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About Solo Exhibits

The Art League seeks artists who have a strong, cohesive, and exciting body of work expressing an aesthetic concept for our prestigious solo artist exhibitions. Our aim, whether we exhibit experimental or traditional works, is to adhere to the highest standards of quality. While we seek beautifully executed work, we also value work that is innovative, artwork that presents the artist’s unique voice, and engages the viewer intellectually, emotionally, as well as visually.

Solo Artist Qualifications

  • Artist must be a current exhibiting artist member of The Art League.
  • Artist cannot have had a solo exhibit at The Art League within the last five years.
  • If an artist is selected for a 2026 solo show, no more than one-third of the works displayed in the final exhibit can have been shown in a juried solo exhibit within 50 miles of The Art League Gallery.

Become an exhibiting artist member

Exhibiting Artist Membership at The Art League gallery is open to all artists who wish to participage in Art League exhibits.

2026 Application Process

Applications are reviewed and selected two years ahead of time. Jurying for 2026 solo exhibits will take place in the fall of 2024.

There are three steps to jurying. 

1. Applicants must first submit images of five works, a proposal, artist statement, and artist résumé online. 25 applicants will be selected by the jury panel as finalists.

2. Finalist applicants will drop of their work  at the gallery for “in-person” jurying. 

3. The jury panel will review artwork “in-person” and make final decisions. Artists will not be present during the in-person artwork jurying. 

Solo Room Floor plan PDF

Application Timeline:

Friday, October 4, 2024: Application deadline. Images of five artworks, a detailed proposal, an artist statement, and an artist resumé must be submitted online via Submittable.com.
Sunday, October 11, 2024: Finalists will be notified and moved to the second round of jurying.
Saturday, October 19, 2024: Applicants  must drop off their five artworks (the same five that were submitted in the application) by 5:00pm on Saturday, October 19, 2024. Instructions and times for drop off will be emailed to artists who submit an application.
Sunday, October 20, 2024: The Art League Gallery will be closed while a panel of jurors discusses each finalist and decides which artists will be accepted for a 2025 solo exhibit.
Monday, October 21, 2024: All artists MUST pick up their work between 12:00pm-5:00pm and will receive the juror’s final decision at that time. Results will not be given over the phone.
Jury Panel
Rania Hassan creates site-specific installations that weave sculptural stories about our connections to time, place, and circumstance. The five main themes she works with embody ideas of community, synchronicity, identity, time, and memory. Her work is about levels of interconnectedness. From a single strand of thread, we are all connected.
 
Foon V. Sham received a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts, and a MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a professor of Art at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has had 43 solo exhibitions in the Washington Metropolitan region and in New York, California, Ohio, Delaware, New Mexico, Canada, Norway, Mexico, Australia and most recently in France.
 
Jonathan Bella is a Gallery Associate and Artist Liaison at Hamiltonian Artists. They have experience working in local art museums and galleries, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Phillips Collection, and Von Ammon Co.
 
 Evaluation Criteria 

Artist has well rounded concept, intellectual idea, unique perspective, or motivation behind their work.

Artist’s statement clearly communicated their motivation for creating artwork and/or provides relevant personal information to help understand their artwork.

Proposal provides appropriate details about their exhibit.

Artist has a cohesive body of work.

Artist’s body of work accurately reflects their proposed aesthetic concept. (artwork present is connected to their proposal)

Artist has presented a concept that is interesting and unique. Artwork is engaging (intellectually, emotionally, and visually).

Artwork presentation is professional (can refer to framing, matting, wrapped canvas edges, etc.).

Artwork demonstrates a high level of technical skill and craftsmanship

Formal elements: composition, color, form, texture, space, value

Interested in applying?

Solo Jurying Information Sessions will explain the application, submission, jurying, and exhibition processes for a solo show at The Art League gallery. You may set up a brief one-on-one meeting by emailing [email protected]. (Subject to staff availability.)