Galerie Vendome Open Call: L'Odyssee, a Group Illustration Exhibition
About this call
The city of Clichy-la-Garenne invites emerging illustrators to build a group exhibition around the odyssey of Homer, timed to accompany the opening of the municipal complex L'Odyssee. Artists are asked to follow the journey of Ulysses and pick out an episode, a moment of rupture or a lived experience that exposes how tangled human emotion and behaviour really are, the torments and the darker impulses that surface along the way. Galerie Vendome sits on the ground floor of the Pavillon Vendome in the middle of Clichy, a municipal space given over to contemporary work a short distance from Paris. Every exhibition there is supported by the visual arts team of the Cultural Affairs Department, who work with the artists on producing the show and on shaping its curatorial direction. Five wall spaces are on offer, four made of three small wall panels each and one a single large panel.
Who can apply
- Domestic applicants
- Medium: Drawing / Ink / Mixed Media / Video
- Entry fee: See official site
- You must be an emerging artist and must live and work in France at the time of applying. Applications may be solo or as a duo. You have to handle installation, de-installation and transport of the works yourself, and be present at the opening on Thursday 19 November. The call is exclusively for illustration practices, across all techniques: pencil drawing, pastel, watercolour, charcoal, collage, digital work and animated pieces all qualify. Submit either a body of works or a single piece; existing works and new proposals are both accepted. Works must hang on or be projected onto the wall, and must suit a space open to all audiences. The dossier needs a portfolio, an artist file and a note of intent on the project. Send it by email to culture@ville-clichy.fr before Sunday 13 September with the subject line Appel a candidature Galerie Vendome Nom Prenom. Installation runs 13 to 18 November 2026 and de-installation 18 to 19 January 2027.