Applications are now open for our Spring Open Call for artists: upcoming Group Show ‘The Entranced Essence’. ‘Being entrances the essence… it traverses the essence and transports it beyond itself… the essence passed and passed away, penetrated and crippled by trembling, fear, respect, admiration, even love or hate, pleasure of pain - the essence transcended, and affected…” - Excerpts from Jean-Luc Nancy’s ‘The Sense of the World’. 🚨EXCITING UPDATES: DEADLINE EXTENSION & WHOLE STUDIO SHOW! We’re going big! In order to accommodate artists working in all scales and across media from performance to installation, we’ve expanded our Spring Open Call show The Entranced Essence to take over our entire 2000 sq. ft galleries and studio space! You have an extra week to submit work which pushes the boundaries of your practice as we’ve extended the deadline to meet the excitement and demand building around this show. The new submission deadline for The Entranced Essence is Monday 8th April at 23:59 GMT.

‘The Entranced Essence’ calls on artists to push the boundaries of their practice in pursuit of the New and is open for applications from Monday 4th March, closing on Monday 8th April at 23:59 GMT.

The show will run from Thursday 25th April - Saturday 4th May, with the closing finissage on Saturday 4th May, 18:00 - 21:00. Find more information about this opportunity, as well as how to apply, below.

Showing at RuptureXIBIT:

Rupture’s third Open Call group show, ‘The Entranced Essence’ will take place in our Front Gallery only. There’s no restriction to the number of works we will show, but the selection process will be more rigorous, to create a more intimate exhibition than previous Open Calls.

‘The Entranced Essence’ is open to work of all themes, mediums and dimensions, including performance and film, and will run from 25th April - 5th May, with the closing finissage on Saturday 4th May.

Applications are now open and will close at 23:59 GMT on Monday 8th April.

Rupture is a place of risk. A place of play, failure, a place of precarious disruption to practice, and we belive that it is from that place that the New arises. Rupture is eager to support artists in their generative practice by helping expand practice into exhibiting work. 

Be a part of our community:

Our goal is to help artists expand their practice through discussing work across disciplines and communities. This is why we offer a group critique for showing artists during the exhibition.

We aim to nurture creativity, by facilitating a space where artists can be open and brave when sharing their work. This critical element of discussion across communities tends to disappear once artists leave education, and is hard to find again.

At December’s ‘Lawless Imagination’ we hosted our first group crit and the overwhelmingly positive response showed us again that artists are hungry to come together and learn from each other, and that we need to continue striving towards this sense of community.

Important dates:

Submissions Open: Monday 4th March 09:00 GMT

Submissions Close: Monday 8th April, 23:59 GMT

Shortlist informed: Friday 12th April,  20:00 GMT

Open Call Show:  Thursday 25th April - Saturday 4th May

Finissage: Saturday 4th May, 18:00 - 21:00 GMT

RuptureXIBIT (+Studio) is an artist-run space in London, a 30-minute train ride from Waterloo, 20 minutes from Clapham Junction, and steps away from the station in Hampton Wick. 

Featuring museum lighting, advertising of your show on our Social Media and on prominent art sites including Art Rabbit and others, use of our ARTSVP booking system, coverage in our newsletter.

This opportunity will allow you to talk about your work to a wide and diverse audience of art lovers. We are not a traditional gallery: the emphasis is on the development of your practice and professional skills.

By applying to this open call you must acknowledge and agree to the following TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

- Only complete submissions will be considered, which must include payment and named and titled images of work. - The submission fee is non-refundable. - Artists are responsible for delivering all selected work by hand or by post to RuptureXIBIT, 55 High St, Hampton Wick, Kingston upon Thames KT1 4DG, to arrive between 11 am-5 pm on Sunday 21st April or 11 am-5 pm on Monday 22nd April 2024. - Artists are responsible for collecting and bringing all packaging for their own work from RuptureXIBIT, 55 High St, Hampton Wick, Kingston upon Thames KT1 4DG on these dates: After 9 pm on Saturday 4th April 2024 or 11 am-5 pm on Sunday 5th April 2024. - RuptureXIBIT will not return work via post or courier. - If artwork has not been collected on the dates mentioned above, RuptureXIBIT reserves the right to dispose of artwork. - Artwork is submitted at the Artist’s own risk. - All work will be handled with the utmost care but RuptureXIBIT do not take any responsibility for any damage to an artist’s work in transit, during curation, installation or during the show. - If an artist wishes to price their work for SALE, RuptureXIBIT will process any SALE on behalf of the artist. However, following any SALE, all shipping must be organized by the artist. - RuptureXIBIT will take a 30% commission on all sales to support the continued running costs of RuptureXIBIT.