r/UnusualArt 13d ago

CALL FOR ARTISTS: "That's Absurd." - Absurdist & Unusual Art Exhibit (Open for entries internationally. Submission deadline Oct. 4. Exhibited in Fort Myers, FL 11/2 - 11/28, 2026)

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Hi artists! My name is Julio, and I am the Gallery Manager at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, Florida. I wanted to share with you an opportunity to display your work at our gallery this coming November.

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We are currently accepting submissions for "That's Absurd," an exhibit celebrating absurdism in all its forms. We're looking for works that challenge expectations and embrace strange, humorous, unsettling, or nonsensical subjects in any media.

Call Details:

  • Open to artists internationally
  • 1 to 3 original artworks per entry
    • Entry fee: $20 for one entry (+$5 for each additional entry, 3 artworks max.)
  • Most visual media are eligible (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass, fiber, printmaking, digital media, video, and more)
  • $200 "Absurdest in Show" cash award, plus additional category awards

Important Dates:

  • Submission deadline: October 4, 2026, @ 11:59 pm EDT
  • On display: November 6 - 28, 2026 (Fort Myers, Florida)

Call details, exhibition guidelines, and submission portal:
https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/15874/CAFE

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If you're interested in being considered for an exhibition at the Alliance for the Arts separate from this call, please visit artinlee.org/proposal to submit a gallery proposal.

I look forward to seeing your work!


r/UnusualArt Nov 27 '25

/r/art posters are welcome here with the shutdown of their sub.

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r/UnusualArt 15h ago

I found a broken cup near an abandoned home, so I sculpted the home inside it

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Hi folks, I’m a Nova Scotian artist who sculpts tiny versions of the abandoned places I’ve found on the backroads of my province.

I found this place with its overgrown garden while out a few weeks ago, and was inspired by the broken mug I’d found half buried nearby. This piece is called “New Glasgow Morning”


r/UnusualArt 33m ago

I made this sculpture of a Swan & Fairy

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This is a clay sculpture entirely handmade. No 3d printing/molds used.


r/UnusualArt 19h ago

"Xenofract" my most complex painting to date

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This project pushed me to the limits of my patience and skill. Mostly hand brushed with a bit of masking + airbrush to create the glow/shadow, I wanted to give a final push before welcoming our first child in late August. Enjoy this picture of me exhaustedly smiling next to the piece plus some detail shots. The painting is 48x60in.


r/UnusualArt 21m ago

Trip to the park

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r/UnusualArt 20h ago

Painted some flowers

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r/UnusualArt 1d ago

Newest sculpt my myself:)

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405 Upvotes

Available to buy on my Esty in my Bio


r/UnusualArt 7h ago

SSRI

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Digital piece I been working on. Hope it's odd enough for this sub.


r/UnusualArt 21h ago

Finn, the human boy.

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By an artist that goes by @jimmyjamboombam on instagram


r/UnusualArt 5h ago

After the Applause

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After the Applause - OC

**After the Applause**
*When the lights go out and the audience has gone home, the smile is the last thing to remain. Stitched together from fragments of costume, paint and memory, this figure exists somewhere between performer and person—caught in the quiet that follows the final curtain.*

*An original mixed media embroidery combining drawing, paint and sculptural stitching. Layers of padding are stitched beneath the surface to create a three-dimensional portrait,*


r/UnusualArt 4h ago

Your jury of peers..

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r/UnusualArt 4h ago

That Cantankerous Uncanny - 11x14

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Alcohol markers and sharpie pens. Somewhere between 10-15 hours to create.


r/UnusualArt 21h ago

“Sticky Johnny”

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r/UnusualArt 16h ago

Artist: Paris Paloma. Title: the last beautiful thing I saw is the thing that blinded me. Year: 2021

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r/UnusualArt 14h ago

it's not evening yet

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r/UnusualArt 13h ago

Another piece from the Aphantasic black mind.

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Another piece I add to some of the drawings I'm making just because I can "check my profile to see more if you like this one :)"

I'm aphantasic so there is not start and there is no ending, you can look at it from any point or corner and it's done, or is it?


r/UnusualArt 16h ago

“Condition” - A commentary on mankind’s heart condition

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“Condition”
2.5 x 2.5 inches
Mixed media on canvas

This is a piece I made a couple of months ago that talks about the heart condition of the human race and how society is slowly taking away our ability to care for one another in the height of global atrocities and stress. This piece is a reminder to be kind and gentle with one another, especially when we’re trying to figure out what is happening around us. Be well everybody 🖤


r/UnusualArt 9h ago

A weird commission I did for someone, 40x30"

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r/UnusualArt 23h ago

Hey apple

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r/UnusualArt 16h ago

What emotion does this painting evoke?

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