Open Call: Colors

International Juried Exhibition by Curatone.art

Free Submission | $100 Cash Prize + Solo Exhibition | Published on Amazon & CERN/Zenodo

Color is the first thing we see, and the last thing we forget. It whispers calm or screams urgency. It carries memory, culture, emotion, and identity in a single brushstroke.

Color is an international art competition that celebrates the power of color as a creative force. Whether you work with bold saturation or quiet monochrome, whether color is your subject or your tool, we want to see how it shapes your vision. A fiery red that holds anger and love at once. The weight of black. The silence of white. The greens you saw as a child that no photograph could capture.

We invite you to interpret "Color" in any way that resonates with your practice. Any medium. Any style. Any country.

Submit Your Work

What You Receive as a Finalist

Your submission is free. If your work is selected by our international jury, a one-time finalist fee of $25 covers:

• Institutional Publication & Indexing
• • Global Academic Record: Your work and project details will be archived in the open-science repository Zenodo (operated by CERN) with a permanent, lifelong DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
  • International Catalog: Publication in a professionally designed exhibition catalog available worldwide on Amazon (with an official ISBN).
  • German Serials Indexing: Registered under our permanent series ISSN 3054-6621 and indexed in the German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB).
  • Online Showcase: Your work beautifully displayed in our international online gallery with a permanent page in our digital archive.
• Professional Documentation
• • Official Finalist Diploma with full international jury credentials.
  • Certificate of Participation in an international juried exhibition with a detailed jury evaluation protocol.
• Recognition & Opportunities
• • Featured Artist profile on curatone.art (top 3 finalists).
  • Priority invitation to become a Peer Reviewer for our ISSN-registered journal.

Grand Prize

The winner receives:

• $100 cash
• Winner's Diploma
• A free Solo Exhibition on Curatone.art, a dedicated, permanent feature page showcasing your works, artist bio, and an exclusive interview published on our platform.

You pay nothing unless our jury selects your work.

Enter the Competition

How It Works

1. Submit for free: Upload up to 3 artworks. No registration, no account, no entry fee. Takes under 5 minutes.
2. Expert jury review: Every artwork is scored independently on a 10-point scale by international professionals. Jury members conduct blind reviews and do not see each other's scores.
3. Get selected: Finalists are notified by email. A $25 finalist fee covers exhibition hosting, global catalog publication, permanent DOI registration, and all documentation.
4. Results & prizes: The Grand Prize winner receives $100 cash. All finalists receive their diplomas, evaluation protocols, and publication features.

Professional Jury Panel

Each artwork is reviewed by members of our international Jury Board, award-winning artists, curators, and art directors from New York, Berlin, Toronto, and beyond. Jury members include recipients of Red Dot, Graphis, A' Design, MUSE, and Leonardo da Vinci awards, as well as jurors for the Genoa Biennale and Apexart.

See full jury list

From Our Previous Competitions

"My experience with Curatone.art was exciting and very professional. I feel like my art was represented well and the jurying process was rigorous. I am honored to have won the Colors contest and will put it on my CV with pride.", Amanda Flores, Winner of Colors 2025

"I'm honored and grateful to have been selected as a winner. Curatone.art offers a wonderful community for artists, and participating in this competition has been a very positive experience.", Meryem Berrada, Winner of Moments of Life 2025