CALL FOR ENTRIES

Deadline: Sept 25, 2026 by 11:59 PM

ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists invites art submissions for its 2027 exhibition season

ROY’s regular exhibition calendar is organized from an annual juried process that begins with a call for entries (CFE), asking emerging artists to submit their work for consideration. The CFE submission pool is reviewed and voted upon by a panel of jurors representing the contemporary arts community.

We welcome submissions from artists both local and global. Selected artists will be featured in a month-long small group exhibition during the 2027 calendar year, curated by the gallery director.

ROY defines emerging artists as those that:
➜ Are early in their careers
➜ Have a focused direction and goals while developing their artistic voice
➜ Have yet to be substantially celebrated within their field, the media, funding circles, or the public at large
➜ Are not represented by a gallery
➜ Have not exhibited at ROY (with the exception of ImageOHIO and the annual smallworks member show)

ROY’s highest priority is to support artists early in their careers and celebrate work that is:
➜ Deeply considered and intentional, providing artistic experiences that communicate unique perspectives
➜ Executed with attention to craft and with technical proficiency
➜ Inviting viewers to question, discover, and explore new ideas
➜ Innovative and risk-takingーengaging, questioning, challenging, or re-imagining conventional artistic forms 

These qualities reflect our interest in supporting diverse artists who are expanding ways of working, asking questions, and inspiring new ways of imagining.

  • Please take care to read this information thoroughly; incomplete submissions will not be considered.

    1. To enter, become a member of ROY G BIV Gallery, or renew your membership at our website for a fee of $25. Your membership is valid for one calendar year from time of payment.

    2. Email your submission to info@roygbivgallery.org using the subject “CFE 2027” and include an artist statement, résumé or CV and list of works. Your list of works must include title, date, media, size, and price if applicable. Please ensure that the numbers listed correspond to your image titles (e.g., “01.jpg” must match “01” in your list of works.) Complete and include the form provided below in the body of your email:

    Name* (Required)
    First Name: 
    Last Name:

    Email* (Required):

    Address:
    Address 1:
    Address 2: 
    City:
    State/Province:
    Zip/Postal Code:

    Website:

    Instagram or other social media (Instagram is preferred for cross-posting/tagging on ROY’s social media):

  • - No more than 10 images
    - File names: Use only a number (e.g., 01.jpg). Please do not embed your name in any image file names.
    - File formats: JPG or PNG
    - File size: No larger than 1.5 MB per photo
    - Detail and installation photos may be included within the 10 images
    - Attach images to your email
    - DO NOT send zipped files
    - DO NOT embed files in the body of your email

  • - No more than 5 videos
    - For video submissions, upload your videos to Vimeo or YouTube and submit their URLs in your List of Works.
    - It is not necessary to remove your name from your account or videos.
    - Please make videos easily accessible to the jury; include an access code if needed. Private videos with no provided code will not be considered.
    - The first two minutes of each video will be reviewed.

  • - File names: Please include your name on your Résumé, List of Works, and Artist Statement.
    - File formats: PDF
    - List of Works should include the following for each work:
    1. File name (e.g., 01.jpg) or video URL (e.g., https://www.youtube.com)
     2. Title
    3. Year of completion
    4. Medium(s)
    5. Dimensions
    - Attach files to your email
    - DO NOT send zipped files
    - DO NOT embed files in the body of your email

  • Inclusion of artwork featuring explicit or violent content will be considered at the discretion of the gallery.

    Artist is responsible for transportation of all artwork to and from ROY G BIV Gallery. If work must be shipped, the artist is responsible for packaging and shipping expenses. Gallery is unable to receive mailed packages. Artist is responsible for artwork installation and providing any speciality installation supplies. Two-dimensional work must be ready to hang and include appropriate hanging hardware. One projector is available on a first come first serve basis. Videos may be shown on a loop to accommodate multiple artists. Artist is responsible for providing any additional video monitors or equipment for installation work or videos not to be included in the loop.

Meet the Jurors

Yusef Ferguson is an American filmmaker, visual artist, educator, and learner. Yusef is a recipient of the 2025 Greater Columbus Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship. As a part of the fellowship, his installation titled "in a barrel, ButYouDontWannaDie"  is being exhibited at the Columbus Museum of Art in the Mary and Bob Kidder Gallery through September 2026. In 2024, Yusef received the Tina Perry and Rick Whitney Grant for his upcoming project, "Sanguine". He was a member of the 2023 inaugural Netflix Documentary Archival Research Training Program and a 2023 Princess Grace Award Finalist. Other recent exhibitions include The Broadwater in Hollywood, California, the California Institute of the Arts, and the William Roland Gallery at California Lutheran University. In 2021, he worked as the cinematographer for the Atlanta edition of the KQED Production "If Cities Could Dance", which later won a Southeast Emmy that year for Best Short Form Content. Yusef earned his Master’s of Fine Arts in the Film and Video Program at the California Institute of the Arts and his Bachelor’s of the Arts in Film with a Minor in Psychology from Georgia State University. He is currently working as an AICAD Fellow teaching in the Film Department at Columbus College of Art and Design. 

Dana Lynn Harper (she/her) holds a BFA in Art & Technology from The Ohio State University and an MFA in Sculpture from Penn State University, where she was awarded the Bunton Waller Fellowship. Her work explores the complexities of racial identity and the role of materiality in restoring connections to cultural heritage. Drawing inspiration from Catholic candelabras, altars, and sacred architecture, her sculptures take shape as ritualistic votive offerings, merging familial legacy with spiritual regality. Activated by ritual gestures; lighting candles, placing fresh flowers or filling vessels with offerings, she creates a living site of ceremony and collective remembrance.