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Open Call | peripheriesOPEN 2019


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On the back of a hugely successful year at Periphery Space it gives us great pleasure to welcome submissions for our open submission show peripheriesOPEN 2019 from artists working in Ireland. Last year we received over 240 submissions from around the country and the standard was extremely high resulting in a great exhibition (click here for peripheriesOPEN 2018 archive).

This opportunity is open to student, emerging and established artists, including photographers and filmmakers working or studying in Ireland.

Selection Panel: Paul Carter, Anne Hendrick, James Merrigan and Emma Roche.

Deadline for submissions is November 4th 2019 at 5pm. More details below.

Submissions should include the following:

  1. CV (including website details where applicable)

  2. A maximum of 4 recent works should be attached as JPEG images/photographs to the email submission. Please see T&Cs below for more details.

  3. Where applicable, please include links and passwords to films, moving image work or sound work to be reviewed by the panel on Vimeo, Youtube etc.

  4. Artist’s statement (150 words max)

  5. Reviews or critical texts where applicable

Send submissions directly to periphery.space@gsa.ie by 5pm November 4th 2019.

Terms & Conditions

  • Submissions are free. Each artist is limited to one submission.

  • Selected artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their work(s). 

  • We follow the Visual Artist Ireland payment guidelines and pay exhibiting artists a fee for participating in the exhibition.

  • Late applications will not be considered.

  • Applications not sent directly to periphery.space@gsa.ie by November 4th 2019 by 5pm will not be considered.

  • A maximum of 4 images/photographs can be submitted. These must be in JPEG format and attached to the email, not exceeding a combined total of 20mb. Links in the email to images in cloud storage will not be considered.

  • Filmmakers should submit films as links to HD versions on platforms such as Vimeo, YouTube, or your own website. Please include passwords if applicable. We have a dedicated 32 seater cinema with native 4K HDR visual technology, a 120” Elite cine grey 5D screen and a Klypsch reference Dolby Atmos audio system.

  • Opening of exhibition is Friday 29th November 2019. Exhibition closes Friday 20th December 2019.