London Open Test - Whitechapel Gallery

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Thank you for your interest in applying for The London Open 2021. We understand that 2020 has been a difficult year for artists. In recognition of this, once you pay your application fee, you will automatically receive a Whitechapel Gallery artist membership for a year. Benefits include: unlimited entries for you and a friend to visit all our free and paying exhibitions, invitations to openings and special events, 50% off and priority bookings for ticketed events for you and a friend, 10% off at the café, bookshop and on limited edition artworks. The submission fee is £30 per entrant, which goes towards administration costs. It is not possible to apply without paying this fee, which is non-refundable. Applications for The London Open 2021 close at midnight on Sunday 6 December, 2020. Please note, once you start the application process you will not be able to save your application mid-way through.
First name*
Last name*
Date of Birth*

The exhibition is open to all artists aged 26 or over (on the last day of the call for entries, 6 December 2020)
Selected artists must live and/or work in the London Boroughs. These are: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, City of Westminster, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, and Wandsworth.

Please provide your London home and/or studio/work address.
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal Code Country
Studio/Work Address (if required)
Street Address Address Line 2 City ZIP / Postal Code Country
Email*
Phone Number*
Supplementary Material – Applicants must supply a one page A4 CV pdf. set in minimum type font 10. Should you wish, you may also supply a statement of 250 words (1600 characters max.) in the text field provided. Please do not send additional catalogues, photographs or other material in support of your application to the gallery as it cannot be reviewed by the selectors. It is also not possible to return any such materials to you.
CV upload*
Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 10 MB.
Artist Statement
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The copyright and all other intellectual property rights in and to works, will remain the property of the artist.

The Whitechapel Gallery is committed to protecting your privacy. The information that you supply will be used by the Whitechapel Gallery to keep you up to date with news about future opportunities, exhibitions, events and special offers. By submitting your work you allow the Whitechapel Gallery to use anonymised data for statistical and reporting purposes. The Whitechapel Gallery will not share your details with any other company or institution without your consent. In line with the Data Protection Act, 1998, all data will be held securely by the Whitechapel Gallery.
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The submission fee is £30 per entrant, which goes towards administration costs. It is not possible to apply without paying this fee, which is non-refundable.
Submission price

You can submit up to 5 examples of your practice. This can be in the form of images or links to video or audio works, or a combination of both (e.g. 3 images, 2 video or audio links). Your work will be selected by the visual material submitted.
Please submit dimensions in centimeters and write this at the end, for example, 20 x 20 cm.
Submission 1
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Submission 1 - Image upload*
Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, jpeg, jpg, jpeg, Max. file size: 1 MB.
1MB maximum file size
Submission 1 - Link*

Please link to a popular video or audio sharing site like Youtube, Vimeo or Soundcloud.
Submission 1 - Title*
Submission 1 - Date*
Submission 1 - Dimensions / duration*
Submission 1 - Medium*
Submission 2
Submission 2 - Format
Submission 2 - Image upload
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Submission 2 - Link

Please link to a popular video or audio sharing site like Youtube, Vimeo or Soundcloud.
Submission 2 - Title
Submission 2 - Date
Submission 2 - Dimensions / duration
Submission 2 - Medium
Submission 3
Submission 3 - Format
Submission 3 - Image upload
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Submission 3 - Link
Submission 3 - Title
Submission 3 - Date
Submission 3 - Dimensions / duration
Submission 3 - Medium
Submission 4
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Submission 4 - Link
Submission 4 - Title
Submission 4 - Date
Submission 4 - Dimensions / duration
Submission 4 - Medium
Submission 5
Submission 5 - Format
Submission 5 - Image upload
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1MB maximum file size
Submission 5 - Link

Please link to a popular video or audio sharing site like Youtube, Vimeo or Soundcloud.
Submission 5 - Title
Submission 5 - Date
Submission 5 - Dimensions / duration
Submission 5 - Medium

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