Portrait and Figure Open Call 2026

About this call

Portrait and Figure is an international juried art competition by Curatone.art, an independent curatorial institution in Berlin, Germany, dedicated to the human presence in art: face, body, gesture and identity. Any medium and any style are accepted, whether artists work from life, photographs, memory or imagination. Each artwork is scored independently on a 10-point scale by the jury. Confirmed finalists get a place in the group online exhibition, publication in the exhibition catalogue, a diploma and the jury evaluation protocol. Results are published on November 16, 2026.

Who can apply

• The official call states no eligibility restriction
• Medium: Painting / Drawing / Photography / Printmaking / Mixed Media / Sculpture / New Media
• Free entry
• Open internationally to artists 18 and over, any medium, any level. Works must be original and created by the artist. Up to 2 artworks per artist, each entered with an image, title and medium, JPEG or PNG, max 4 MB, one image per entry. Submission is free; selected finalists confirm their participation with a one-time fee of $25, which covers exhibition hosting, catalogue publication and documentation; printed copies of the catalogue are sold separately. Fees are non-refundable unless the competition page states otherwise or the law requires it. Applicants must say whether and how they used AI; partial use of AI tools is allowed, fully AI-generated images used without further processing are not accepted.