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Art by Patricia Bevan, Ireland

Open calls

Oct 14
Color and Shape
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
10/14/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Oct 16
Dreams and Fantasy
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
10/16/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Oct 29
Urban Life
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
10/29/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Nov 30
Artist of the Autumn
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
11/30/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
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News

September 24, 2025
The winners of the Motion, Artist of the Summer, Abstract, and Plein air exhibitions are named

The expert jury announced the names of the winners.

September 11, 2025
New project from UPWARD Art Publishing—UPWARD's Special Edition

Each issue of UPWARD's Special Edition focuses on the work of one artist.

Exhibitions

Plein air
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List
Abstract
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List
Artist of the Summer
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List

Solo Exhibitions

Olga McNamara
Cyprus, Ireland

Interviews

Olga McNamara: A painting needs space to breathe, to speak
October 6, 2025
Paula Currie: The most important thing about art to me is its ability to transcend time, race, and culture
September 26, 2025
Amy Newton-McConnel: The goal is always to create an image that feels alive
September 12, 2025
Las Frogas: Frogs represent the concepts of metamorphosis, renewal, and beginning anew
September 2, 2025
Paul Michael Glaser: I see myself as a storyteller
August 14, 2025

UPWARD's Quarterly Art Magazine

UPWARD's Quarterly Spring 2025
UPWARD's Quarterly Winter 2024-2025
UPWARD's Quarterly Autumn 2024

UPWARD's Special Editions

UPWARD's Special Edition Stephen Bourque 2025
UPWARD's Special Edition Olga McNamara 2025
UPWARD's Special Edition Norman Ellis 2025

Artists -> see all

Divyangi Shukla
Chicago, USA
DIVYANGI SHUKLA Permanent Address- K-438,Ashiana, Lucknow, India...
Victoria Park
Marta Tereziya
Milwaukee, WI
My name is Marta Tereziya, I am a Ukrainian emerging artist majoring...
Greg Sinibaldi
Seattle
Janelle Bloudek
California
I painted for the first time five years ago, in a panic while...

Studio Visit

Rob Snyder: The studio is the lifeblood
September 8, 2025
Shayne Brantley: I’ll take my inspiration from the unstructured and the sublime at every turn
August 14, 2025
Norman Ellis: With nature surrounding me, I get into making mad passionate love to my art
August 6, 2025
Nisreen Art: Playing with colors and lines
June 15, 2025

New artworks

Ava Bialow
Chicago, IL and Boston, MA
Olga McNamara
Dublin
Olga McNamara
Dublin
Olga McNamara
Dublin
Olga McNamara
Dublin
Olga McNamara
Dublin
Natali G.
Houston, Texas
Peter V
Washington, DC
Peter V
Washington, DC
Peter V
Washington, DC
Yijia Ma
Chicago
Yijia Ma
Chicago
Yijia Ma
Chicago
Yijia Ma
Chicago

Arts

BevanMcArt
West Cork, Ireland
Carina Imbrogno
Stamford Connecticut
brut carniollus
Radovljica, Slovenia
AKrone
Kansas
liqi1001
Sihua Liu
Changde City, Hunan Province, China
Amy Newton-McConnel
Phoenix, AZ
Francesco Puliga
Birdy Harrison
Los Angeles, CA
Amy Newton-McConnel
Phoenix, AZ
Adrienne Key
Seattle WA USA
Eurydice
Amherst, MA
Olga McNamara
Dublin
BevanMcArt
West Cork, Ireland