Third Open Call for Solo Exhibitions at Cryptid Art Space
🧛🏻♀️ Cryptid Art Space’s third open call for solo exhibitions is devoted entirely to horror. We are looking for artists, illustrators, digital artists, sculptors and photographers with a dark imagination and a strikingly eerie visual language.
From creepy cute to extreme gore/splatter — the full spectrum of horror is welcome.
👁️ We are interested in projects exploring themes such as:
– monsters and cryptids
– paranormal phenomena and the occult
– dark folklore and mythology
– nightmares, fears and the subconscious
– body horror
– the line between beautiful and terrifying
🩸Application requirements:
– Applicants must be between 23 and 35 years old and live in Bulgaria.
– We accept only projects related to horror subgenres: supernatural, monster, body horror, gothic, gore/splatter, sci-fi horror, folk horror, and more.
– There are no restrictions on the media used.
– Send a short description of your exhibition idea (you can send several different ideas) and a portfolio with up to 10 of your works in PDF format to cryptidartspace@gmail.com.
⚰️ Application deadline: 31 October 2026
🪓 The selected artists will have the opportunity to realise their solo exhibition at Cryptid Art Space in the second half of 2027.
🖤 What you get:
– exhibition space for a two-week period (11 working days)
– curatorial support and assistance
– promotion of the event
– exhibition opening
– photo and video documentation
💶 Financial terms:
– A fee of 60 EUR is payable for the two-week exhibition period
– Cryptid Art Space takes a 30% commission on the final sale price of artworks
Contact:
1 Dimitar Traykovich St., Sofia
cryptidartspace@gmail.com
Cryptid is an independent art space with a thematic focus on the strange and unusual. The space gives mostly young alternative artists, makers from subcultural scenes and artists with an experimental approach a place to show their work.
