Terms and Conditions
The 2022 John Moores Painting Prize (China) competition starts today. You are welcome to register. The relevant information for this competition and the registration requirements are as follows:
1. To participate, you must be over 16 years old, and live and create the work you submit in China.
2. Call for submissions period: July 25, 2022— October 25, 2022
3. The competition is divided into two rounds. To participate in the first round of selection you must submit digital photos of your work. If your work is selected for the second round, you will need to submit your original work (the painting itself).
4. Entrants must complete the registration form, pay the entry fee of RMB 200, and upload digital photos of their works before the deadline (October 25, 2022).
5. Each digital photo uploaded by the contestants must be in JPEG format, and not larger than 5MB and not smaller than 250KB. One photograph of the complete work (not a detail), and one photograph of a detail (close up) of the work must be submitted. If collage or relief is used in the work, you can submit another picture to show the details or show the work from different angles. The digital photo of the painting that you submit will not be used for any other purpose until the work entered is confirmed for participation.
6. Your work entered for the competition must be recently completed (after the end of 2019), must make some use of the medium of painting, and must be wall-hung for exhibition. It must be the original work of the person named in the registration form. The work you submit for the first round of selection must be available, if selected, for the second round and for the final exhibition (substitutes will not be accepted).
7. The competition is for a single work with surface area of no more than 3 x 3 meters and which does not protrude from the wall more than 0.5 meters. If your work is composed of more than one element eg. diptych, triptych, etc. when it is displayed, the size of the entire work should not exceed 3 x 3 meters when hung on a wall.
8. If your work is invited for second round selection but not then selected for short-list and exhibition, it will be returned to you within one month after the selection by the judges. If your work is shortlisted, it will be retained by the organizer from the second round of selection and exhibited in the museum. The organizer is responsible for returning it to you after the exhibition is over.
9. The Organizing Committee will not be responsible for loss or damage to your original work during transportation or during packing and unpacking. Entrants are strongly advised to purchase commercial insurance for the transportation.
10. Participants must ensure that the information provided in the form is true and valid. If the information filled in is false, you will be disqualified from the competition.
11. The administration of the 2022 John Moores Painting Prize (China) will be handled by Shanghai Double Pool Culture Development Co., Ltd. which is the sole representative in China of John Moores Painting Prize Trust. The registration fee is not refundable.
12. Participants who register through the registration network or APP can seek help in the process of registering through the registration network or APP, paying the registration fee, filling in the registration form, uploading the digital photos of the works, etc.
13. By submitting your work, you give the Organizing Committee the right to use your work for publication without paying any author's fee, in printed matter and online display / internet, according to the publicity needs of the exhibition. Printed matter includes publications, marketing, brochures, or postcards.
Contact: Hua Susu
Tel: 18916216303
Email: Regist@johnmooreschina.com
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