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: CLOSED. Click HERE for more Opportunities

There is a place—intangible yet deeply familiar—that lies between the face we show the world and the essence that pulses quietly within us. In this liminal space, we search for something fundamental: identity. Not a single, final answer, but a lifelong dialogue. Identity isn’t static—it moves with us, shifts in response to the world around us, and is shaped by an intricate web of memory, ancestry, longing, pain, and creative vision. It can be both a disguise and a revelation, a curated performance and an aching truth.

For many artists, the creative journey is a deeply personal one—akin to archaeology. They sift through stories passed down through generations, challenge roles they were told to play, and unravel internalized myths. Art becomes a map, a means to navigate questions too complex for language alone: Who am I beneath the surface? What parts of me do I conceal, and which do I choose to reveal when the world is watching?

Some artists find a form of arrival in this exploration. In colors, textures, sounds, and symbols, they piece together an image of themselves that feels real—sometimes for the very first time. The result may not be permanent, but it resonates with truth. Their work becomes a declaration: Here I am. This is me, for now, for today.

Other artists resist such resolution. For them, identity is a spectrum without fixed coordinates. Their practice is one of disruption—pushing against the frameworks that seek to limit who they can be. Their art is marked by contradiction, by fragments that defy easy categorization. In their refusal to settle into any one version of self, they embody the power of continual transformation. Their work pulses with multiplicity, with tension, with the sacred messiness of becoming.

Then there are artists whose identities have been overlooked, denied, or erased—whose very existence has been politicized. For these creators, making art is not just an exploration—it is an act of defiance. A way to carve out space in a world that has tried to make them invisible. Their work is survival, is testimony, is insistence. It is a stake in the ground that says: I was here. I am here.

This exhibition is a collective space—a chorus of voices exploring what it means to exist, to change, to be seen. It is a place for vulnerability, for strength, for complexity. We welcome artists who seek to confront, celebrate, resist, and reimagine identity in all its forms. Through their stories, we hope to create a mirror for others, inviting them to reflect, relate, and perhaps discover a piece of themselves along the way.