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Onboards Biennale 2025

ONBOARDS BIENNALE 2025
is a contemporary art exhibition on billboards. In July 2025, 100 artworks will be showcased across Antwerp. 

Onboards Biennale invites visual artists to submit for its 2025 edition, Relationships. Selected works will be presented in public spaces as part of a city-wide exhibition.
We welcome proposals across all visual disciplines. 

 

 
 

International FiKVA Award for painters 2025

OPEN CALL

The FiKVA Foundation proudly presents the 3rd International FiKVA Award for Representational & Figurative Painters—a remarkable opportunity for artists worldwide to gain international recognition, share their talent globally, and earn substantial financial rewards. Best of all, the entire process is online—no need to ship your work or part with it!

Submit your best paintings from the past two years for a chance to win up to €5,000 in cash, premium art supplies, a 6-month gallery representation or be featured in a celebrated online exhibition! The International FiKVA Award for painters is open to all artists 18 years of age or older.

MiniARTures 2024

OPEN CALL

The FiKVA Foundation and WG Gallery are excited to announce an Open Call for artists to submit their miniature artworks in any medium (except for digital work) for a unique and captivating exhibition.
MiniARTures is a global competition, providing a platform for artists to demonstrate their skills in capturing the essence of realism within the confines of a miniature format (40x40 cm or 15,7 inches). This competition aims to encourage and support artists financially and provide them with an opportunity to exhibit their best works at WG Gallery for an extended period of time (11th May - 25 august 2024, Dordrecht, The Netherlands).

ONBOARDS BIENNALE 23 - In Touch

We are thrilled to announce the second edition of ONBOARDS BIENNALE 2023, an incredible opportunity for visual artists to show their artwork in public spaces and get in touch with a broad audience and other art professionals.

ONBOARDS BIENNALE 2023, entitled “In Touch,” is now accepting applications from artists worldwide. The Biennale will be held from June 12th to July 10th, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium, and will feature 2 X 100 artworks, displayed on the city’s billboards. During the exhibition, the artworks will be showcased in two locations; On the first location from June 12th till June 26th and on the second location from June 26th till July 10th.

International FiKVA Award for painters 2023

OPEN CALL

The FiKVA Foundation announces its 2d international contest for representational & figurative painters. This competition aims to encourage and support artists financially and provide them with an opportunity to exhibit their best work online.
Enter the paintings produced the last two years you are most proud of, and you could win up to €5000 in cash and other prizes!      

The International FiKVA Award for painters is a global online competition, open to all artists 18 years of age or older. The FiKVA Award welcomes entries in all genres: hyperrealism, photorealism, classical and modern realism, surrealism, and imaginative realism – as long as the artwork reads as representational and not stylized or abstract.

ARTISTS @ WORK

OPEN CALL ARTISTS @ WORK

NICC is the artist-run network organization of the visual artist in Belgium. The core activity of NICC is to promote and strengthen knowledge and dialogue about developments in the artistic practice and the framework within which this takes place.

The Antwerp Art Weekend (May 26 to 29th, 2022) is a city-wide event for contemporary visual art in Antwerp, where art spaces in and around the city come together to celebrate and further promote contemporary art as a valuable and essential part of society.

NICC has a new place for several months now. We have been invited by HART magazine to share the space in Kleine Markt 7-9, Antwerp.

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