Zhen Yi Gallery (Paris), in collaboration with Sol de Paris Gallery, invites emerging and mid-career artists to submit works for the group exhibition The Body as Threshold, exploring how the body exists in states of passage and transformation — between inside and outside, private and public, human and environment. Rather than treating the body as a fixed subject, the exhibition approaches it as a crossing point — a site where emotion, movement, and perception shift from one state to another.


We welcome works that capture the experience of being “in between”: moments of transition, change, or emergence. 

Artists are invited to respond through performance, installation, sculpture, video, or other forms that consider the body in relation to space — crossing doorways, windows, shorelines, or other liminal sites.

Sound, light, and movement-based works are also encouraged, particularly those that invite viewers to sense or inhabit transformation.

About the Exhibition

The Body as Threshold will take place at Zhen Yi Gallery, 17 rue Chapon, 75003 Paris — in the city’s vibrant Marais district, near the Centre Pompidou — with expected footfall from both local art audiences and international visitors.

The exhibition continues the gallery’s curatorial focus on states of transformation and perception, following Scentless Depths (September, 2025), an international group show exploring water as rhythm, resonance, and invisible presence.

Who Can Apply

We welcome submissions from emerging and mid-career artists working in all media — including video, performance, installation, sculpture, photography, and digital art.

International applications are accepted.

About the Organisers

Sol de Paris — Founded in 2023 by a graduate of IESA Art Management School, Paris.

The gallery has organised several exhibitions and maintains an active presence on Instagram (694 followers).

Zhen Yi Gallery — Founded in 2025 by Evgeniya Makarshina, also an IESA graduate.

The founder actively networks within the international art community, with nearly 500 professional connections on LinkedIn.

Both galleries are dedicated to creating international opportunities for emerging artists and are developing a cross-border programme, with a future exhibition planned in Shanghai in December 2025.

What We Offer

• Exhibition in Paris
• Curatorial guidance and installation support
• Promotion on both galleries’ social media platforms
• Publications in international media —  the UK-based The Urgency of Art (yishunart.com) and China’s leading art platform Artron (artron.net)
• Certificates of participation 
• Recommendation letters (good for art projects and visa applications)
• Networking and cross-cultural exchange
• 0% commission on artwork sales

 
Submission Terms

Participation fee (if selected): £200 (or €230)

Delivery and return of artworks to/from Paris are the responsibility of the artist

Deadline: October 25, 2025