exhibit proposals

Manifest Gallery's Season 21 - 2024/2025 submission process is now open! Celebrating the start of the third decade of Manifest Exhibitions.

Exhibition Season begins late September. Selection of artists is made and season lineup planned (including solo dates) by roughly early to mid-August. Each solo exhibit will then be curated by Manifest's staff in conversation with the artist within several weeks of their assigned exhibition dates.

Types of proposals accepted:

• Solo exhibits
• Two person exhibits (while this is acceptable, it is strongly recommended that artists wishing to propose a two-person exhibit submit individual solo proposals, and request consideration of the two-person show as a curatorial option.)* Our system and application form are set up primarily for solo proposals.
• Group shows (while our strong preference is for solo exhibits, we have considered and accepted group proposals in the past). In this case the solo proposal form may be used, and one artist must be the primary contact for the group. We still limit the sample works to 12 total.

Open to all traditional and non-traditional genre and media. Manifest sets out to survey, locate, exhibit, and document excellent quality amongst all types of art. Our record of showing a broad mix speaks for itself.

Jury and Curator:

Manifest's main selection process involves a complex two-part system. Most group exhibits are juried by an anonymous panel of professional and academic advisors from across the U.S. and representing a broad range of expertise. The jury then passes along their recommendations to the exhibit curator who makes the final selections from the jury-approved pool. Solo proposals are handled in a similar way. While artists may provide a specific goal for an exhibit, the final selection and layout of works will be determined by a Manifest curator in consultation with the artist.