International call to artists & designers

Threads of Change: A Collaboration between Artists, Makers and Visionaries- OPEN

NOMA Gallery and The LILAC Foundation invite artists, illustrators, and designers to submit original fashion concepts for Threads of Change, an exhibition and runway event centered on art, sustainability, and wearable storytelling.

Selected entries will be transformed into full couture and ready-to-wear garments using only repurposed clothing and donated textiles. Garments will be professionally constructed by our design team and showcased during the Threads of Change Runway Event in Fall 2026 in Ocala, Florida.

ABSTRACT 2- OPEN

This January, NOMA Gallery invites artists from around the world to explore the limitless world of ABSTRACT art. What moves you? How do you express emotion, ideas, or imagination beyond the literal? Through color, form, texture, and concept, we want to see how you translate thought and feeling into visual experience.

All interpretations and mediums are welcome—from bold paintings and dynamic sculptures to digital creations, mixed media, photography, and conceptual works. This is your chance to push boundaries and share your unique vision with a global audience.

COLOR & EMOTION- OPEN

This February, NOMA Gallery celebrates the expressive power of color and the emotions it evokes. How does your palette capture feeling? Does a single hue convey peace, passion, or sorrow? From vibrant explosions to quiet monochromes, this is your chance to showcase how color becomes emotion on canvas, in sculpture, or any medium you choose.

All interpretations and mediums are welcome—from bold paintings and dynamic sculptures to digital creations, mixed media, photography, and conceptual works. This is your chance to push boundaries and share your unique vision with a global audience.

METAMORPHOSIS- OPEN

This March, we invite artists to explore change, growth, and rebirth. Transformation and metamorphosis are central to the human and natural experience — from caterpillar to butterfly, from struggle to renewal, from abstract form to realized vision.

All media welcome — figurative, abstract, conceptual, or symbolic works that express transformation.

MYTH & LEGEND-OPEN

This April, we invite artists to dive into the realms of myth, folklore, and legend. From ancient gods and epic heroes to mystical creatures and symbolic archetypes, myth has shaped human storytelling across every culture. We want to see how you interpret the timeless narratives that define our collective imagination.

🎨 All media welcome — figurative, abstract, digital, sculptural, surreal, conceptual, or symbolic works that draw from mythology, legends, folklore, and the worlds beyond the veil.

NATURE'S PATTERNS-OPEN

This May, we invite artists to explore the intricate rhythms and repeating structures found throughout the natural world. From spirals and fractals to waves, seasons, and organic symmetry, nature is full of patterns that connect us to something larger. Show us how you interpret these designs — literal, abstract, symbolic, or conceptual.

🎨 All media welcome — painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, mixed media, textile, or conceptual works inspired by nature’s geometry, repetition, and design.

LIGHT & LUMINOSITY-OPENING FEB 2026

This June, we invite artists to explore the power, emotion, and magic of light. From soft glows and dramatic highlights to reflections, refractions, neon, shadow play, and celestial brilliance — light shapes how we see the world and how art comes alive. Show us how you capture luminosity, whether literal or symbolic.

🎨 All media welcome — painting, drawing, photography, digital art, sculpture, mixed media, or experimental works that interpret light in any form.

SYMBOLISM-OPENING MARCH 2026

This July, we invite artists to explore the world of symbols, meaning, and hidden language in art. From ancient icons and cultural motifs to personal metaphors and visual storytelling, symbolism allows us to communicate what cannot be spoken. Show us how you embed meaning, narrative, and depth into your work through shapes, signs, imagery, and intention.

🎨 All media welcome — figurative, abstract, digital, sculptural, mixed media, conceptual, or illustrative works that incorporate symbolic imagery or deeper narrative meaning.

OPEN THEME-OPENING APRIL 2026

This August, we invite artists from around the world to submit work in any subject, any style, and any medium. The Open Theme exhibition celebrates pure creative freedom — your voice, your vision, your interpretation. Whether your work is figurative, abstract, surreal, conceptual, digital, sculptural, or photographic, this is your space to show what you do best.

No limits. No boundaries. Just art — entirely on your terms.

🎨 All media and all themes welcome — from personal narratives and experimental pieces to traditional subjects, fantasy, realism, social commentary, and everything in between. 

PORTALS-OPENING MAY 2026

This September, NOMA Gallery invites artists to explore PORTALS — gateways, thresholds, transitions, and the spaces between worlds. A portal can be literal or symbolic: a doorway, a dream, a memory, a moment of transformation, an emotional shift, a spiritual passage, or an imagined realm waiting to be entered.

Show us the places your art can transport us — where we step through and emerge somewhere new.

🎨 All media welcome — figurative, abstract, surreal, conceptual, digital, sculptural, photographic, and mixed media works that explore portals in any form.

DARK II: BEYOND THE VEIL-OPENING JUNE 2026

This October, we return to the shadows with Dark II: Beyond the Veil, an exploration of mystery, fear, beauty, and the unseen. This exhibition invites artists to step into the liminal space between worlds — where emotion becomes atmosphere, light meets shadow, and the unknown reveals itself in symbolic, surreal, or haunting forms.

Whether psychological, supernatural, or symbolic, we want to see how you interpret darkness in its many forms: the quiet, the eerie, the introspective, the mythical, the emotional, the unseen.

🎨 All media welcome — figurative, abstract, surreal, conceptual, digital, photography, sculpture, mixed media, illustration, and atmospheric works of all kinds.

NUDE II-OPENING JULY 2026

This November, we invite artists to continue the exploration of the human form in NUDE II, the second installment of NOMA Gallery’s internationally celebrated nude art exhibition. This show honors the timeless tradition of figurative art — celebrating vulnerability, strength, anatomy, identity, sensuality, and the raw honesty of the human body.

From classical approaches to contemporary interpretations, we welcome artworks that explore the nude as subject, symbol, narrative, or emotional vessel.

🎨 All media welcome — traditional, digital, abstract, figurative, photographic, sculptural, conceptual, and experimental works depicting or inspired by the nude form.

INNER WORLDS-OPENING AUGUST 2026

This December, we invite artists to journey inward and explore the landscapes of the mind, heart, and spirit. Inner Worlds celebrates the visions we carry within us — dreams, memories, emotions, subconscious realms, imagination, and the stories that shape who we are beneath the surface.

From surreal dreamscapes and abstract emotion to symbolic portraits and conceptual reflections, we want to see the hidden places your creativity leads you.

🎨 All media welcome — figurative, abstract, surreal, conceptual, digital, sculptural, mixed media, photography, and more.