OPEN CALL – TIME TO PAINT NYC × A Space Gallery
invites emerging artists to apply for a curated group exhibition in New York.
We are seeking works that explore individuality,identity, and personal expression within the context of urban life — particularly how one situates themselves within the structures of the city.
Submission Guidelines
• Maximum size: 17 × 20nches
• Up to 2 works per artist (1 selected for exhibition)
• Open to all Visual Artists in all media
• 28 artists will be selected, each presenting one artwork
• A participation fee of $150 will be required upon selection to confirm participation（100% of artwork sales go directly to the artist）
• Submission deadline: May 23, 11:59 PM (EST)
Curated by Jianfang Shi
Jianfang Shi, a distinguished artist, curator, and art critic, is the founder of Square Gallery (Shanghai), the principal of Time to Paint NYC (New York), the Chinese representative of Pantocrator Gallery (Barcelona), and the artistic director of Fanrong Art Museum (Suzhou).
Application link in bio.
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A Space Gallery Summer 2026 Open Call: Curatorial Lab
A Space Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our Curatorial Lab Summer 2026, a program supporting emerging and independent curators in developing experimental, concept driven exhibitions.
The selected curator will participate in a one month development period for a final exhibition presented at A Space Gallery in July 2026. Exhibition scheduling and format will be determined in collaboration with the selected curator, based on the nature of the project.
We welcome proposals that challenge format, structure, and how artworks are experienced within space. Projects that engage with display, narrative, and audience interaction in thoughtful or unexpected ways are strongly encouraged. We welcome applications from curators of all backgrounds and career stages who can be in New York if selected.
The curator selected for the program will work closely with A Space Gallery’s team to develop and realize their exhibition. The gallery will provide production and visual support throughout the process, and the final exhibition will be featured on Artsy and promoted across A Space Gallery’s platforms.
Submission Instruction
Applicants must submit a one-page curatorial proposal outlining the exhibition concept, participating artists (if applicable), and preliminary spatial or display considerations via Google Form (Link in bio; do not email).
Supporting materials may include visual references, previous curatorial work, artworks, or related research.
All materials must be submitted in PDF format.
Exhibition and Program Details
Selected projects will be developed over a one month period, including research, planning, and refinement.
Final exhibitions will take place at A Space Gallery in July 2026.
Curators are expected to participate in the development and installation process, with support from the gallery team.
Application Deadline: May 22, 2026
Application Fee: $35 (non-refundable)
Link in bio
‼️‼️LAST DAY！ ENDS TODAY‼️‼️
OPEN CALL | “Not for Sale” – Group Exhibition at A Space Gallery
CALL FOR ENTRY — “Not for sale” : We’re opening submissions for a group show on May 22, 2026 to May 29, 2026
We live in a world that demands a “why.” In a culture obsessed with optimization, we are told that every work must serve a purpose: it should be for a portfolio, for a client, or for sale. We’ve been conditioned to treat our creativity like a factory—if it doesn’t produce “value,” we’re told it’s a waste of time.
But we are looking for the work that was born without a destination. What about the work that simply saved you? What about the messy sketches you made while stuck on a Zoom call, the weird abstract shapes you doodled just to keep your hands from shaking, or the pieces that are “too personal” to sell and “too weird” to post? We want the art that happened when you stopped trying to be “productive” and started being honest.
[Not for sale] is a soft rebellion against the pressure to have a point. This is an archive of non-strategic art—pieces created simply because the artist needed to breathe. These works aren’t “career moves” or “brand-consistent” projects; they are the raw, unfiltered evidence of being alive in a world that tries to turn every human instinct into a commodity.
We are celebrating the unfinished, the unpolished, and the purposefully aimless. We aren’t looking for your “best” work—we want the work that felt the most alive. We welcome any form of expression that was created for no audience, with no goal, and for no reason. Because in a world of endless outcomes, sometimes the act of making is enough.
Link in Bio
Last one day!!!!
OPEN CALL | “Not for Sale” – Group Exhibition at A Space Gallery
CALL FOR ENTRY — “Not for sale” : We’re opening submissions for a group show on May 22, 2026 to May 29, 2026
We live in a world that demands a “why.” In a culture obsessed with optimization, we are told that every work must serve a purpose: it should be for a portfolio, for a client, or for sale. We’ve been conditioned to treat our creativity like a factory—if it doesn’t produce “value,” we’re told it’s a waste of time.
But we are looking for the work that was born without a destination. What about the work that simply saved you? What about the messy sketches you made while stuck on a Zoom call, the weird abstract shapes you doodled just to keep your hands from shaking, or the pieces that are “too personal” to sell and “too weird” to post? We want the art that happened when you stopped trying to be “productive” and started being honest.
[Not for sale] is a soft rebellion against the pressure to have a point. This is an archive of non-strategic art—pieces created simply because the artist needed to breathe. These works aren’t “career moves” or “brand-consistent” projects; they are the raw, unfiltered evidence of being alive in a world that tries to turn every human instinct into a commodity.
We are celebrating the unfinished, the unpolished, and the purposefully aimless. We aren’t looking for your “best” work—we want the work that felt the most alive. We welcome any form of expression that was created for no audience, with no goal, and for no reason. Because in a world of endless outcomes, sometimes the act of making is enough.
Link in Bio
Today is the last day to visit Happy Hour 🍻
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening and stopped by throughout the week. We’re grateful to all the participating artists for bringing together such a thoughtful, playful, and emotionally layered exhibition.
Winner announced🏆
Weiyuan Wang @weiyuan0525 has been selected as the juried exhibition winner of “Happy Hour”.
Weiyuan’s solo exhibition at A Space Gallery will take place in Fall 2026.
Weiyuan Wang (b. 2001, Taipei, Taiwan) is an artist currently based in New York, and an MFA candidate in Printmaking at Pratt Institute (2026). Her practice is rooted in printmaking, where she explores duplication not only as a technical process, but as a conceptual and emotional framework.
Wei first trained in Chinese painting in Taiwan. After graduating, she worked as a freelance graphic designer across Taiwan and Japan, where her engagement with publishing introduced her to the logic of reproduction. How images circulate, multiply, and shift in meaning, these experiences led her to pursue printmaking. Her work often moves between two and three dimensions. She use the printing surface as something physical, holding traces of time, temperature, and transformation.
Now on View‼️5/1-6/1 at A Space Virtual Gallery💻
A Space Gallery is pleased to present Let That Shit Go…, a group exhibition in virtual space that responds to the feeling of being overwhelmed. Across painting, sculpture, video, print, beading, and digital media, the show gathers artists who turn away from the search for clarity or control and toward release, collapse, humor, and refusal.
Let That Shit Go… considers burnout, repetition, distraction, and emotional fatigue—and the strange freedom that can come from loosening one’s grip. The works are by turns chaotic, quiet, absurd, excessive, and unresolved: conduit pipes bent into an off-beat conducting gesture, unfixed prints that continue to fade, a burning Earth rendered in 3,808 iridescent beads, and a stream-of-consciousness poster that lets intrusive thoughts accumulate until the accumulation itself becomes the work. Instead of resolving the noise, these pieces make space for the relief of finally setting something down.
Artists:
Herin Kim @kimherin.co
Maya Morose @mayamorose
Sun Park sunparkparksun
Si Weon Kim @see_one_
Lingxue (Luna) Hao @luna___hao
Yuliya Klochan @yuliyaklochan
Arianna Gazca @hoochagucha
Nahyun Kim @studio.nahyun
Zixuan (Lexi) Xu @lexixu.design
Curator: Yichen Ji @jackji14
A Space Virtual Gallery in Bio
OPEN CALL | “Not for Sale” - Group Exhibition at A Space Gallery
CALL FOR ENTRY — “Not for sale” : We’re opening submissions for a group show on May 22, 2026 to May 29, 2026
We live in a world that demands a “why.” In a culture obsessed with optimization, we are told that every work must serve a purpose: it should be for a portfolio, for a client, or for sale. We’ve been conditioned to treat our creativity like a factory—if it doesn’t produce “value,” we’re told it’s a waste of time.
But we are looking for the work that was born without a destination. What about the work that simply saved you? What about the messy sketches you made while stuck on a Zoom call, the weird abstract shapes you doodled just to keep your hands from shaking, or the pieces that are “too personal” to sell and “too weird” to post? We want the art that happened when you stopped trying to be “productive” and started being honest.
[Not for sale] is a soft rebellion against the pressure to have a point. This is an archive of non-strategic art—pieces created simply because the artist needed to breathe. These works aren’t “career moves” or “brand-consistent” projects; they are the raw, unfiltered evidence of being alive in a world that tries to turn every human instinct into a commodity.
We are celebrating the unfinished, the unpolished, and the purposefully aimless. We aren’t looking for your “best” work—we want the work that felt the most alive. We welcome any form of expression that was created for no audience, with no goal, and for no reason. Because in a world of endless outcomes, sometimes the act of making is enough.
Link in Bio
📅 May is here.
A full month at A Space —
openings, pop-ups, virtual works, and what’s next.
From Happy Hour to Not For Sale,
plus new projects and deadlines in between.
Take a look, mark your dates,
and stay active with us.
See you at the gallery.
Artwork by @kellyahernart (On-site Exhibition: Happy Hour)
📍 A Space Gallery
13 Grattan St #402
Brooklyn, NY
A Space Gallery is pleased to present Let That Shit Go…, a group exhibition in virtual space that responds to the feeling of being overwhelmed. Across painting, sculpture, video, print, beading, and digital media, the show gathers artists who turn away from the search for clarity or control and toward release, collapse, humor, and refusal.
Let That Shit Go… considers burnout, repetition, distraction, and emotional fatigue—and the strange freedom that can come from loosening one's grip. The works are by turns chaotic, quiet, absurd, excessive, and unresolved: conduit pipes bent into an off-beat conducting gesture, unfixed prints that continue to fade, a burning Earth rendered in 3,808 iridescent beads, and a stream-of-consciousness poster that lets intrusive thoughts accumulate until the accumulation itself becomes the work. Instead of resolving the noise, these pieces make space for the relief of finally setting something down.
Artists: Herin Kim @kimherin.co
Maya Morose @mayamorose
Sun Park sunparkparksun
Si Weon Kim @see_one_
Lingxue (Luna) Hao @luna___ha
Yuliya Klochan @yuliyaklochan
Arianna Gazca @hoochagucha
Nahyun Kim @studio.nahyun
Zixuan (Lexi) Xu @lexixu.design
Curator: Yichen Ji @jackji14
A Space Virtual Gallery in Bio
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