popular publication gateways.

■ Group Exhibition
Around 100 artworks will be selected for an international online group exhibition. All selected artworks will be exhibited online for 1 month from November 15 to December 15, 2021.

■ Artwork Sales
Selected artworks will be promoted to sell via an online exhibition link.

■ Exhibition Catalogue
All selected artworks and artists will be published in a stylish colorful catalogue available online. The catalogue will remain available online in Biafarin platform and will be promoted internationally and circulated and available to thousands of viewers via popular publication gateways.

■ Promotional Badges
A digital promotional badge for each artwork will be sent to each artist to share in the social media.

■ Certificate
A digital certificate will be issued for all participants and selected artists. Each artist can print the digital certificate from Biafarin platform, after the submission is complete.
 

FEES
USD 40 for 5 artworks
All payments are non-refundable.

Application Requirements

ARTIST REQUIREMENTS
Artist Photo - headshot
Artist Full Name
Artist Birth Date (optional)
Complete Postal Address
Email
Social Media Links (Optional)
Website (Optional)

ARTWORK REQUIREMENTS
Title, Category, Creation Year, Technique, Surface, Size (WidthXHeightXDepth) in cm or inches, Artwork Description, Price in USD

Eligibility Criteria

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY

Open to all artists worldwide.

 

ARTWORK ELIGIBILITY

Art Categories: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, photography, digital arts, fiber arts, sculpture, Mixed Media, ...
Style: All styles are welcome.
Size: There is no size limit for submitted artworks.
Duration: There is no limit for artwork creation year. Artworks created within the last 5 years are preferred.
Number of Artworks: Artists are invited to submit up to 5 pieces of their original artworks.
Originality and Rights: 
- Artworks must be entirely the work of the artist, executed without the supervision of an instructor.
- Artist should own all the rights for promoting, publishing and selling the artworks locally and internationally.
- Artworks that, in reasonable view of the organizer, include porn, violence, and/or racial, and religious hatred, inappropriate and/or offensive content, are not admissible.
- Entries must not be copies or derivatives based, in any way, on other copyrighted or published paintings, photographs, sculptures, or other artistic works.
- Organizers have the rights to use artworks and artists data for promoting the exhibition.