- Jobs
- Open Calls
- Events
- Learning
- More
- SUBMIT
On the Surface
Category:
Artistic field:
Organisation:
Eligibility:

Studio Montclair is currently seeking submissions for the exhibition “On the Surface,” which will be on view from October 28 through November 26, 2022 at Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ.
Artists have stretched, manipulated, and morphed the surface in ways that challenge traditional ideas of what art can be. While surface articulation may range from flat to sculptural, there is a visual tension between the actuality of the object and the space that is simultaneously perceived. Using a variety of materials, artists are building up the plane and playing with dimensionality. They are also creating an illusion of three-dimensionality, which may require the viewer to become aware of his or her sense of form, mass, and space. Other artists allow the materials and process to create a surface that engages the sense of touch as well as sight, or they may use transparency to enable the viewer to penetrate the surface. From a limitless interiority to a built-out exterior space, the viewer experiences many aspects of spatial ambiguity as well as the intriguing intersection of medium, surface and illusion. For “On the Surface,” Studio Montclair is looking for artists who are examining the limitless boundaries of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional plane.
CURATOR
Shazzi Thomas received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Bard College in 2004. Her abstract paintings have been exhibited at Longwood Art Gallery, Broome Street Gallery, Eleven Ten Gallery, Brooklyn Artists Gym, and The Painting Center in NYC. Her work addresses the inter-relationship between design and chaos, and the parallels between our external and internal environments.
Thomas has curated numerous exhibitions at Broome Street Gallery in Soho. In 2008, she gave a lecture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on the artist Georgia O'Keefe in conjunction with the exhibition Through Our Eyes: Wuppertal/New York. Most recently, she gave a lecture at The Maryland Institute College of Art addressing making your own luck in the art world and managing a non-profit organization. She curated the exhibitions Cultivate Your Own Garden, About Face, I Am My Best Work, and One in a Year at The Painting Center. and the NYAE 2020 Members Invitational at Equity Gallery.
She served as a juror for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and the Golden Educators Residency. In 2021, she was a guest juror for the 11th Biennial Alexander Rutsch Award. In 2022, she was offered the opportunity to nominate an artist for the prestigious Heinz Award.
Shazzi Thomas has been the Director of The Painting Center in Chelsea for 17 years. She is the Co-President of the Drawing Rooms in Jersey City and works as an assistant at Michelman Fine Art.
Location:
Studio Montclair Gallery
127 Bloomfield Ave
Montclair, NJ 07042
Deadline:
05/September/2022
Entry Fee:
- No
Contact & Links:
Instagram:
![]() |
Call for Submissions Belfast Photo Festival Belfast |
Belfast Photo Festival 2023 Open Submission 03/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists AVE22 MetaGallery |
ALIVE Open Call 10/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Entries Science Gallery International Melbourne |
NOT NATURAL 03/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Entries Prisma Art Prize ROMA |
PRISMA ART PRIZE - ROME - 12TH EDITION 28/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery Rawtenstall |
The Whitaker: Open Call for Artists 10/February/2023 |
![]() |
Residency Arts at CERN Geneva |
Connect 03/March/2023 |
|
Call for Artists The Printmaking Lab Online |
International Open Call Exhibition 10/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists Manhattan Arts International New York |
Manhattan Arts International "HerStory" 2023 20/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists Innovate Grant Online |
NEW * $1,800.00 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo 23/March/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists J. Mane Gallery |
Landscapes 25/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Submissions Las Laguna Art Gallery Los Angeles |
2023 - Figures or Faces 05/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Entries Gallery Omata Online |
Call for Art | Games We Play | Online Exhibition 31/March/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Entries Art Fluent Boston |
Call for Art-SHE 03/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists Las Laguna Art Gallery Los Angeles |
Gone Wild 31/March/2023 |
![]() |
Residency Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Banff |
Indigenous Dramaturgies Exchange 2023 15/February/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Entries Mall Galleries London |
The Pastel Society | OPEN CALL 2023 24/March/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists Art League of Long Island Dix Hills |
61st Long Island Artists Exhibition at the Art League of Long Island 31/January/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Artists Superfine Art Fair Savannah |
Superfine Savannah 24/March/2023 |
![]() |
Call for Submissions Crocker Art Museum Sacramento |
Call for Artists: Crocker Art Museum Art Auction Season 2023 28/February/2023 |