International Call

Attention artists! We extend the registration period until April 30.You can send us your proposals. We will wait for you.

HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE? Downloading the calls

Large Format Textile Art Indoor

The registration form must be downloaded, filled out, printed and signed, then scanned and sent to the following e-mail: granformatobienalmadrid2019@gmail.com. The subject line must read: LARGE FORMAT TEXTILE ART-INDOORS. Attach two color images of the artwork: one of the complete artwork and one detail, with a neutral background, 300 dpi (with 21.5 cm or 8.5 inch base,) in JPEG or TIFF format. (KEEP IN MIND THAT THE IMAGES SENT WILL BE USED FOR JUDGING AND THE CATALOGUE).

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Large Format Textile Art Outdoor

The registration form must be downloaded, filled out, printed and signed, then scanned and sent to the following e-mail: granformatobienalmadrid2019@gmail.com. The subject line must read: LARGE FORMAT TEXTILE ART-OUTDOORS. Attach two color images of the artwork: one of the complete artwork and one detail, with a neutral background, 300 dpi (with 21.5 cm or 8.5 inch base,) in JPEG or TIFF format. (KEEP IN MIND THAT THE IMAGES SENT WILL BE USED FOR JUDGING AND THE CATALOGUE).

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Small Format Textile Art

The registration form must be downloaded, filled out, printed and signed, then scanned and sent to the following e-mail: pequenoformatobienalmadrid2019@gmail.com. The subject line must read: SMALL FORMAT TEXTILE ART. Attach two color images of the artwork: one of the complete artwork and one detail, with a neutral background, 300 dpi (with 21.5 cm or 8.5 inch base,) in JPEG or TIFF format. (KEEP IN MIND THAT THE IMAGES SENT WILL BE USED FOR JUDGING AND THE CATALOGUE).

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Textile Photography

The registration form must be downloaded, filled out, printed and signed, then scanned and sent to the following e-mail: fotografiabienalmadrid2019@gmail.com. The subject line must read PHOTOGRAPHY TEXTILE IMAGE. Attach one image (in color) of the artwork, with a neutral background, 300 dpi (with 21.5 cm or 8.5 inch base), in JPEG or TIFF format. (KEEP IN MIND THAT THE IMAGES SENT WILL BE USED FOR JUDGING AND THE CATALOGUE).

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Textile Art Video

The registration form must be downloaded, filled out, printed and signed, then scanned and sent to the following e-mail: videoartebienalmadrid2019@gmail.com. The subject line must read VIDEO TEXTILE ART. Attach one color images of the artwork image and the video archive: 300 dpi (with 21.5 cm or 8.5 inch base,) in JPEG or TIFF format. (KEEP IN MIND THAT THE IMAGES SENT WILL BE USED FOR THE CATALOGUE)

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SCHEDULE Complete calendar

DATES	BIENNIAL CALENDAR
April 30/2019	Deadline for sending in the registration form, artwork photos, and proof of payment
May 24/2019	Publication of selected artworks by the Jury
July 28/2019	Deadline for reception of selected artworks
September 17/2019	Inauguration 8th WTA Biennial
November 3/2019	Closure 8th WTA Biennial
2020	Return of artworks

ATTENTION DISCOUNTS
for participation

1 artwork: no discount
2 artworks: First artwork no discount and 2nd artwork has a 20% discount
3 artworks: First artwork no discount, 2nd artwork has a 20% discount and the 3rd artwork has a 30% discount
All artworks after the third one have a 30% discount.

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For any information about the biennial you can contact this email address: convocatoriabienalmadrid2019@gmail.com o wta.bienalmadrid2019@gmail.com

The artists participating in the different competitions will be selected by a jury of high trajectory and recognized national and international prestige.

Jury 8th Biennial Contemporary Textile Art WTA Madrid 2019

Large Format (indoors)

Velta Raudzepa: Director and curator of the Riga Textile Triennial, Head of Collections of the National Museum of Art LNM and Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Riga, Latvia.
Marta Kowalewska: Lead Curator and Head of the Department of Textiles of the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland.
Tania Pardo: Head of the Exhibitions Department of La Casa Encendida and Curator, Spain.

Large Format (outdoors)

Kinor Jiang: Textile Creator, Professor at Institute of Textiles & Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University of Hong Kong and curator of the “New Beat” Exhibition, Hong Kong.
Keiko Kawashima: Director of Gallery Gallery/ Kyoto International Contemporary Textile Art Center (KICTAC), Kyoto. Japan
Maribel Doménech: Docent in Sculpture at the Universitat Politécnica of Valencia,Spain.

Small Format

Silvia Fedorova: Textile artist and Curator of the International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, Association of Slovak Textile Artists TXT and Galería X, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Andrea Fisher: Artist, President of Chile Crea Textil, Cultural manager, Tutor, Curator and Juror, Cultural promoter, Chile.
Sofía Rodríguez Bernis: Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts of Madrid, Spain.

Video Textile Art

Clara Garavelli: Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, coordinator of the Spanish Department of Leicester University, specialist in Visual Arts and Cinema, and Juror of the Bienal del Sur, Argentina.
Susi Blas: Historian of Contemporary Art, specialized in audiovisual production and Curator. Editor Metrópolis (TVE2) Spain.
Marisol Salanova: Art Critic and exhibitions curator, Spain.

Textile Photography

Eva Sobán: Textile artist, Textile teacher, Cultural manager, and curator, Brazil.
María José Magañas: President of the Association Mujeres en las Artes Visuales MAV (Women in the Visual Arts) and Chair of Visual Arts of the Instituto Cervantes Madrid, Spain.
Carmen Dalmau: Director of Galería Cero, Curator specialized in contemporary photography, Professor of History of Art and Aesthetics in the Masters’ of Photography Program EFTI, Spain.