SUBMISSIONS: FLECK FINE ART EXHIBITION March 2023
SUBMISSION INFO:
The Exhibition will be held at the Elaine Fleck Gallery this March with an opening reception on Thursday March 2nd, from 7-9 pm.
Each artist selected will exhibit one 60 x 40 inch, two 40 x 30 inch or enough artworks to fill a 60 x 40 space, for the duration of the exhibition.
Each artist selected will be promoted on our website and to our mailing list of over 5,000 art patrons. The promotion will include each artist's name, a curated artwork with media, dimensions and year, along with a brief artist statement.
The Exhibition will also be promoted through the Elaine Fleck Gallery's Youtube channel, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter feeds.
The Elaine Fleck Gallery represents some of Canada’s highest selling artists, Many of these artists started with a submission to a Fleck Fine Art Exhibition.
Brandon Steen took seriously Elaine Fleck’s advice and mentorship. Brandon submitted to the Fleck Fine Art Exhibition in 2017 and has gone on to be one of the Gallery’s top-selling artists with sell-out shows, highly sought after commissions and an impressive list of clients. In April 2019 the Gallery exhibit Steen's 3rd SOLO Show titled "Waking Up", and in September and October 2019 the Elaine Fleck Gallery presented Steen's 4th SOLO Exhibition "Toronto Saints" at the Evergreen Brick Works. In 2020 Brandon painted his Toronto "Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" series of Toronto Diners for the Elaine Fleck Gallery. September 2021 we featured Steen's 5th solo exhibition GHOST TOWN, twenty twenty in twenty paintings. March 2022 Brandon Steen's 6th solo exhibition "GORTA MÓR - The Irish Diaspora in Toronto" was featured and attracted lots of media attention including a live broadcast on Breakfast Television Toronto featuring Mr. Steen and Ms. Fleck. This past October Brandon exhibited "History Seen" a retrospective. Brandon is currently in the studio painting his next solo exhibition RGB to be featured at the Elaine Fleck Gallery June 2023.
Bill Hornbostel submitted to the Fleck Fine Art Exhibition in 2016, and was placed into group exhibitions at the Elaine Fleck Gallery in 2017. Since September 2017 Bill has been represented by the Elaine Fleck Gallery and has produced and exhibited seven photography series at the gallery in the past five years. Bill's work was recently featured on the Netflix series Spinning Out.
Todd Lawson submitted to the March 2020 Fleck Fine Art exhibition. His technical expertise, unique stories and style caught Elaine's attention. He was taken on for representation, scheduled into group shows and his first solo exhibition took place in July 2020 titled "Visitors", his second solo show also titled "Visitors" took place in July 2021 and Todd's third solo show "Sprits" was featured in July 2022. Todd is also regularly included in gallery represented artists' group exhibitions.
The Elaine Fleck Gallery is interested in discovering great works by contemporary artists.
How to submit:
In Person: Independent and emerging artists may submit through a portfolio review with the gallery owner, curator, and art dealer Elaine Fleck. Portfolio reviews are scheduled and generally last up to an hour. You are required to bring at least one piece suitable for an exhibition, the rest can be viewed in a portfolio or digitally or from a website. There is a $40.00 portfolio review fee payable at the time of your appointment. Aside from being considered for a "Fleck Fine Art" Exhibition, portfolio reviews are an excellent opportunity for emerging / independent artists to benefit from the advice of an art industry leader.
By Email: Email the following information (or your website if it contains all of the following info) to the Director, Gary Ray Rush at garyrush@elainefleckgallery.com.It must include:
- Artist statement
- Art media
- Up to ten images (If you have several styles or bodies of work, up to ten images from each) at 300 ppi 10 inches longest side.
- Title of each artwork
- Dimensions of each artwork in inches
- Education, training, experience and self-taught is ok.
- Exhibition history
- Contact information
Each artist submission will be acknowledged and the artists selected for the FLECK FINE ART EXHIBITION will be notified.
The total publishing, distribution & exhibition cost to each artist selected is $500.00 plus 13% HST.
We look forward to receiving your submission.
Gary Ray Rush,
Director,
Elaine Fleck Gallery