ART-PORTRAIT FESTIVAL International competition-exhibition of portrait skill

Contest

Artists from more than 10 countries take part in the International Portrait Art Competition "Art-Portrait".

Catalogs

All participants of the International Portrait Art Competition "Art-Portrait" will be published in a full-color catalog, which is published in both Russian and English.

Jury

The works are evaluated by experts, portrait painters, laureates of international portrait competitions, heads of international societies of portrait artists.

ABOUT

The exposition will present more than 300 art objects from more than 10 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Italy, France, the UK, Germany, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania and others. The Jury works during 6 days in order to appraise art objects of the participants.

Exhibition dates: May 12-18, 2024 (12:00-20:00)
Registration deadline: until May 9, 2024

Opening: May 12, 2024, 18.00
Announcement of winners: May 18, 2024, 18:00

Venue: Moscow, Kievskaya str., 2
Center for Contemporary Arts and gallery "Art Commune" (TGC "Kievsky", 4th floor)

Connect to the online broadcast: https://vk.com/eurasianartunion

There are two ways of participation: REMOTE (online) and IN PERSON (offline).

The purpose of the competition is to attract widespread attention to the portrait genre, from both the artists and general audience. Artists from all countries can participate in this competition. All participants have equal rights.

The contest work should be based on the image that characterizes the person. Both naturalistic display of human and various experimental forms are allowed. The author chooses the necessary art tools - paintings, graphics, sculptures, decorative arts, photography or video.

Each artist may submit any number of works for the contest. One portrait work (competitive work) may include a series of works, united by one theme.

All registered works that meetr the requirements will be presented in the exhibition halls.

Features

What does the author get?

Exhibition

Exhibitions of the project participants are held in different countries of the world. Portrait artists from more than 20 countries take part in the competition.

Publications

All participants are published in international catalogs in two languages - English and the official language of the host country

Assessment

The jury consists of leading portrait painters, art critics and gallerists. The result of the jury’s work is a rating that confirms the real assessment and level of the submitted works.

Opportunities

Techniques

Contest sections

Painted portrait

Graphic portrait

Portrait in dry pastel technique

Watercolor portrait

Portrait photography

Sculpture portrait

Textile portrait

Arts&Crafts portrait

How to participate

REGISTRATION PROCESS

Step 1

The organizing committee confirms the compliance of nominations and sends a link to pay the organizational fee. After payment, send a receipt or a screenshot to info@portraitum.com.

See participation cost

All registered works are published in the international catalog "Art Portrait in the World".

Step 2

The Expert Council consisting of leading portrait artists (more than 10 countries!) assesses all the works registered for the competition and determines the participants and winners.

In addition, we ask the jury members to make comments and give short essays to those works they liked the most.

All works that have achieved the highest scores or are marked by at least one member of the jury participate in the final.