Exhibition Information
Some people say that human eyes are an open door to the soul or “the windows to the soul”. Well, eyes are a beautiful “instrument“ which defines the human face, with a specific shape, not very simple, but not very complicated to draw, if the artist understand the geometrical shapes and the anatomy.
Eyes are maybe the most important feature of any portrait, in pictures, paintings, drawings, art in general and of course in a face to face connection.
All the light provided by the world is captured by eyes and everything around us is somehow rendered by them in colors and information sent to the brain.
In Bible says “your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness.”
Our world is governed by light and darkness and “eyes“ with “ears“ are the “instruments“ that helps us to see and hear, but in the way we choose; the light within will reflect through eyes the soul of a person, because every detail that was captured by them will build in time what we are, let’s call it our personality, our image, our authenticity. Eyes can reveal the light and clarity, to madness and tragedy.
This art exhibition is open to everyone and every art technique from drawing, painting to photography and more personal innovative medium. The central focus must be on eye shape, the look, the emotional touch, represented in a portrait or a composition. Every idea is welcome from a realistic approach to an abstract concept. We can communicate with our body language, but eyes are always the wow element that can describe the most powerful emotion.
Good luck to everyone!
I can’t wait to see your artworks!
Curator Geanina M Zaharia
Exhibition Terms
Applications:
All artworks must be original and submitted by the author. The artist is responsible for the submission.
For this exhibition, we accept all media.
We highly encourage all artists to accompany all submissions with a supporting statement that explains the relationship between the work and the theme of the exhibition. In making the final decision, the curator will be looking carefully at the supporting statements as well as the actual images.
Applications are accepted on our site until September 5, 2025.
Video: How to Apply to the People & Paintings Exhibition.
The House Artists are allowed to participate in exhibitions with independent curators.
The House Artists will not be able to receive the Gallery Award (where the Gallery is involved in selecting the winner).
Applications:
Applications period: November 3, 2024 - September 5, 2025 - $10 first artwork ($5 for every additional artwork included in the same application).
Exhibition:
Exhibition dates: September 8, 2025 - September 19, 2025
The 20 artworks selected by the Exhibition Curator will be exhibited on the main page rotation banner on our site for the duration of the exhibition.
Within two weeks of the exhibition, each of the 20 selected artworks will also be posted on our main Facebook Page and other media accounts we curate: Gallery Instagram, Gallery Twitter, Gallery Pinterest, Alignable
Prizes and Awards:
1) 20 artworks will be chosen by our Exhibition Curator. Each selected artwork will receive a Certificate of Selection
2) Curator’s Award (Monetary Prize $100)
3) Gallery Award (Monetary Prize $100) - awarded by the Exhibition Curator and People & Paintings Gallery
4) Popular Vote Award (Monetary Prize $50) – will receive the artwork with the most “likes” on this page of our website during the exhibition (September 8, 2025 - September 19, 2025)
We highly recommend posting all applied artworks to our Facebook group “People& Paintings Open”. To help, we added the button “Share” to the application process.
Gallery reserves a right to choose the winner in this category if the numbers of likes in the sources above will be compromised or contested.
Results:
1) The 20 selected artworks will be announced by Sunday, September 5, 2025
2) The “Gallery Prize”, the “Curator’s Award” and the “Popular Vote Award” will be announced by Sunday, September 21, 2025
Additional Information:
After you submit the application, we highly recommend posting each applied artwork to our Facebook group “People& Paintings Open”. To help, we added a button “Share” to the application process.
After the exhibition is over, we will keep the exhibition works available to the audience in the “Previous Exhibitions” section.
After the Exhibition Catalog is ready, you will be able to download it for free from the exhibition page on our site.
Location: Online Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: 08 Sep 2025 - 19 Sep 2025