The Boomer Gallery - "Identity" Call For Artists

• Boomer Gallery London

• Deadline: May 3rd, 2025

• Theme: Identity

• Prize: Exhibition in London + Exposure

• Entry Fees: Free Submission (Pay if Selected)

• REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE

Somewhere between the polished surface we present to the world and the deeper terrain of the soul, there exists a truth—elusive yet essential—that we spend our entire lives seeking. This truth is identity. Not a static destination or a singular definition, but rather a shifting constellation composed of memory, heritage, longing, sorrow, joy, imagination. It wears many faces: it is a mask we learn to craft, a mirror in which we search for recognition, a performance we perfect, and a confession we may never fully speak aloud.

For many artists, creation becomes an act of unearthing. With every brushstroke, cut of fabric, or line of code, they dig beneath the weight of inherited narratives, societal constraints, and personal legends. The artistic process becomes a question whispered into the void: Who am I when I am unseen? Or, perhaps more urgently: Who do I become when the world is watching?

Some artists find a kind of clarity in this search. They shape their truths through materials—clay, color, movement, sound—until a version of themselves emerges, startling and sincere. Their work speaks with a quiet confidence: This is me. Or at least, this is who I am today, in this moment, in this skin.

Others live in the tension of uncertainty. They do not seek to define, but to dismantle. For them, art is not a path to a clear answer but a resistance to being confined by definitions at all. They reject categories, break binaries, and assemble themselves in fragments, in contradictions. Their creations hum with the beauty of ambiguity, of becoming, of never arriving but always evolving.

And then there are those for whom identity is not just a question but a battleground. Those whose existence has been systematically denied, ignored, or rewritten. For them, the very act of creating is a form of survival. It is reclamation. It is defiant visibility in a world that often refuses to see. Their work does not ask for permission to exist—it insists upon it.

This exhibition is an offering, a gathering place, a chorus of voices both assured and uncertain. It holds space for those exploring identity in all its layered, intimate, volatile, and ever-changing forms. Here, artists are invited to confront the forces that shaped them, to celebrate their truths, to unravel what’s been imposed, and to rewrite what’s possible. In sharing these stories, they may not only find themselves—they may also give us the courage to do the same.