GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING WORK TO
d berman gallery

Please take a detailed look at our website or visit the gallery before sending materials to us. Once you have an understanding of our curatorial interests and honestly feel your work is appropriate for us, please follow the submission guidelines below.

Please realize that it is best for both us and you to mail in your materials so our staff may review your images together. This review format allows us to give your work the undivided attention it deserves. While we are not actively seeking new relationships with artists at this time, it is not uncommon for us to follow an artist's work for a few years before deciding to show the artist in an exhibition. We hope, by following an artist for a few years, to see their work develop. This also gives us an opportunity to sense the commitment the artist has for his or her work, as well as their intention and direction.

We respond to all mailed submissions, and will let you know if we would like to see more work or visit your studio. We review portfolios once a month. Please do not call the gallery to ask if we have a response yet.

What to include in your submission:

1. No fewer than 5 and no more than 20 images of work completed in the last two years. CD images are our preference, but we will accept slides. Each image must be properly labeled with artist name, title, date, media, and dimensions. If you are submitting a CD of images, please make sure that each individual image has this information.

2. A current resume. Exhibition history should be divided between solo exhibitions and group exhibitions.

3. An appropriately sized, self-addressed and stamped return envelope with sufficient postage. If you do not provide postage, your portfolio materials will be held for pickup for two weeks after we respond to your submission. After that time, we will assume you do not want your materials returned.

4. An artist's statement about your work, or any comments you feel are necessary to understand your concept. Inclusion of statement is helpful, but not required. Please limit comments to one page. The statement should be typed, clear, and concise.

5. If you have a website, please include the address in your mailed materials instead of emailing it to us separately.

NOTE: If you exceed the requested material guidelines above, your return envelope's weight will exceed 13 oz. The U.S. Postal Service limits the weight for outgoing pickup to 13 oz. and will not take mail from us that weighs over that amount. We will not take overweight envelopes to the Post Office.

What we do NOT like to see when reviewing work:

1. Actual original works of art brought by or mailed to the gallery.

2. More than 20 images.

3. Excessive paperwork, slide lists, binders, or vanity photographs of the artist's personal appearance.

4. Unlabeled images.

5. Calling to make appointments for review or walking into the gallery expecting an immediate review of your work. Please understand that we are committed to working with the artists we currently exhibit, and our daily workload does not allow for on-the-spot portfolio reviews.

6. Emailed portfolios.

7. Materials weighing more than 13 oz. (see note in above section).

Thank you for your interest in d berman gallery. Submissions should be addressed to:

David Berman, director
d berman gallery
1701 Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas 78701

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