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Gallery Ring is an online space devoted to the celebration and promotion of art.
It was formed in 2017 to create opportunities for artists — from emerging to established — to showcase their work on an international platform, to win awards and titles, to increase their online presence, expand their exposure and to build their curriculum vitaes.
Gallery Ring conducts juried, art contests and exhibitions here on this site.
Many awards and titles are distributed and all winners are prominently featured and promoted in the official e-newsletter, the website, Instagram and Art.Base.co — a professional publishing and archiving platform for the art market with 680 000 unique, monthly visitors and over 80 000 newsletter subscribers — and top winners also receive a special, digital Award Page announcing the news which can be used for self-promotion on websites, clientele newsletters, portfolios and social media outlets.
Artists who participate can gain invaluable experience of the juried exhibition system prevalent in the art world. This can lead to the development of a professional presentation of their work, which is vital for meeting the standard required by art institutions beyond this platform. Artists can learn about the responsibilities upon them as entrants, the protocol of the submission process and what to expect in return. They can obtain insight from tracking the response and recognition their work receives over time and gauge its success as it sits alongside work from a variety of artists in the exhibitions. They can find inspiration by meeting the challenge of the given themes each month, by creating a healthy competition against themselves with each successive submission and by connecting with an established community of artists. Gallery Ring is a vehicle which artists can use to build confidence and stature, to form their artistic identities and presence, to make original contributions and to increase the visibility and value of their work.
For details on the awards, please visit PROSPECTUS
Gallery Ring offers the following opportunities for artists:
1. THEME- juried, group exhibition
- offered once a month
- each month has a specific theme
- selected artworks are displayed in a group exhibition on this site
- many awards are available and distributed
(BEST IN SHOW, DIAMOND AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE, the GOLDEN TRIO Award, the RUBY, SAPPHIRE and EMERALD Awards, CRYSTAL Awards and more)
2. ARTISTS OF THE MONTH Contest
- offered once a month
- subject matter is the choice of the artist
- winners are featured in a slideshow on the front page of this site
- four award titles are available and distributed
(RUBY, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD and CRYSTAL ARTISTS OF THE MONTH are named)
- winners are automatically entered into the ARTISTS OF THE YEAR Event
3. ARTISTS OF THE YEAR Event
- held once a year
- complimentary and by invitation only
- all ARTIST OF THE MONTH winners are displayed in an exhibition on this site
- four award titles are available and distributed
(RUBY, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD and CRYSTAL ARTISTS OF THE YEAR are named)
- the four winners receive a special feature and interview
4. BEST IN SHOW Event
- held once a year
- complimentary and by invitation only
- all BEST IN SHOW artworks of the year are displayed in an exhibition on this site
- each artist is invited to submit two additional artworks, which create a new contest within the event
- three awards are available and distributed
(three DIAMOND AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE)
5. the SPRING COUNTDOWN Show
- offered once a year
- a group show is built by revealing one artwork each day counting down from the beginning of March until the first day of Spring and the first place winner
- approximately 10 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS are named
- 10th to 5th place are CRYSTAL Award winners
- 4th place is the SAPPHIRE Award winner
- 3rd place is the EMERALD Award winner
- 2nd place is the RUBY Award winner
- 1st place is the DIAMOND Award winner
6. RED, BLUE and GREEN Contests
- each one is offered once a year
- artwork must be the specified colour for each contest
- created in honour of Gallery Ring's RUBY, SAPPHIRE and EMERALD Awards
- the only time more than one RUBY, SAPPHIRE or EMERALD Award is offered in a single contest
- other awards are available and distributed
7. PASTEL & COLOURED PENCIL Contest
- offered once a year
- artwork must be made using pastel and/or coloured pencil
- top winner receives an interview posted at the front of the show
- many awards are available and distributed
8. The HOLIDAY ADVENT Show
- offered once a year
- complimentary
- a group show is built by revealing one artwork each day
from December 1st to December 24th
- seven awards are available and distributed
(three DIAMOND SNOWFLAKE Awards and four CRYSTAL SNOWFLAKE Awards)
- all artists are entered into a draw to win one of ten Free-Entry Vouchers
Gallery Ring promises an unbiased and fair selection process so deserving artists
can be rightfully recognized and honoured for their talent.
Gallery Ring adheres to the strictest code of ethical jurying.
Aside from "Best in Show", "Ruby", "Sapphire" and "Emerald", awards are bestowed only as merited.
With this practice Gallery Ring maintains the value and integrity of the accolade
so the artist can trust his or her achievement is well-deserved and worthy of praise.
Gallery Ring does not sell artwork or take a commission but will direct purchase inquiries to the artist.