Open Call
Submit your work
What We’re Looking For:
Dreams On Command is currently accepting submissions for an upcoming group exhibition featuring artwork that explores the deeper meaning behind everyday life.
We’re interested in work that takes familiar objects, places, experiences, people, and ideas and presents them in a way that is absurd, surreal, thought-provoking, humorous, unsettling, or unexpected.
We welcome artists working across all mediums, including photography, painting, sculpture, installation, mixed media, and experimental work. To put it simply: the weirder, the better.
What We’re Generally Not Looking For:
While we review each submission individually, our curatorial focus generally DOES NOT include traditional landscape photography, nature photography, wildlife photography, documentary-style street photography, travel photography, sports photography, wedding photography, commercial work, or work whose primary emphasis is technical execution rather than concept.
How to Apply:
Upload images of your work along with a brief artist statement describing your practice and what you are exploring through your artwork.
Submission Fee & Review Process:
A non-refundable submission fee of $25 helps cover administrative costs and the time required for a thoughtful review process.
Every submission is personally reviewed by the Gallery Director of Dreams On Command. Your work is not screened by interns, volunteers, or an anonymous jury panel. Each submission is carefully considered for its conceptual strength, visual impact, and fit within the exhibition.
It is important to understand that this submission fee is the only fee artists will be asked to pay during the exhibition process. If your work is selected, it is because we genuinely believe in the work, the vision behind it, and its fit within the gallery’s curatorial program. Selected artists may be considered for group exhibitions, solo exhibitions, or future opportunities at the gallery at our discretion.
Notification Process:
All applicants will receive an update once the review process has been completed. Whether your work is accepted or not, you will be notified by email when a final decision has been made.
Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we may not be able to provide individual feedback on every application. We appreciate your patience as we carefully review each submission.
Submission Terms & Conditions
By submitting work to Dreams On Command, you agree to the following:
Submission fees are non-refundable and do not guarantee acceptance into DOC or any exhibition.
All submissions are reviewed at the sole discretion of Dreams On Command and its Gallery Director.
Artists retain full copyright to their work.
By submitting images, artists grant Dreams On Command permission to use submitted artwork, artist statements, and related materials for review, promotional, educational, archival, and marketing purposes related to the gallery and its exhibitions.
Artists are responsible for ensuring that all submitted information, artwork descriptions, dimensions, pricing, and images are accurate.
Accepted artwork must reasonably match the work represented in the submission. Dreams On Command reserves the right to decline work that differs significantly from the images originally submitted.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, artists are responsible for the production, framing, packaging, transportation, delivery, and pickup of their artwork.
Dreams On Command cannot guarantee the sale of artwork and makes no representations regarding sales performance.
Exhibition placement, artwork selection, installation decisions, pricing recommendations, and curatorial decisions remain at the sole discretion of Dreams On Command.
Dreams On Command reserves the right to refuse, remove, or decline artwork that presents safety concerns, violates applicable laws, infringes upon intellectual property rights, materially conflicts with the gallery’s curatorial direction, or arrives in a condition that is not suitable for exhibition.
This may include, but is not limited to, damaged artwork, broken or unstable frames, excessive wear, poor craftsmanship, improper wiring, or presentation issues that do not meet the gallery’s exhibition standards.
Artists are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions, licenses, or releases associated with their work.
Additional exhibition agreements may be provided to accepted artists before an exhibition is confirmed.
Please do not submit original works that are not available for exhibition or sale.
Questions regarding the submission process may be directed to the gallery prior to applying.