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OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS*

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8th International Painting Biennial – “Painful Events as Part of Everyday Life”

Curator of the exhibition: Tomas Lagūnavičius.

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This is an international painting biennial exploring how painful events become an inseparable part of our everyday life. In the contemporary world, wars, conflicts, losses, and constant tension permeate the information space so frequently that we learn to adapt to them. What once would have been shocking today often passes by almost unnoticed — like background noise accompanying daily work and routine.

The biennial invites artists to explore this dangerous mechanism of habituation: how pain becomes normalized, how visual and emotional shocks lose their sharpness, and how the human psyche creates protective layers that allow survival while simultaneously dulling sensitivity. Here, painting becomes a way to freeze a moment, to force the viewer to look closely at what they usually turn away from, and to rethink their relationship with ongoing global processes.

This biennial aims not only to document traces of painful events but also to raise the question: Is the ability to adapt to pain our strength, or a dangerous cost of humanity?

We are waiting for your works that visually reflect this theme.

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HOW TO SUBMIT WORKS?

1.Submit up to 3 photographs (one work — one photo);

2.Photo requirements:

• JPG/JPEG format;

• Resolution — 300 dpi;

• Minimum resolution — 2100px on the longest side;

• File name:

“AUTHOR NAME_SURNAME_TITLE_TECHNIQUE_YEAR_COUNTRY”

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(Example: JONAS JONAITIS_ PAINFUL EVENTS AS PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE_ 8TH INTERNATIONAL PAINTING BIENNIAL_2026_LITHUANIA)

Paintings that do not meet the requirements will not be included in the exhibition.

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Send works by email: iavpoa.art@gmail.com

(In the subject line, please indicate: “8TH INTERNATIONAL PAINTING BIENNIAL „Painful Events as Part of Everyday Life“)

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Works are accepted until 29 March 2026.

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Submitted works will be presented on the YouTube channel “IAVPOA ART”, where viewers will be invited to vote for their three favorite works. Submitted works will also be printed and exhibited in a physical exhibition and then destroyed after the exhibition.

The work that receives the highest number of viewer votes will be awarded a high-quality certificate.

Artists whose works receive the most votes will be awarded first, second, and third place winner certificates (based on the total number of votes per artist’s works).

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All exhibition participants will receive participation certificates.

We look forward to your emails!

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IMPORTANT:

By submitting works, you agree that they may be publicly displayed on the YouTube channel “IAVPOA ART”, social media platforms, and in a physical exhibition.

Printed works will not be returned — they will be destroyed after the exhibition.

International Association of Visual, Performing and Other Arts

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