Rust-en-Vrede Gallery

Rules & regulations

2025 PORTRAIT AWARD COMPETITION

Rules & regulations

This competition will be judged over two rounds. The first-round entries are to be submitted digitally on the Rust-en-Vrede website. For the second round artists will be invited to send their selected work to Rust-en-Vrede Gallery.

IMPORTANT DATES:

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Hamlin Jansen van Vuuren or Donavan Mynhardt

SUBMISSION OF DIGITAL ENTRIES: 5 JUNE 2025 @ 09h00 – 14 JUNE 2025 by 17h00

PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY TO ENTER! (Keep Loadshedding in mind)

Adjudication Process: Between 27 JUNE 2025 and 1 AUGUST 2025

AWARD CEREMONY – Rust-en-Vrede Gallery Gala Event: Friday 29 August 2025

TOP 40 EXHIBITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC@ RUST-EN-VREDE GALLERY IN DURBANVILLE: From Saturday 30 August 2025 until  Wednesday 29 October 2025.

PORTRAIT 100 EXHIBITION OPENING: Saturday 30 August 2025  @11h00 at a venue to be determined.

COLLECTION OF UNSELECTED WORK FROM RUST-EN-VREDE GALLERY: 9 August to 16 August 2025.
COLLECTION OF UNSELECTED WORK FROM DEPOTS: Rust-en-Vrede Gallery or the Stuttaford Van Lines depots will inform the artists as soon as the work arrives at the depots.

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