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Artdemic

FOR TRUE CREATORS ACROSS ALL ARTS

Artdemic is an online platform for up-and-coming creators from South Asia, set up in collaboration with The Gujral Foundation. What started out as an open call format to support artists during the pandemic, quickly evolved into what is now a digital space for discovery and showcasing of fresh talent.

These creators, when given the right opportunities, have incredible trajectories, and Artdemic is here to be a part of their journeys. Watch this space to stay up to date with all the exciting projects we have planned across the visual arts, film, music, theatre, and more.

Artdemic is and always will be a community-driven project serving cultural curators. Since its inception in May 2021, Artdemic has received 10,000+ Submissions, featured 600+ creators and awarded 37+ micro-grants.

Textile & Fibre Arts

Calling all textile and fiber artists! We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming open call for submissions. Whether you’re a seasoned creator or just starting your journey, we welcome you to showcase your talent and creativity in the realm of textile and fiber art.

We will feature a curated selection of works every week, and announce the winner at the end of the open call! The winner will be showcased on our Instagram page and be awarded a micro-grant of ₹10,000!

As always, all creators were welcome to submit works in any and all formats.

The Textile & Fibre Arts open Call ends on the 17th of March, 2024.

Any & All Art

We were thrilled to announce our special edition open call – ‘Any & All Art’!

The only rule was that there were no rules! Creators were encouraged to push their limits and submit their work – Anything and everything was encouraged! All creators were welcomed, including artists, designers, architects, illustrators, photographers, animators, to submit works in any format: drawings, paintings, photographs, performance, animations to name a few. We featured a curated selection of works every week, and this time there were 3 winners which were announced at the end of the open call.

As always, all creators were welcome to submit works in any and all formats.

The Any & All Art Open Call closed on Sunday, 26th January 2024. Santosh Kumar was announced the 3rd runner up – awarded the VIP passes to the India Art Fair 2024, Brijesh Kumar was announced 2nd runner up – awarded VIP passes to the India Art Fair and Laishram Membi was announced the winner – awarded a micro grant of ₹10,000/- along with the VIP passes to the India Art Fair 2024.

Street Art

Calling all urban artists and graffiti maestros! Unleash your creativity on the streets in our electrifying ‘Street Art’ Open Call.

Street art is an expressive form of visual art that takes place in public spaces, often utilizing the cityscape itself as a canvas. It encompasses a wide range of artistic styles and techniques, including graffiti, stencil art, murals, wheatpasting, and more. Unlike traditional art forms that are confined to galleries or museums, street art engages directly with the public, bringing art into everyday life and sparking conversations about culture, society, and the urban environment.

All creators are welcome to submit their work, or the work of other street artists seen in India and around the world! We encourage artists, designers, architects, illustrators, photographers, sculptors and all creators to send in work in any format ranging from drawings and paintings to photographs and installations.

We will feature a curated selection of artwork every week, if you want your work showcased on Artdemic, submit NOW so we don’t miss your submission! Instructions on ‘How to Submit’ are on our instagram page.

The Street Art Open Call closed at 11:59 PM IST on Wednesday, 20th September 2023.

All urban artists and graffiti maestros were encouraged to unleash their creativity on the streets in our electrifying ‘Street Art’ Open Call!

Street art is an expressive form of visual art that took place in public spaces, often utilizing the cityscape itself as a canvas. It encompassed a wide range of artistic styles and techniques, including graffiti, stencil art, murals, wheatpasting, and more. Unlike traditional art forms that were confined to galleries or museums, street art engaged directly with the public, bringing art into everyday life and sparking conversations about culture, society, and the urban environment.

As always, all creators were welcome to submit works in any and all formats.

The Street Art Open Call closed on Wednesday, 20th September 2023.

Anything Ceramic

Calling All Ceramic Enthusiasts: Embrace the beauty of the medium in our new Open Call – ‘Anything Ceramic’!

The theme for this open call is – “Anything Ceramic.” We encourage participants to explore the boundless possibilities of the medium and let their imagination run wild. Whether you’re an experienced ceramic artist or a passionate beginner, this is the perfect opportunity to experiment, innovate, and demonstrate the unique qualities of ceramics. All creators are welcome to submit their work. We encourage artists, designers, architects, illustrators, photographers, animators and all creators to send in your work in any format ranging from drawings and paintings to photographs and performances. We will feature a curated selection of artwork every week, until the end of the open call when our winner will be announced.

We will feature a curated selection of artwork every week, until the end of the open call when our winner will be announced. A micro-grant of ₹10,000 will be awarded to one final winner, as judged by our Artdemic board of curators.

Submissions are free and open to all in any format including drawings, illustrations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, animations, and performances. As always, you can submit as many works as you like or even a series of works. Instructions on ‘How to Submit’ are on our instagram page.

The Anything Ceramics Open Call closed at 11:59 PM IST on Sunday, 20th August 2023.

We embraced the beauty of the medium in our recent Open Call – ‘Anything Ceramic’!

The theme for this open call was – “Anything Ceramic.” Participants were encouraged to explore the boundless possibilities of the medium and let their imagination run wild. Whether they were experienced ceramic artists or passionate beginners, it was the perfect opportunity to experiment, innovate, and showcase the unique qualities of ceramics.

As always, all creators were welcome to submit works in any and all formats.

The Anything Ceramics Open Call closed on Sunday, 20th August 2023. Shivu Mahesh was named the winner and was awarded a micro grant of ₹10,000/-.

Power Of The Word

We’re ecstatic to announce that we’re back with a new open call! Calling ALL CREATORS and artists who harness “THE POWER OF THE WORD” in art!

The Spoken Word and Text based art, invites us to reflect on the significance of words in our lives, the weight they carry, and the responsibility we have in using them. It challenges us to reconsider the power dynamics embedded in language and encourages us to question the dominant narratives that shape our understanding of the world.

All creators are welcome to submit their work. We encourage artists, designers, architects, illustrators, photographers, animators and all creators to send in your work in any format ranging from drawings and paintings to photographs and spoken word performances.

We will feature a curated selection of artwork every week, until the end of the open call when our winner will be announced. A micro-grant of ₹10,000 will be awarded to one final winner, as judged by our Artdemic board of curators.

Instructions on ‘How to Submit’ are on our instagram page. The Power Of The Word Open Call closes at 11:59 PM IST on Sunday, 9th July 2023.

As always, you can submit as many works as you like or even a series of works. Submissions are free and open to all in any format including drawings, illustrations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, animations, and performances.

Our community of creators harnessed ‘The Power of The Word’ in art for this open call.

The Spoken Word and Text-based art invited us to reflect on the significance of words in our lives, the weight they carried, and the responsibility we had in using them. It challenged us to reconsider the power dynamics embedded in language and encouraged us to question the dominant narratives that shaped our understanding of the world.

As always, all creators were welcome to submit works in any and all formats.

The Power Of The Word Open Call closed on Sunday, 9th July 2023. Gurdev Singh was named the winner and was awarded a micro grant of ₹10,000/-.

Vuedemic 2.0

We’re rolling! Vuedemic came back for its second edition and we thought it was time to get the show on the road!

We called on all independent filmmakers to show us their stories – artistic or narrative, their pick.

Vuedemic; the film extension of Artdemic, in collaboration with @gujralfoundation, presented an open call for all filmmakers. We accepted submissions daily and hand-picked our special winners for a film festival that will take place at Harkat in Mumbai this summer!

Pavel Paul was named the winner of Vuedemic 2.0 and won a micro grant of ₹10,000.

Nature, Wildlife and Landscapes

Our previous open call was all about Nature, Wildlife and Landscapes!

This open call celebrated the magic of planet earth and all its natural elements. We featured artworks portraying natural elements such as earth, water, air, fire and all the landscapes and biological diversity that encompass them. Whether it’s a study of underwater creatures, wildlife photography, watercolour landscapes or animations based on the theme – we welcomed it all!

All creators were welcome to submit as many works as they liked or even a series of works. We encouraged artists, designers, architects, illustrators, photographers, animators and all creators to send in their work in any format ranging from drawings and paintings to photographs, performances and more. Submissions were free and open to all.

We accepted submissions daily and curated a selection of artwork every week on our page. The winners of the open call were Sudhir Shukla and Praveer Singh Bais and each won a micro grant of ₹10,000.

Figurative Works Open Call

We’re started 2023 with a bang! Our first open call of the year for Figurative Works, was announced on 5th January 2023.

Figurative art is representational of the human body in its form, figure, and structure. Usually overstated in style, figurative art is an expressive, avant-garde take on our anatomy.

As always, we invited our community of creators to send in submissions in any format ranging from drawings, illustrations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, animations, and performances. 26th January was the last date for submissions.

Sanchari Sinha was named the winner of the open call on 29th January 2023 and won a micro grant of ₹10,000.

The Edit Open Call

We were delighted to announce our open call for the first edition of ‘The Edit’our FIRST-EVER BOOK. ‘The Edit’ is an online and offline publication showcasing the most spectacular artworks by our community of Artdemic creators.

And we have good news – all submissions we have received so far from our first open call, will be considered to be featured within the publication. This open call was our creators last chance to submit new works with an opportunity to be selected for the book. The last date of submissions was 1st January 2023.

All creators were welcome to submit their work. We encouraged artists, designers, architects, performers, illustrators, photographers, animators; to submit work in any format including drawings, illustrations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, animation and performances.

A curated selection of artworks were featured every week until the end of the open callA Book Launch for The Edit has been scheduled for Summer 2023.

Graphic Arts Open Call

We were beyond excited to announce our Graphic Arts open call on 3rd November 2022.

In a more theoretical sense, a graphic can be loosely defined as a visual or illustrative representation of an idea, a thought or even a feeling. The mediums of which are ever-expanding and often are seen in the forms of illustrations, cartoons, graphic novels, animation, text-based works, comics, posters and more.

As always, all creators were welcome to submit their work in any format ranging from illustrations, drawings, comics and cartoons to graphic novels and animations. We showcased a curated selection of works every week.

Submissions for this open call closed on 24th November 2022 and a micro grant of ₹10,000 was awarded to Anandhu Unnikrishna Sarma on 27th November 2022.

Anything/ Everything

We were thrilled to announce our special edition open call titled Anything/Everything on 3rd October 2022.

This month, there were no rules or themes, anything and everything was welcome. The only rule was that there are no rules! We encouraged our community of creators to push their limits with this open call.

 

All creators were welcome to submit work including artists, designers, architects, illustrators, photographers, animators; to submit works and in any format; drawings, paintings, photographs, performance, animations to name a few. The last date of submission was 23rd October 2022.

As always, we featured a curated selection of works every week and from all the incredible submissions we received, our Artdemic board of curators awarded the micro grant of ₹10,000 to Nidhi Bodhana on 28th October 2022.

Architecture Open Call

ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN LANDSCAPES OPEN CALL

We announced our open call for Architecture and Urban Landscape on 10th September 2022.

The concept of architecture dates back in history to when humans stopped living in caves and became conscious of the aesthetics of their urban surroundings. What started simply as an accommodation structure, through time turned into a tangible form of cultural thought. A language of its own, architecture can be a reflection of the societies it houses, and tell stories of its time.

As always, all creators were welcome to submit work in any format. The last date of submissions was 25th September 2022.

We featured a curated selection of works every week and a micro grant of ₹10,000 was awarded to Ananda Krishnan who had the top work from the open call, as judged by our Artdemic board of curators.

Portraiture Open Call

We were delighted to announce our open call for Portraiture on 16th June 2022.

Portraiture is one of the oldest genres in art history, going back at least to ancient Egypt. Before the invention of photography, a painted, sculpted, or drawn portrait was the only way to record the appearance of someone. But portraits have always been more than just a record. Portraits have the capability to portray more than just the likeness of a person. They tell us about the culture of the person, their psychology and even the wider cultural and societal context.

All creators were welcome to submit work; photographers, artists, illustrators, designers, and animators in any format; photographs, paintings, drawings, sculptures, illustrations, and animations to name a few. The deadline for submissions was 3rd July 2022.

We featured a curated selection of works every week. Nandita Basak was named the winner on 13th July 2022 and was awarded a micro-grant of Rs. 10,000.

Photography Open Call

On 1st March 2022, we announced our now concluded open call for the art of photography. Photographs have the power to stop time, capture memories, and transport us back into another moment. They help us relate to each other as humans, and give us a window into the lives of another. Photographs have the ability to tell stories words cannot.

Which is why we wanted to see the world through the lens of our creators’. We welcomed everyone to submit, from seasoned photographers to hobbyists, and in any format, digital or analog.

For this open call, we asked our growing community of creators’ to respond to the following themes – Hindsight: This could be things relating to the past – memories, nostalgia and family histories. Foresight: This could be things relating to the future, such as warnings about what the future will look like if we don’t change our habits now. And, Insight: This could be anything that has a deeper meaning from personal journeys to emotional inner or outer dialogues.

Aishwarya Das, Shrikanth R. Poojari and Arka Sinha were selected as the winners of the Photography open call, by our Artdemic board of curators. They were awarded micro grants of Rs. 10,000 (each).

Future Flex

Artdemic in partnership with India Art Fair and The Gujral Foundation, hosted Future Flex, an Artdemic open call, to select an artist to design the facade of the India Art Fair 2022 tents.

Artdemic announced the open call on 1st November 2021 and gave our community of creators the incredible opportunity to use the 1,30,000 sq. foot. tents as their canvas to bring their creative visions to life and have it seen by cultural influencers, leaders in the art world and art lovers from around the world.

The creators responded to the theme Deep Future to design their artworks for this open call. On 23rd November 2021, Anshuka Mahapatra, a 24-year-old artist was named the winner of over 100 entries, offering her an incredible opportunity to showcase her work on a giant scale at India’s leading art fair.

The artist’s (whose practice is rooted in printmaking) work celebrated the ideas of hope, love, life and togetherness. Using poetic phrases in seven regional Indian languages, including Odia, Assamese, Kannada, Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam and English; the artist brought to mind fleeting and evocative moments of beauty from everyday life.

Vuedemic open call

Vuedemic, the film counterpart of Artdemic, in collaboration with The Gujral Foundation and Harkat Studios were delighted to present an all-encompassing selection of unique audio-visual work, in a 3-day online short-film festival from 17th – 19th September 2021 on the Harkat Live platform. 

 The first ever Wild Vueing Weekend was very well attended and took audiences through a range of films, exploring both the art film space as well as narrative shorts. Coming from a variety of makers, these films were loosely tied by their introspective approach and artistic nature. Harkat Studios created the programme for the festival and the films screened at the festival were selected through submissions received through the open call.

 The jury consisted of the talented teams at The Gujral Foundation and Harkat Studios. There were exciting prizes up for grabs for the filmmakers who came first, second and third during the Wild Vueing Weekend.

 Vuedemic was thrilled to announce the winners of the 1st edition of our Wild Vueing WeekendBetter Man by Mrinal Bahukhandi was awarded first place. After seeing all the amazing films they decided to name two films in second place – Leaving Home by Harshil Bhanushali and Makara by Prantik Basu. Under The Rug by Nayanika Chatterjee came in third place.

Freedom open call

The second open call was the Freedom open call, Artdemic showcased two pieces of work every single day from the 19th of August till the 5th of September. The winner of the open call was awarded a Rs. 15,000 cash prize. The Freedom open call was one that called for artwork relating to any and all sorts of freedom, political or individual, from ideologies to conceptual thoughts. Creators were asked to use the space to express freely what freedom meant to them. Tito Stanley was announced the winner of the Freedom open call on 6th of September.

Pandemic open call

The open call which gave birth to this creative universe was the Pandemic open call, which ran from 24th May to 16th August 2021. Two creators were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 (each) per week for a duration of 12 weeks. Through this open call, creators were asked to submit artworks that they created during the pandemic. They received incredible artworks through the open call submissions – each week a number of creators’ works were showcased and the winners of the week were announced.

 The winners of Artdemic’s first ever open call were: Isha Itwala and Vivek Das (Week 1); Chathuri Nissan Sala and Amar Limboo (Week 2); Anant Jain and Sarthak Chauhan (Week 3); Aishwarya Das and Shailesh Chavda (Week 4); Chris Basumatary and Manisha Agrawal (Week 5); Nayanjyoti Barman and Naphisabiang Khongwir (Week 6); Bibhu Nath and IlIesha K & Deep Deka (Week 7); Aakash Dubey and Sarban Chowdhury (Week 8); Satyanarayana Gavara and D.Priyanka (Week 9); Kunal Naskar and Pulak KR Sarkar (Week 10); Jayeeta Chatterjee and Archana Singh (Week 11); Kanika Nagpal and Achintya Bhattacharya (Week 12).

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