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2020–2021 Open Calls program
apexart Open Calls present an opportunity for artists, curators, and others in related fields to explore an idea through an apexart exhibition. Our program uses the most neutral online selection process drawing more than 1,000 proposals from more than 70 countries that are juried anonymously by over 800 people around the world. Winning proposals become apexart exhibitions, receiving a budget of 10,000–11,000 USD, and apexart staff support to produce a compact, focused, idea-driven exhibition. Learn more about how to submit a proposal, be a juror or be part of the classroom juror process.
October 1–31, 2020
apexart NYC Open Call accepts proposals
Four winning proposals become part of apexart’s 2021–2022 exhibition season in NYC.
February 1–28, 2021
apexart International Open Call accepts proposals
Four winning proposals become part of apexart’s 2021–2022 international exhibition season.
2020–2021 exhibitions
September 5–October 24, 2020
Elongated Shadows (online and New York, NY), curated by Liz Faust
On the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombings in Japan, this exhibition expands on themes of forgiveness, identity, and heritage.
Dates to be announced
The Day Before the Fall (São Paulo, Brazil), curated by Clarissa Aidar
Responding to increased homophobia and transphobia in Brazil, six transgender women artists respond by creating works incorporating themes of survival.
November 5–December 19, 2020
Imagining De-Gentrified Futures (New York, NY), curated by Betty Yu
An exhibition imagining socially-just futures for our cities, drawing inspiration from anti-gentrification and decolonization movements, and Afrofuturism.
January 14–March 6, 2021
Native Feminisms (New York, NY), curated by Elizabeth S. Hawley
Exploring the entwined histories of American feminist and Native rights movements though works by Indigenous artists.
February 14–March 13, 2021
Goodbye, World (an ice floe in the Norwegian Sea), curated by Andreas Templin and Raimar Stange
Responding to to catastrophic climate change, mass extinction, political turmoil, and loss, Goodbye, World sends art on a “farewell tour.”
March 18–May 15, 2021
Queer-y-ing the Arab: The Canary in the Freedom Mine (New York, NY), curated by Earl of Bushwick
Contemporary queer artists who turn to Arab culture for inspiration, and whose works resist repression.
April 11–May 8, 2021
Ownness (Tokyo, Japan), curated by Mizuho Yamazaki, Virginia Liu, & Rin Aonami
Calling out colonial and patriarchal subjugation throughout East Asia, this project juxtaposes works by women artists from across the region.
May 27–July 31, 2021
Beyond Metaphor: Women and War (New York, NY), curated by Katarzyna Falęcka
Through lens-based works, this exhibition addresses the experiences of women during the Algerian War of Independence.
June 26–July 24, 2021
Nancy Pelosi’s Living Room, San Francisco, 1986 (San Francisco, USA), curated by Matthew Terrell
Revisiting the history of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, this project features ephemera alongside contemporary works addressing HIV/AIDS.
July 18–September 19, 2021
Voicing the Silence (Moscow, Russian Federation), curated by Creative Association of Curators TOK
In response to Russia’s decriminalization of domestic violence, this exhibition interrogates governmental mechanisms that limit women’s rights.
apexart | talks video series:
Throughout quarantine, apexart has been producing a series of recorded conversations with apexart curators, fellows and staff. apexart talks connect with past and future curators, fellows and apexart community to share perspectives on exhibitions, fellowship experiences and more. See the full series here. And check out our companion video series about the Open Calls.
2020–2021 Fellowships
Our Fellowship program is a one-month-long activity intensive creative catalyst that takes artists through an active schedule of some 70 diverse activities in a new and generally distant location. Fellows are presented with new ideas through taking part in volunteer activities, workshops, psychotherapy and non-career related meetings along with experiences and an opportunity to think in a non-directed way. Participants are selected by people they know, in their home country who are familiar with their work, their culture, and their “need” for this unorthodox challenge.
Upcoming Fellowships 2020–2021 (travel permitting):
International Fellowship: Ify Chiejina (New York City to ?)
International Fellowship: Claudia Hart (New York City to ?)
New York City Fellowship: Jenny Fraser (Brisbane, Australia to New York City)
International Fellowship: Manuel Molina Martagon (New York City to ?)
New York City Fellowship: Nyadzombe Nyampenza (Harare, Zimbabwe to New York City)
International Fellowship: Claire Kambhu (New York City to ?)
New York City Fellowship: Emiliano Fernandez (Shepparton, Australia to New York City)
