NATURE REIMAGINED: Exploring the beauty, complexity, power, and imagination of the natural world

A juried virtual exhibition exploring the natural world through landscapes, wildlife, botanical subjects, environmental concepts, imagined ecosystems, and abstract or conceptual interpretations. Open to international artists, the exhibition runs November 16–December 31, 2026, entirely online. Selected artists receive digital exhibition, catalog, and promotional opportunities; first- and second-place artists also receive solo virtual exhibitions and online features.

Exploring the beauty, complexity, power, and imagination of the natural world through literal, abstract, contemporary, conceptual, or imagined interpretations.

Open to international artists. Submit original artwork reflecting the nature theme, with the legal rights necessary to display, promote, and authorize the gallery's stated uses. Accepted media include painting, photography, mixed media, digital art, sculpture, ceramics, woodwork, paper art, textile/fiber art, printmaking, collage, and drawing. Submit 1–10 pieces; maximum 2 entries per artist. Standard Entry costs $27 for up to 3 artworks; Extended Entry permits 4–10 artworks at $3 per additional work. The applicable fee is due at entry, and all entry fees are non-refundable, including for withdrawal, duplicate submissions, non-selection, failure to receive an award, ineligibility, or disqualification. Each artwork requires a description of no more than two sentences. Artists may provide either a short bio or artist statement of no more than 100 words. Images must be JPG or PNG, no larger than 50MB per image, clear, high quality, properly oriented, cropped to the border of the work with no background, representative of the actual artwork, and suitable for online exhibition and promotion. Artist name, artwork title, medium, dimensions, descriptions, and other requested information must be accurate and ready for publication. AI-generated artwork or work created primarily through generative AI, nudity or sexually explicit content, sadistic or excessively violent or graphic content, vulgar, offensive or obscene content, and other content deemed inappropriate for a professional gallery are prohibited and may result in disqualification or removal without refund. Artists retain ownership and copyright but grant CEV Art Gallery non-exclusive, limited permission to display, reproduce, and promote submitted artwork for the exhibition and gallery promotional activities, including its online portfolio, virtual exhibition, catalog, website, social media, email marketing, and exhibition promotional materials. Selected work may remain indefinitely in the gallery's permanent 2D digital archive; the 3D exhibition is temporary for the show dates. Submission does not guarantee selection. Jury decisions are final; individual scores, rankings, critiques, and feedback are not provided. Jury notification is November 15, 2026, one day before the public exhibition announcement. The jury selects one first-place artist, one second-place artist, and additional finalists. Finalists receive digital recognition and an award certificate, inclusion in the 2D/3D virtual exhibition and curated digital catalog, and email and social-media promotion. The second-place artist additionally receives a solo 2D exhibition of up to 10 artworks, an online feature with interview and biography, a personal digital catalog, and gallery website home-screen placement. The first-place artist additionally receives a solo 3D exhibition of up to 20 artworks, an online feature with interview and biography, a personal digital catalog, and gallery website home-screen placement. All submitting artists receive a promotional/participation graphic.