Bringing social justice to the art world! Show a piece of your work in both Berlin, Germany and Court Square Exchange, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, in June 2023. Get featured in the hardback publication Social Justice Art of the Twenties. Plus, gain your unique profile on Artsy where you can promote and sell your work alongside the likes of Banksy, Tracey Emin and Anish Kapoor. Artsy is the world’s largest art, e-commerce archive.

"Calling all artists who are committed to socioeconomic equality either through who they are or the work they make".

Show a piece of your work at Court Square Exchange, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, 19th June 2023 onwards, in Berlin, Germany and gain your unique profile on Artsy where you can promote and sell your work alongside the likes of Banksy, Tracey Emin and Anish Kapoor. Artsy is the world’s largest art, e-commerce archive. With 2.9mn views a month and growing, it is a great place to launch and develop your art career. 

Cost: £12 to apply, £42 to have your art piece included in the Exquisite Corpse in both exhibitions, and upload your piece to Artsy to obtain your personal profile page.  

If you have already applied to the Bridgeport, Connecticut Opportunity entitled "ARTISTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE" please note that you do not need to apply again here and will automatically be included in the show in Berlin if selected for Bridgeport. 

The small exhibition fee includes representation at the exhibition in Berlin, Germany, Bridgeport, USA, an online Artsy account and inclusion in 'Social Justice Art of the Twenties' book available as electronic copy for all featured artists and as a hard copy available for purchase.

• Live: 19th June 2023
• Artsy:  19th June 2023 onwards
• Book publication: Approx. September 2023

Please fill in the form and provide a high resolution (300dpi) image in which you would like to exhibit in Berlin and Bridgeport. During the exhibition, the artists will be arranged and combined into a two-dimensional "exquisite corpse" with each image representing an artist's work, QR codes available at the exhibition will provide viewers more information about the selected artists and link to your new Artsy account online where the work will be for sale.

Timeline: 

• 10th May - Open call is live
• 31st May - Deadline for submissions 
• 1st June - Successful candidates announced 
• 5th June - Deadline for publication materials from artists
• 7th June - Artist deadline to supply Artsy upload and exhibition information
• 19th June - Exhibition live
• 1st September - Book launched

About SHIM Social Justice 

SHIM Social Justice is an art piece comprising sculpture, performance, spoken word and visual art. Underrepresented artists or those working with themes of social justice, equality or climate activism should respond with work they would like to exhibit at the show.

The exhibition is open to both established and emerging artists and will be available both live and online. The piece shines a light on critical collective action to help us fight major and interlinked societal issues of our time, specifically climate change and inequality.

More than just artwork, SHIM Social Justice is a platform for transformation, containing a wealth of resources, knowledge, craftsmanship and musings. Designed to make us pause and reflect on the biggest challenges we face and determine what we can do to change our world for the better.

During the show: 

The selection process and curation will be managed by Amy Jackson. An exquisite corpse will be compiled of all artists working with social justice, QR codes will link buyers, collectors and viewers to specific artists' work. 

Ahead of the show, each artist will have their exhibition piece uploaded to Artsy, the leading online platform for selling work, usually available only for those with gallery representation. Thus this is an excellent opportunity to promote your work and have access to buyers worldwide online.

About SHIM’s mission: 

• Website: https://www.shhhim.com
• Instagram: @shimartnetwork

The art fair model is 60 years old and has changed little in that time. Designed as a trade event where galleries sell directly to clients inside a shared space. Measured by retail economics. How much the linear wall, or floor footage costs determines who can afford to participate. This model is fine for a mid- to large gallery who can afford the risk. It is less than ideal when considering the large share of the creative art world that is excluded. How to resolve this is the challenge.

The main challenge to making the art fair (and the art world) more inclusive is that the art fair imagines its’ users to be almost exclusively galleries. This excludes all art institutions and universities, regional collectives, small galleries, geographically isolated individuals that share the same ethical, formal, or aesthetic concerns, and artists who are now achieving viral fame without any desire for traditional gallery representation. The solution to expansion therefore must address this crucial “filtering” dilemma. How to expand the art fair model to new talented artists while maintaining curatorial control?

SHIM supports a “blended” art fair model approach. One that provides current galleries with traditional services, while also allowing access for those usually excluded.

About Amy Jackson: 

• Website: www.thisisamyjackson.com
• Instagram: @thisisamyjackson
• Twitter: @J_Amy_Jackson

Amy Jackson (born Jacqueline Amy Jackson) studied Fine Art at The Ruskin, University of Oxford. Jackson is an artist, activist, curator and responsible investment specialist blending philosophy, humour, nature and science to create immersive experiences in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces. Her work includes street art, happenings, photography, painting and found objects. 

Jackson explores issues such as climate change, consumerism, mental health, social inequalities and critically, how these themes are inextricably linked. Her work often exists outside of the ‘white cube’ and inside the communities it touches. Experience spans art commissions for Kensington + Chelsea Art Week to public speaking on climate change.

Her work has been featured in the Times, Art World Magazine, Modern Art Oxford, Time Out and Tate Britain. Jackson received the Pirye Prize and Kevin Slingsby Prize for Funnel Vision. She was shortlisted for the YICCA Art Prize and Creative Green Awards and recognised as Rising Star at the LAPF Investment Awards 2021.