Open Call

“Exhibiting at this edition of Jaipur Art Week offered several advantages for me. The exposure to a diverse and engaged audience, thanks to the event's prominence, was invaluable. It provided a platform to showcase my work and connect with fellow artists, enthusiasts, and potential collaborators. Additionally, the experience allowed me to explore new perspectives through interactions with the community, enhancing both my artistic vision and network. While collaborating with PATI's team brought its own set of positive experiences, the Jaipur Art Week further amplified the reach and impact of my work, contributing significantly to my overall artistic journey.” 

(Exhibiting Artist, Jaipur Art Week 2024)


Over its previous iterations, Jaipur Art Week has grown to become an important incubator for early career artists and creatives. Promoting excellence and encouraging exploration, its exhibitions and parallel programmes provide much needed opportunities for emerging creatives to expand their horizons and gain visibility in the international art world. Jaipur Art Week 4.0 will further this, with a new Artist Mentor scheme, professional development programme and an expanded support reach.

Putting the artist’s voice first, each edition of Jaipur Art Week is co-curated through an open call format with a jury of internationally renowned arts professionals and the selected artists. By engaging this flat curatorial hierarchy, each edition provides a unique snapshot of the most interesting and forward-thinking contemporary art today, by the people actively making it. 

Open Call 2025

For Edition 4.0, we welcome artists who are inspired by, are based in or have connections to the Public Arts Trust of India’s home state, Rajasthan, to apply. 

We know that as artists and practitioners, your work doesn’t always neatly fit into a box, so we’ve kept Jaipur Art Week 4.0’s Open Call just that, open. There are no specific mediums or criteria, you don’t even need to have an art degree or any formal training to apply, we want you to share your ideas and the work you make with us, and we’ll support you to show it.

The year’s jury of international arts professionals includes Darius Sanai (Editor in Chief of LUX, owner of LUX Global Media and consultant Editor in Chief at Condé Nast International), Judith Greer (Director of International Programmes at the Sharjah Art Foundation), Rana Begum (Artist) and Jai Danani (Art Advisor & Philanthropist). Developing on our commitment to support early career artists and creatives, selected artists will each be assigned an Artist Mentor to support the development and selection of the work you will showcase during Jaipur Art Week. This year’s mentors include artists Nandan Ghiya and Manisha Gera Baswani.

Selected artists will be given the opportunity to showcase their work in a group exhibition or as solo interventions across our partner venues throughout Jaipur. Your proposal can respond to one of the venues listed below, otherwise our team will support you through the curatorial process to find the right fit for your work. 

Jawahar Kala Kendra 

Archaeological Survey Of India 

  • Albert Hall Museum 

  • Museum of Legacies 

Devasthan Vibhag

  • Govardhan Nath Ji Temple 

Nagar Nigam Jaipur Heritage

  • Hawa Mahal 

  • Tal Katora Lake 

  • Jain Niwas Garden

  • Jaleb Chowk

  • Parshuram Stepwell 

  • Modikhana Chowk

Golcha Cinema 

Amrapali Museum

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MIDNIGHT, 5th June 2024

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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MIDNIGHT, 5th June 2024 •

Application Process

We strongly recommend that all artists wishing to apply attend at least one of our proposal writing workshops and approach our team to discuss their ideas ahead of submission. Dates are included in the timeline below: 

  • Open Call Launch - Friday 5th April 2024

  • Proposal Writing Workshop 1- Sunday 28th April

  • Proposal Writing Workshop 2 - Sunday 19th May

  • Proposal Writing Workshop 3 - Sunday 26th May

  • Deadline For Proposals - 5th June 2024

  • Selected Artist Notified - July 2024

  • Selected Artists Announced - September

For any large scale works or specific interventions, please contact us to discuss your proposal prior to applying. If you are submitting a performative work, please provide additional contextual information as you feel required.

Sign up for our Proposal Writing Workshops, HERE.

How to Apply

Email inquiries@publicartstrustofindia.org with a portfolio containing the following information: 

  • A short artist statement of no more than 250 words describing your work

  • A 2 page CV detailing your professional experience and education (please note: this doesn’t necessarily have to be arts related)

  • 10 images of your previous work

  • A proposal of the work you’d exhibit at Jaipur Art Week including: 

    • A short interpretation text for the work being proposed  

    • Images of any pre-existing work / drawings of new works

    • An approximate production budget for the work

    • Any technical requirements / specifications

Please use the subject header: Jaipur Art Week 2025 Open Call Submission
* If you have access needs that require you to make your application in an alternative format (e.g video and audio) then please contact us.

Selected Artists

All exhibiting artists will receive a grant to support their participation in Jaipur Art Week 4.0, ranging from 15,000/- to 1.5 Lakhs depending on your project and if you are selected for the group show or a solo intervention. The breakdown of costs is as follows - 

  • Rs 15,000 - Group Show 

  • Rs 75,000 to 1 Lakh - Solo Show 

  • 1.5 Lakh - Large scale Installation 

All selected artists will be paired with an Artist Mentor who will provide between 1-3 virtual studio visits to support the development of your work for Jaipur Art Week 4.0. Additionally, you’ll receive curatorial support and guidance from PATI’s team.

During Jaipur Art Week, exhibiting artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work to an international audience with PATI’s team supporting introductions to international museum and gallery professionals, collectors and more.

What happens if you don’t get selected?

Whilst we can only fund a small number of artist projects for Jaipur Art Week 4.0, our aim is to listen to artists and seek out places and partnerships to showcase existing work or provide new opportunities. So even if you don’t get selected, you’ll be on our radar. 

Based on feedback received from exhibiting artists and Programme Ambassadors during the last edition, we are developing a new creative professional development programme which will be exclusively available to anyone who has applied for our jobs or opportunities. Please indicate if you are also happy for us to add you to our professional development mailing list. 

All applicants will receive feedback on their submission.