Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to announce an Open Call for TWO Solo Exhibitions opening in January, 2026: one in the Main gallery space at OyG and one in The Skirt, OyG's dedicated space for site-specific installations. Both opportunities will include an opening reception on Saturday, January 10th, 2026, a programmed event (an artist talk or a closing event), a honorarium of $1000 for each artist/proposal, and promotion on all OyG social media outlets.

OyG Co-Directors will work with the artists and make studio visits leading up to the opening of the exhibitions, if possible. The artists are required to fully participate in the exhibitions' installation and deinstallation. Visual artists of all disciplines, ages and geographic locations are encouraged to apply. The artists will be selected by a panel of OyG Co-Directors based on the quality of their work and commitment to their practice. Artists are highly encouraged to specify which space they'd like to exhibit in, the Main gallery space or The Skirt (The Skirt space is dedicated to site-specific installation work).

The OyG Co-Directors will make the final decision on which space the winning proposal will be realized.

An alternate list of candidates/runners-up will be posted on our website and considered for future programming at the gallery. Past exhibition artists that we discovered from our past Open Calls who received solo or two-person exhibitions include: KT Duffy, Cameron Granger, Katya Grokhovsky, Carl E. Hazlewood, Robert Hickerson, Patrice Helmar, Jihyun Hong, Familien Iglesias, Ezra Jude, Rachel Klinghoffer, Annamariah Knox, Mary Laube, Kristen Mills, Giancarlo Montes Santangelo, Rose Nestler, Renana Neuman, Danny O’Brien, Norm Paris, Hannah Parrett, Ben Pederson, Padma Rajendran, Adam Liam Rose, Kat Ryals, Dalila Sanabria, Gyan Shrosbree, Winnie Sidharta, Kuldeep Singh, Alicia Smith, Rachel Stern, Sara Stern, and Kate Stone.

To see images of the spaces, please click here.

How to apply:

IMAGES: 10 images of work including: title, year, media and dimensions.

Work must be made in the last 5 years. Please name your file as follows: Lastname_firstname_sample-number (ex: Smith_John_01.jpg )

Images (up to 5MB each), Video (up to 250MB each), Audio (up to 30MB each)

CV: 2 pages max

REFERENCES: Please provide us with two references who can talk about your work and practice: name, title/organization, relationship, email address. We will only contact these individuals if need be. Letters of reference are NOT required and will not be accepted.

PROPOSAL: Please describe your work and what you envision as your solo exhibition. Some things to consider: Why do you want a solo exhibition at OyG? What does this opportunity mean to you? If you're applying for the Skirt, please consider how your work will respond to and interact with the specific space. (300 words max).

Application fee: $25 *The application fee helps to support OyG's 2026-27 programming and make opportunities like this possible. If you're experiencing hardship and cannot pay the application fee, we offer a number of waived fee applications, so please email us at oygprojects@gmail.com to make a request.

DATES:

Application Opens: Monday, April 21, 2025, 12AM, EST

Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 11:59PM

Notification: Late July, 2025

Exhibition install: Late December 2025 / Early January 2026

Opening reception: Saturday, January 10, 2026

Exhibition ends: Sunday February 22, 2026

Ortega y Gasset Projects is an artist-run gallery founded in 2013, located within the Old American Can Factory building in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn. OACF is a 24-hour access building accessible by the D, R, N, W, F, G trains. For more information about OyG click here.

OyG Co-Directors: Clare Britt (Chicago, IL), Eric Hibit (Queens, NY), Leeza Meksin (Ithaca, NY / Brooklyn, NY), Nickola Pottinger (Brooklyn, NY), Adam Liam Rose (Brooklyn, NY), Zahar Vaks (Brooklyn, NY), Lauren Whearty (Philadelphia, PA)

For more information: oygprojects@gmail.com