Seasons: Winter - 2026 (9th Juried Exhibition, Promotion, Sales)

Explore and Exhibit the Elegance and Stark Beauty of Winter

Exhibizone proudly presents Seasons: Winter - 2026, the 9th juried exhibition that invites you to explore the profound stillness and stark beauty of winter through your artistic vision.

Winter is a season of quiet reflection, where the world seems to pause in a breathless hush. It’s a time when nature’s stark contrasts—the blinding purity of snow against the dark silhouettes of barren trees—evoke feelings of solitude, resilience, and renewal. As the earth rests, so too do our minds, allowing space for introspection, creativity, and the gentle unfolding of inspiration.

We invite you to delve into the essence of winter, capturing its silent majesty and the emotions it stirs. 

Warm up to the idea by visiting last year's exhibition: 

https://www.exhibizone.com/winter2025 

All interpretations in any 2D and 3D art medium, abstract or representational, are welcome.

Submission is free, and a small fee applies to selected artists only.

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Explore and Exhibit the Elegance and Stark Beauty of Winter

What does winter mean to you?

Is it a soft hush that settles over the world, quieting everything except the sound of your own breath and your own imagination?

Is it a time of gathering, glowing lights, shared warmth, and gentle rituals?
Or perhaps winter is where resilience rises — in nature, in people, and in the stories we carry.

Exhibizone warmly invites you to Seasons: Winter 2026, the 9th Juried opportunity in our beloved Seasons Series, where artists from all corners of the world come together to celebrate the profound beauty, mystery, and emotional depth of winter.

Winter is more than a season.
It’s a feeling.
A moment of stillness.
A turning point.
A reminder that beneath the frost, life is quietly preparing to bloom again.

And through your art, winter becomes visible in all of its forms — serene, powerful, tender, joyful, melancholic, and endlessly inspiring.

Thems and Topics

For Seasons: Winter - 2026, we encourage artists to explore the many faces of winter, including but not limited to:

1. Winter Landscapes

• Snow-covered mountains
• Frosted forests
• Frozen lakes and rivers
• Winter sunrises and dusks
• Storms, blizzards, heavy snowfall
• Desert winters, tropical winters, Nordic winters

2. Hearth, Home & Warmth

• Fireplaces, candlelight, glowing windows
• Winter rituals and traditions
• Cozy corners, blankets, winter reading
• Hot drinks, seasonal foods
• Holiday gatherings, family warmth

3. Solitude, Reflection & Emotional Depth

• Silence and stillness
• Winter melancholy
• Personal growth and transformation
• Journaling, introspection, inner thoughts
• Healing through winter

4. Winter Festivities & Traditions

• New Year celebrations
• Festival of Lights
• Local winter customs around the world
• Fireworks, lanterns, cultural rituals
• Holiday markets, seasonal joy

5. Urban Winter

• City streets under snowfall
• Winter architecture
• Streetlights glowing in fog
• Transit in winter, reflections in icy windows
• Contrast between cold outdoors and warm interiors

6. Winter Fauna & Flora

• Animals adapting to the cold
• Birds, wildlife, migration
• Evergreen trees, winter blossoms
• Frost patterns, ice crystals, snowflakes
• Plants asleep beneath the frost

7. Human Stories in Winter

• Winter clothing, gestures, movement
• Emotional portraits
• Winter travel and journeys
• Loneliness vs. togetherness
• Acts of kindness in the cold

8. Winter Atmospheres & Natural Phenomena

• Fog, mist, ice storms
• Northern Lights / auroras
• Long winter nights & starry skies
• Ice formations, shimmering surfaces
• Reflections in water or glass

9. Winter’s Symbolism & Mythology

• Winter as metaphor (pause, rest, death, rebirth)
• Seasonal cycles, the passage of time
• Folklore and seasonal myths
• Spiritual interpretations of winter
• The duality of cold and warmth

10. Abstract Winter

• Colors of winter: whites, blues, silvers, golds
• Textures like frost, ice, snow, fog
• Emotional abstraction of the season
• Minimalist or expressive interpretations
• Winter atmosphere without literal forms

11. Fantasy, Magic & Imagination

• Winter spirits
• Frozen realms
• Mythical creatures of ice and snow
• Dreamlike winter worlds
• Winter magic and wonder

12. Environmental & Climate Narratives

• Melting ice, seasonal changes
• Impact of climate shifts on winter
• Human relationship with cold environments
• Preservation of winter landscapes
• Environmental storytelling

Why Seasons: Winter 2026?

Artists return to the Seasons exhibitions year after year because this exhibition is about more than awards. It’s about:

A Moment of Global Connection: Winter touches everyone — whether it arrives with snow, rain, wind, or simply shorter days and longer nights. By participating, your work becomes part of an international dialogue about how humans experience this season in diverse yet deeply relatable ways.

Emotional Storytelling: Winter carries a unique emotional language — silence, nostalgia, transformation, solitude, warmth, reflection. Showing winter through your eyes allows viewers to feel emotions they may not have the words to describe.

A Time for Renewal: Winter invites contemplation. Artists often describe creating winter-inspired work as grounding, restorative, and healing — a chance to reconnect with themselves and their creative voice during a season of stillness.

A Legacy Exhibition: Seasons is one of Exhibizone’s longest-running and most beloved exhibition series, with worldwide visibility and more than 11 million visitors across past editions. Winter exhibitions hold a special place, marked by their serene, evocative, and emotionally rich atmosphere.

A Place Where All Styles Belong: Winter can be poetic, bold, abstract, realistic, symbolic, atmospheric, or minimalistic — you decide.
Whatever your medium or message, winter gives you a broad canvas to explore and interpret freely.

Your Art Becomes a Light in the Quiet: In the stillness of winter, your artwork becomes a beacon — something viewers pause to feel, reflect on, and carry with them beyond the season itself.

Let your art be a beacon in the quiet beauty of winter, reflecting the season’s transformative power and its ability to inspire. We look forward to seeing the stories you will weave, celebrating the richness and complexity of winter.

All interpretations in any 2D and 3D art medium, abstract or representational, are welcome.

Selected artworks will be exhibited in the Winter 2026 international smart online group exhibition by Exhibizone, which has drawn over 11 million art visitors worldwide.

Submission is free of charge, and a small fixed fee applies to selected artists only. A money-back guarantee is available for all payments until the official opening day of the exhibition.

Warm up to the idea by visiting our last year's winter exhibition:

https://www.exhibizone.com/winter2025 

View previous exhibitions at: 

https://www.exhibizone.com/exhibitions

Visit Fall Season exhibition: https://www.exhibizone.com/fall2025 

Who Can Submit?

All styles and mediums—2D, 3D, abstract, or figurative—are welcome.

Submission is free. A modest fee applies to selected artists only, backed by our full money-back guarantee until the official opening of the exhibition.

Exhibition, Promotion, and Sales

Selected artworks will be featured in the Seasons: Winter International Exhibition by Exhibizone and showcased on Artsy.net, the world's largest community of art collectors. Additionally, jury-selected artworks will be published in the exhibition catalogue and promoted globally. This is your opportunity to present your art to a global audience, enhance your visibility, and make a lasting impact.

Explore past exhibitions by Exhibizone at: https://www.exhibizone.com/exhibitions  

Let Winter Speak Through Your Art

Winter reminds us that even the quietest moments hold extraordinary beauty.
Let your artwork carry that beauty into the world.

Submit your art and let your voice become part of the story of Winter 2026.

Awards & Recognitions

■ Group Exhibition
Selected artworks will be showcased in an online smart group exhibition globally during winter 2026 for 3 months from January 8 to March 31, 2026.

■ Artsy Shop

Your selected artwork will be exhibited on ARTSY, the largest global community of art collectors, enhancing your exposure and potential sales.

■ Artwork Sales

Selected artworks will be promoted for sale via the online exhibition link. 

Notably, sold and not-for-sale artworks are acceptable as well.

■ Exhibition Catalogue

All selected artworks and artists will be published in a stylish, colorful exhibition catalogue that is available online.

Artists can order the print catalogue via print-on-demand service from one of the partner platforms.

The catalogue will be promoted and circulated internationally, becoming available to millions of viewers, including art experts, galleries, curators, businesses, and enthusiasts, via popular publication gateways.

■ Exhibition Poster
A link to the digital version of the exhibition poster will be sent to each artist via email.

■ Life-long Links
Exhibition links and artist pages in the exhibition will remain active for life to boost selected artists' online visibility and SEO. The Buy button will be removed after the exhibition ends.

■ Promotional Badges
Each artist will receive a link to the digital promotional badge for each artwork to share on social media.

■ Artwork Reviews
All exhibition visitors can submit their reviews and ratings of the exhibition and each artwork online.
Visitors' comments and ratings can provide valuable insights about the audience's feelings and understanding of the artworks.

Artists will be notified by email of the comments they have received.

■ Exhibition Promotion
A promotion program will be executed to boost the selected artists' exposure and increase the sales of artwork during the exhibition period.
The program includes exhibition press release sent out, catalogue circulation, social media presentation, etc.

■ Reports, Analytics, and Insights
An insightful report containing the number of visits, reviews, artworks' popularity, and engagement rate of the exhibition visitors, along with the sales statistics, will be sent to each artist regularly during the exhibition.

■ Publication

Some of the selected artworks might be published in various magazines and books in the Biafarin art network for promotion purposes.

■ Artist Profile Page
Each artist receives a free online profile page on the Biafarin platform.

■ Certificate
A digital certificate will be issued and sent to all selected artists.

Reasons to Submit :

Celebrate Nature’s Winter Rhythms:
Showcase your art inspired by winter’s silent beauty — its snow-draped landscapes, glowing lights, reflective stillness, and the quiet strength that rests beneath the cold.

Engage with a Global Theme:
Participate in a global exploration of winter — a season experienced differently across cultures yet felt deeply by all. Your work becomes part of a worldwide conversation.

Creative Challenge and Artistic Growth:
Push your boundaries by interpreting winter’s many faces:
serenity, solitude, coziness, resilience, nostalgia, festivity, and introspection.
Use this theme to explore new depths, emotions, or visual ideas.

Enhance Your Professional Portfolio:
Add a respected seasonal exhibition to your portfolio, showing your ability to work within themes and participate in one of Exhibizone’s most beloved global series.

Inspire Viewers Worldwide:
Seasons exhibitions attract millions of international art lovers.
Let your perspective on winter spark emotion, memory, or wonder in viewers across continents.

Experiment with Mediums and Styles:
Winter invites creativity — from abstract atmospheres and icy color palettes to realistic scenes, symbolic imagery, and emotional narratives.
Use this opportunity to try new techniques or artistic directions.

Be Part of a Creative Winter Community:
Join fellow artists from around the world who are also exploring the magic, quiet, poetry, and symbolism of winter.
Share inspiration, vision, and interpretations.

Timeless Online Showcase:
Your work remains available even after the exhibition closes, allowing ongoing visibility, collector reach, and long-term audience engagement.

Embrace the Essence of Winter:
Winter carries transformation, reflection, rest, strength, and beauty.
Capture its spirit — from still moments to vibrant celebrations — and share it with a global audience.

Reconnect with Nature:
Channel winter’s natural rhythms, colors, patterns, and atmospheres into your art, offering viewers a fresh way to see this season’s impact on the world.

Why Exhibizone Presents Season Series and Seasons: Winter 2026?

At Exhibizone, we believe art has the extraordinary power to unite people and celebrate the rhythms of life.
The Seasons Series is our tribute to the natural cycles that shape human experience — each season offering its own palette of emotions, beauty, and inspiration.

Winter holds a particularly meaningful place in this journey.

For Artists:

Fostering Creativity:
Each season sparks a unique artistic response. Winter, with its stillness, contrasts, shadows, cold light, and emotional depth, inspires artists to look inward and express themes connected to time, memory, transformation, and resilience.

Creating Opportunities:
Through the Seasons Series, we offer artists around the world a stage to present their work, gain visibility, and connect with a global audience of collectors, curators, and art lovers.

Empowering Storytelling:
The changing world around us invites emotional and visual storytelling. Winter especially encourages rich narratives — from isolation to comfort, from frozen landscapes to human warmth.

Building Community:
The Seasons exhibitions bring together a global creative community. Artists share interpretations, insights, and inspiration, forming connections that extend far beyond the exhibition itself.

For Visitors and Art Lovers:

Encouraging Discovery:
Each Seasons exhibition introduces viewers to diverse visual interpretations of the season — helping them discover new perspectives and deepening appreciation for both art and nature.

Inspiring Connection:
Winter is a universal experience, whether cold and snowy or symbolic and emotional. By showcasing winter through many artistic voices, the exhibition creates shared moments of connection and understanding across cultures.

Promoting Art Accessibility:
Because Exhibizone exhibitions are fully online, art becomes accessible to all — inviting millions of visitors to experience creativity from anywhere in the world.

Our Vision for the Seasons Series:

Celebrating Nature and Life:
The Seasons Series embodies our commitment to honoring nature’s timeless cycles and their profound influence on human creativity.

Advancing Artistic Innovation:
By framing each exhibition around a seasonal theme, we challenge artists to think deeply, experiment boldly, and present fresh visual interpretations.

Cultivating Global Engagement:
Our goal is to spark meaningful dialogue between artists and viewers — connecting people through shared experiences and emotional resonance.

Providing Lasting Legacy:
Each Seasons exhibition becomes part of a digital archive that preserves the talent and vision of participating artists, ensuring their work continues to inspire long after the exhibition concludes.

By presenting Seasons: Winter 2026, Exhibizone continues its mission to uplift artistic voices, celebrate creativity, and make art accessible, meaningful, and inspiring to a worldwide audience.

FEES

The submission is FREE.

If selected, there is a USD 35 selection fee.

Submit up to 6 artworks, maximum 2 artworks will be accepted from each artist.

Jury Process

We use two phases for jurying. The first phase of jurying is the Yes/No selection, and the 2nd part is the scoring model. For scoring, each jury member scores artworks from 1 to 10. Artworks with the highest scores in the "Yes" group will be selected.

Why Selection Fee?

Submission to this art opportunity is free of charge, and we only ask the selected artists to pay a small fixed fee to proceed. 

This decision was made in good faith because we wanted artists to only pay when selected. We have a thorough jury process as our art opportunities are popular and have a low acceptance rate.

Money-back Guarantee

A money-back guarantee is available for all selection fee payments until the exhibition's official opening day.

ARTIST DATA

Artist Headshot Photo
Artist Full Name
City and Country of Residence
Phone
Email
Social Media Links (optional)
Website (optional)

Biography (optional)

Artist Statement (optional)

ARTWORK DATA

Title

Category

Technique

Surface

Creation Year

Size (WidthXHeightXDepth) in cm or inches

Artwork/Series Description (Optional)

Price in USD

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY

This opportunity is open to all visual artists worldwide.

ARTWORK ELIGIBILITY

Art Categories

The submission is open to all visual artists creating original artworks in 2 and 3-dimensional media.

Visual Arts Categories: Painting, drawing, landscapes, printmaking, illustration, photography, digital art, sculpture, metalsmithing, installation, crafts, decorative arts, jewelry, glass art, paper art, book art, land art, fiber art, textile art, wood art, collage, abstract, graphic arts, and mixed media are accepted.

Style
All styles are accepted.

Any abstract or representational interpretations of the subject are accepted.

Size
There is no size limit for submitted artworks.

Duration
There is no limit for artwork creation year.
Artworks created within the last 5 years are preferred.

Originality and Rights
Artworks must be entirely the work of the entrant, executed without the supervision of an instructor.

Entries must not be copies or derivatives based in any way on other copyrighted or published paintings, photographs or other artistic work. Any infraction of this rule will result in serious consequences.
Artist should have all the rights for presenting and publishing the artworks internationally.

Artwork Photo

Only the artwork should show in the photo (no frames or extraneous backgrounds).

Invited artists might be asked for high resolution artwork photos, if needed.

Availability

Artists can submit artworks that are not for sales.

Number of Artworks

Artists can submit up to 6 pieces of original artworks in relation to the subject.

The artworks are subject to selection and maximum 2 artworks might be selected from the chosen artists.

Other

Artworks that, in reasonable view of the organizer, include porn, violence, and/or racial, and religious hatred, inappropriate and/or offensive content, are not admissible.