Please submit the following via WeTransfer or Dropbox to submissions@scotiabankcontactphoto.com to be considered as a Featured Exhibition:

1. 10 images representing the specific project you wish to present. Image files must be in .jpg format.
2. An image list indicating artist name, title, medium, dimensions in inches, and year for each image.
3. One-page exhibition summary outlining to concept and content. Please include exhibition title, dates, name of exhibiting artist(s), and gallery/venue name.
4. A curriculum vitae or biography of the artist(s).
5. Contact information including name, address, telephone, and email for the main exhibition contact person. Please note you must designate one person as the primary point of contact.

A registration fee of $275+HST applies; you will be invoiced upon receipt of your submission.

Submissions not selected for the Featured category will be included in the Festival as an Open Call Exhibition.

Please Note:
– We do not accept hard copy submissions
– Incomplete submissions will not be accepted or reviewed
– Priority is given to works that have not yet been exhibited in Toronto
– Priority is given to those presenting in professional-quality spaces
– The exhibition space must hold public viewing hours
– Decision letters with be sent out in mid-December 2019

Sophie Sabet, I Almost Didn’t Feel You Leave. Installation at the Bradley Museum, May 11-June 16, 2019. Photo: Darren Rigo. 

Featured Exhibitions are eligible for The Gattuso Prize, a $5,000 award that acknowledges an outstanding exhibition in the Festival. Selected by a jury, the award decision is based on the calibre and concept of the work, the curatorial vision, and the overall impact and presentation of the exhibition.

The 2019 jury, Maegan Broadhurst (curator, The Shell Projects) and Geneviève Wallen (independent curator and writer), awarded the prize to Sophie Sabet’s I Almost Didn’t Feel You Leave at the Bradley Musem, curated by Noa Bronstein.

“Against the backdrop of the Bradley Museum, I Almost Didn’t Feel You Leave complicates colonial narratives of the homestead by using the autobiographical to delve into experiences of migration and its affects on familial structures. Sophie Sabet uses domestic objects as signifiers of expectation, whether economic or social, and demonstrates a desire for the continuity of a past life, but also contemplates present possibilities and constraints.” – The Jury

CONTACT’s Featured Exhibitions, selected to be part of the Festival through a juried submission process, are independently organized by artists, venues, and organizations across the city.

CONTACT gratefully acknowledges the generous support and contributions of La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso. The Foundation demonstrates strong leadership and influences innovation across all charitable sectors in Canada including health care, culture and the arts.

Past Winners

2018
Shadi Harouni and Elise Rasmussen, With an instinct for justice, Doris McCarthy Gallery

2017
Sandra Brewster, It’s all a blur…, Georgia Scherman Projects

2016
Lee Henderson, Never Letting Us Take Breath, Zalucky Contemporary

2015
Jimmy Limit, Surplus, Clint Roenisch Gallery

2014
Nadia Belerique, Have You Seen This Man, Daniel Faria Gallery

2013
Marlene Creates, selected works from 30 years, 1982-2012, Paul Petro Contemporary Art

2012
Lise Beaudry, Sur la glace / Walking on Ice, Art Gallery Of Mississauga

2011
Andrew Wright, CORONAE, at Peak Gallery

Installation view of Ravine by Seth Stevenson and Ryan Louis. A 2019 Open Call Exhibition at Allan Gardens Conservatory. Photo courtesy of the artists.

Registration for the 2020 Festival is open now through December 9, 2019:
register.scotiabankcontactphoto.com

This non-juried category is open to all, encouraging a variety of photographic practices. Open Call Exhibitions can be held in any type of venue, from conventional gallery spaces to unconventional venues such as community centres, cafés, or retail shops. Your exhibition and artist information will reach CONTACT’s extensive audience through the Festival catalogue (20,000 copies) and website (200k visitors.)

A registration fee of $275+HST applies.

Benefits of registration include:
– Exhibition listing with 75-word description and one image reproduction in the CONTACT Catalogue
– One web listing with up to three images on the Festival website
– Press access to your downloadable images on the website
– CONTACT venue signage
– Copies of the CONTACT Catalogue

Before registering, all artists/exhibition organizers must find a venue in which to hold the exhibition.

For Featured Exhibitions, preference is given to exhibitions held in professional gallery spaces.

Open Call Exhibitions can be held in any type of venue, from conventional gallery spaces to unconventional venues such as community centres, cafés, or retail shops.

Although CONTACT cannot make any guarantees, we are occasionally able to connect artists and venues wishing to participate, depending on availability and best fit. If you are an artist seeking exhibition space, or if you have a venue and would like to participate in the Festival, please email info [at] scotiabankcontactphoto [dot] com.

After creating an account profile at our registration portal, you will need the following information to complete your Open Call Exhibition registration.

1. Exhibition Name

2. Venue Details

• Name
• Address
• Phone
• Email
• Website
• Wheelchair accessible?

3. Exhibition Details

• Event Description (75 words)
• Artist name(s)
• Curated by, if applicable
• Exhibition Dates
• Opening Reception Date, if applicable
• Hours of Operation
• Event Email and URL, if applicable

3 Images

• Upload JPEGs only
• Minimum Dimensions : 1200px on short side
• Recommended Dimensions: 2400px on short side
• Maximum File Size: 7MB

Please note: Although registration closes December 6, 2019, you will have until early January 2020 to finalize this information for our catalogue.

An invoice will auto-generate on your account dashboard once you have created an exhibition registration.