Bringing social justice to the art world! Show a piece of your work during the Venice Biennale 2026 at Kunst Depot in the heart of Castello.

"Calling artists exploring the theme of UNSEEN - seeing differently" 

Show your work at Kunst Depot, Venice, Italy during the Venice Biennale, 2026, in UNSEEN.

Applications are open to all artists globally; we are particularly interested in including artists identifying as women or those from minority backgrounds.

About the show: 

• ‘UNSEEN – Seeing Differently’
• 14th October to 24th October
• Vernissage: Tuesday 13th 6pm - 8pm
• KUNST DEPOT VENZIA
• Cannaregio 5415, Rio terà dei Biri - Campiello Widmann, 30121 Venice, Italy

Description:

The most powerful forces shaping our lives are often the least visible.

Through the work of predominantly women artists from diverse cultural and geographical backgrounds,

The exhibition explores hidden histories, overlooked knowledge and systems that lie beneath the surface of everyday experience, determining how we navigate our lives.

 ‘UNSEEN – Seeing Differently’ brings together artists, many of whom come from communities that have historically been underrepresented within the art world, whose practices illuminate what is hidden, overlooked, erased, or deliberately obscured.

Working across a range of media, installation, photography, painting, film, sculpture, performance and conceptual practice, the artists reveal hidden networks of connection: between personal memory and collective history, migration and belonging, ecological change and human experience, power and resistance.

Rather than focusing solely on what has been excluded, the exhibition uncovers alternative ways of seeing and understanding the world, bringing into view narratives, knowledge and relationships that have long existed beyond dominant histories.

The artists challenge those prevailing narratives not by amplifying the loudest voices, but by drawing attention to the complexities which lie beneath them.

United by an interest in poetic enquiry as much as political engagement, the artists do not simply expose what has been overlooked; they invite audiences to recognise new forms of connection, resilience and imagination.

Together, their works suggest that what remains unseen is not absent, but waiting to be discovered, reinterpreted and shared.

Presented during the 2026 Venice Biennale and in dialogue with its theme, In Minor Keys, the exhibition embraces the idea that transformation often begins not with grand declarations but with quieter acts of observation, resistance and revelation.

These works invite us to listen differently: to attend to subtle histories, other perspectives, hidden relationships and alternative ways of understanding the world.

Cost: 

Free to apply, £199* - £499 only if selected, depending upon the size of the piece, installation and shipping requirements. *Please note if you are based in the UK 20% VAT will be added to the fee.

The exhibition fee includes:

• Representation at this beautiful gallery during the Venice Biennale 2026 for two weeks. 
• Social media marketing materials to promote your inclusion during the two-week exhibition.
• Inclusion in the Venice exhibition catalogue as a double-page spread about yourself and your work.
• Vernissage: 13th October 2026, from 6 pm to 8 pm. 
• Installation, shipping support, invigilation.

A printed description of your work and name will be on display. QR codes available at the exhibition will provide viewers with more information about your work.

Artists:  

UNSEEN comprises of four experienced female artists at present Amy Jackson, Audrey Mullins, Fion Gunn and Shoran Jiang. The show is curated by Amy Jackson and Fion Gunn.

Thus, this is an excellent opportunity to promote your work and have access to buyers worldwide online.

The number of visitors reaches 12,000 on foot per month made up of collectors, art enthusiasts, Biennale visitors, other artists and VIPs invited by the curator and exhibiting artists. On the opening night, 100 VIP guests will be in attendance throughout the night.

Artists will be promoted via the curators social media platforms which has over 6,500 relevant followers, recent collaborative posts received between 5,000 - 150,000 views for reels, and on average 1,500 accounts reached per post.

About Amy Jackson:

Jacqueline Amy Jackson) studied Fine Art at The Ruskin, University of Oxford. Jackson is an artist, activist, curator and responsible investment specialist blending philosophy, humour, nature and science to create immersive experiences in traditional galleries and unconventional spaces.

Her work includes street art, happenings, photography, painting and found objects. Jackson explores issues such as climate change, consumerism, mental health, social inequalities and critically, how these themes are inextricably linked.

Her work often exists outside of the ‘white cube’ and inside the communities it touches. Her experience spans art commissions for Kensington + Chelsea Art Week to public speaking on climate change.

Her work has been featured in the Times, Art World Magazine, Modern Art Oxford, Time Out and Tate Britain. Jackson received the Pirye Prize and Kevin Slingsby Prize for Funnel Vision.

She won The Blunden Prize in 2025, was shortlisted for the YICCA Art Prize and Creative Green Awards and recognised as Rising Star at the LAPF Investment Awards 2021.

@thisisamyjackson

About Fion Gunn:

Fion Gunn is an interdisciplinary artist working across painting, collage, sculpture, installation and immersive media. Her practice explores memory, migration, landscape and cultural identity, connecting personal experience with wider historical narratives.

Drawing on archives, literature, poetry and mythology, she recovers overlooked histories—particularly those of women—and traces unexpected connections across cultures and generations.

Moving between material and digital forms, Gunn invites viewers to reconsider the relationships between past and present, image and language, and individual lives and shared histories.

@gunnfion