Open Call for Exhibition Until Death Do Us Part

Purpose/Theme
Alliages (Contemporary Art Jewelry, non-profit organization) organizes an exhibition to be hold from December 2021 to March 2022 (*) at Alliages gallery in Lille (France) and during Schmuck 2022 event in Munich (March 9-12th, 2022). More destinations will follow after Munich. (**)
The exhibition theme is "Until Death Do Us Part" and each artist may submit his/her own vision of the subject. A paper publication will be done at the end of the exhibition and the artists selected participating to all dates will have a free copy.

Application
Artists working in Contemporary Art Jewelry can apply for this exhibition with a maximum of 3 finished pieces. Artists at any level can apply (established, graduated and students). Jewels presented must be a one-of-a-kind artwork never shown with Alliages and preferably not shown in previous Jewelry Weeks events.
Applications must imperatively be sent via the dedicated form on the Alliages website and will contain all requested data. Other ways to submit will not be taken into consideration. If data sent is wrong or incomplete, the application will be canceled (application form below, section 3).

How to apply? To be eligible for jurying, you must pay first and use the confirmation payment code that will be emailed to you by Paypal in the appropriate field in the application form. Your submission will not be accepted until your payment is received. You can pay the application fee in this page (section 2) and then apply (section 3).


Alliages Fee
A fee of 13 (thirteen) € will be requested for the application (1 to 3 pieces) when the application is sent before October 2nd. A fee of 18 (eighteen) € will be requested if the application is sent from October 3rd to October 14th.

Selection
Applications will be selected for Sunday October 24th, 2021 latest date. The artist candidates will be informed of the curator’s choice by email (both positive or negative). The list of artists selected will be published in the social medias. The selected pieces will be displayed at the gallery managed by Alliages, in Lille (France) and in Schmuck 2022 event (**). Additional destinations may be added afterwards (the participation to the new destinations is not mandatory). The exhibition is curated by Juan Riusech (contemporary art jeweler, curator and founder of Alliages).

Entry Criteria
The artist may present freely his vision of the theme. Free choice of media/materials/size for the jewels. Works presented must be original, one-of-a-kind and created within the last 2 years and never showed before at the Alliages gallery or in Schmuck. Up to 3 art pieces can be submitted by each artist. Works can be to sell or only to show (not for sale).


(*) Dates schedule will be sent to the selected artists.
(**) If pandemic rules allow.