Exhibition proposal
Your exhibition proposal, with the show already hung
Hang the works for your show in a gallery and see it from four spots. Then type what the show is about and your details, and download a proposal PDF: the show, each work framed and on a gallery wall, and a page about you.
For artists, curators and galleries pitching a show to a venue. The gallery is a photoreal picture made for situ, not a photograph of a real space.
Then add the next: two works without an account, up to 8 with a free one.
Two sample paintings in the gallery. Add your own works above and they take the samples’ place.
- Proposal
- An A4 landscape PDF: a cover, the show, a page for each work, and an about page
- Rooms
- White gallery with a tall window, townhouse gallery with sash windows and factory gallery with rooflights
- Works
- Up to 8, each framed at its framed size; two without an account
- Details
- Title, year, medium, price and artist under each work, typed once
- Size
- Made under 5 MB, so it goes through an application form or an email
- Price
- Free to try, with no account. The PDF downloads on Artist and above, £9 a month
How it works
From an idea to a proposal you can send
- STEP 01
Hang your works
Upload a photo of each work with its size, and frame it if it hangs framed. Drag the works along the gallery’s walls.
- STEP 02
Write the words
Type what the show is about, your bio, your recent shows and how to reach you, and a title, year, medium and price for each work.
- STEP 03
Download the PDF
Download the proposal as one A4 PDF, under 5 MB, on Artist and above.
Questions
Frequently asked
- What goes in an exhibition proposal?
- Whatever the venue asks for. This one has a cover with the show and your name, a page with the show hung in the gallery and what it is about, a page for each work with its details, and an about page with your bio, recent shows and contact.
- Do I have to write anything?
- You type it: what the show is about, your bio and statement, recent shows and contact, and each work’s title, year, medium, price and artist. Anything you leave blank is left out of the PDF.
- Is it the venue’s own gallery?
- No. The gallery is a photoreal room made for situ, not a photograph of a real space. It shows the show at the scale the works really are; the venue’s own walls will differ.
- Will the PDF go in an email?
- It is made under 5 MB. If your works make it larger, the pictures are made smaller until it fits.
- What does it cost?
- Hanging your works, writing the words and previewing every page are free, with no account. Downloading the PDF needs Artist (£9 a month) or above. Nothing in it carries a watermark.
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