OPEN CALL | WORN FORMS

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CISTA ARTS invites artists, jewellers, designers, and makers to submit work for Worn Forms, an online exhibition exploring jewellery as small-scale, portable sculpture.

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Moving beyond the decorative, Worn Forms considers jewellery as a site of artistic inquiry, where form, material, scale, and meaning converge in objects carried on the body.

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We welcome contemporary interpretations of jewellery that engage with identity, memory, place, the body, material experimentation, social narratives, and cultural heritage. Whether abstract or figurative, minimalist or intricate, wearable or challenging conventional ideas of wearability, we encourage submissions across traditional and non-traditional materials.

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We are particularly interested in work that presents jewellery as sculpture—objects that exist as artworks in their own right while maintaining an intimate relationship with the body.

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Selected artists will receive:
• Online exhibition on the CISTA ARTS platform
• Inclusion in a professionally produced UK exhibition catalogue (plus complimentary PDF)
• No commission on sales
• Daily Meet the Artist social media features
• Homepage feature with permanent exhibition archive
• Direct links to your website or social media
• Certificate of participation

 

Submission deadline: 22 August 2026

Exhibition dates: 15 September – 15 October 2026

 

To apply, please send:
• Contact details
• Artwork information
• Artist statement (max. 100 words)
• Short biography (max. 100 words)
• Up to 4 images of your work

 

Image submissions
As this exhibition focuses on jewellery as sculpture, we encourage photographs that present the work as an artwork rather than a commercial product. Thoughtfully composed studio, still-life, or installation-style images are preferred over conventional product or fashion photography.

 

Participation is free to apply.

Participation fee (selected artists only):
£30 for one accepted artwork
£50 for two accepted artworks

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Apply now to have the chance to be part of CISTA ARTS.

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For more information, please contact us at info@cistaarts.com