Open Call: Electric Tenderness, Where Chaos Meets Care (December 2026)

About this call

Bushwick Gallery presents the December 2026 edition of Electric Tenderness: Where Chaos Meets Care, a group exhibition celebrating urgency, friction, and unfiltered expression. The show welcomes work featuring bold palettes and raw textures, alongside pieces that challenge subtlety with sincerity, emphasizing emotional intensity and expressive force. This is a new round of an ongoing series; the earlier 2026 edition has closed. The exhibition runs December 3 through 10, 2026, in Brooklyn.

Who can apply

• International applicants
• Medium: Painting / Drawing / Photography / Mixed Media / New Media
• Entry fee: $25
• Entry fee $25 per image; fees are non-refundable and do not guarantee acceptance. Submit accurate creator information with each work. Work should embody urgency, friction, and unfiltered expression with bold palettes, raw textures, and emotional intensity.