Five winning proposals will become apexart exhibitions
Following a month-long submission process in February and a one-month voting period of March, apexart is excited to announce the winning exhibition proposals from the International Open Call. The following five exhibitions will be presented internationally as part of the organization’s 2024-25 Exhibition Season.
apexart Open Call exhibitions are selected through a crowd-sourced voting process, in which each call receives hundreds of anonymous proposals which are juried by an international cohort of more than 700 people. Without a “connection in the organization” or “well-fed resume”, jurors review the anonymous written proposal idea, communicated in 500 words or less.
Five proposals were selected from 545 submissions, rated by 650 jurors who cast over 20,000 votes, with submittors and jurors representing more than 80 countries.
This process reflects the interests of the hundreds of people who want to see them transformed from a proposal into an exhibition. It allows for cultural considerations that would otherwise not be considered by a small local jury. apexart does not affect the results in any way.
The winning International Open Call proposals for 2024–25
In the beginning, Womankind was the sun—Weren’t we?
Submitted by Layla Yamamoto, Tokyo, Japan
This exhibition critiques the Japanese state’s control of women’s bodies and sexuality offering perspectives on the imperialist era, present, and near future socio political landscape.
Null
Submitted by William Contreras Alfonso & Linda Pongutá, Bogotá, Colombia
Null transforms an abandoned telecom building into a platform for artists to reflect on urban challenges, technology, and communication—offering diverse perspectives on Colombian society’s complex possibilities.
TMWYGH: Text Me When You Get Home
Submitted by Isadora Cardoso, São Paulo, Brazil
This exhibition highlights the struggles of women’s mobility and safety, interlacing stories from diverse cultures to underscore the themes of identity, survival, and collective strength. “Text Me When You Get Home” spotlights the global sisterhoods created as a form of resilience and resistance.
Plastic, The New Coal
Submitted by Patricia Watts, Monique Verdin, New Orleans, United States
Plastic, The New Coal confronts the environmental and health impacts of plastic production, highlighting artists’ responses to its pervasive presence and connections to social justice, Indigenous knowledge, and ecological concerns.
We used to be Seaweed
Submitted by Lilia Bakanova, Nukus, Uzbekistan
We used to be Seaweed creates a dialog between historical and contemporary perspectives of the Aral Sea. Once the world’s fourth largest lake, it has since been depleted to an 8th of its size due to irrigation projects.
Interested in submitting a proposal to our upcoming NYC or International Open Call, or finding out more about our programming in general? Learn more here.
