Terms and conditions of proposal submission

The call for applications for Biennale is open to Russian and foreign artists of new generation working in contemporary art using the latest strategies, concepts and technologies (works can be submitted: individual, collective or as part of curatorial project). 

The new generation artists are considered those whose age at the time of Biennale opening does not exceed 35 years.

Applications for curator’s projects are accepted only from organizations on the condition of guarantied exposition space and financial support.

The call for applications is open for the authors of projects (artists and curators if curatorial project is applied).

The submission of applications is free. No authors’ and curators’ royalties are to be paid. Copyright remains with the authors. Production and exhibition budget are not guaranteed by the organizers of Biennale.

When applying for Biennale the author tacitly accepts all terms and conditions specified in the application.

Both executed and exhibited projects as well as unrealized being in a stage of detailed outline can be submitted to Biennale. There are no restrictions on the number of work, type, genre and techniques.

The curator / curatorial team reviews all the applications and selects participants for Biennale.

1. When an individual project of the artist is submitted, an application for an individual art project must be completed.

2. When a collective project of artists is submitted, an application for an art project indicating information on each participant of the group must be completed.

3. When one artist or one artistic group submits several projects, he/she completes a separate application for each proposed project.

4. When curatorial project is submitted, an application for the curatorial project must be completed; separate form for each part (each artistic work) of the project must be enclosed.

5. All fields except middle name and nickname of the artist are required.

6. Basic information must be additionally submitted in English.

7. Only one e-mail address must be entered in the «e-mail» field

8. At least one image (photo or sketch) of the artwork / project must be uploaded.

9. A portrait photo of each artist participating in the project must be submitted

10. All uploading images must be of sufficient quality for publication (resolution is strictly no less than 300dpi, minimum size of 10x15 cm.) The uploading images must be JPEG, GIF or PNG. The size of each file must not exceed 3 MB.

11. Uploading videos is not possible, but you must include links to hosted online video samples or fragments of the video in the "technical description of the project". 

12. To add information about the author of the project – click on "Add Author". To add another author – click on "Add Author" again. Any information about the author of the project can be changed by clicking on its name in the application form.

13. If the application is not completed and you press the button "Apply" you will get an error message and the application will not be sent. For your convenience you can save the unfinished application, you just need to press the "Save" button. It is possible to open a saved application and complete it at a later date.

14. All saved applications you can see in your personal account. Pay attention to the status of your application – only applications marked as "Application is submitted" will be accepted for consideration.

15. Review carefully all the terms and conditions of the application indicated in the bottom of the form and check the relevant box.