General Information

The exhibition will be held at the Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park in North Yorkshire during its open season for 2026 and will be set alongside its permanent collection of 90 outdoor sculptures and land art.

Eligibility

Submissions of work are invited from visual artists working in any medium suitable for an outdoor environment. Work must be of the artist’s own creation and contain a statement about the artwork.

Restrictions
Robust enough for outdoor display 
Need to supply own base/stand if required
No cement fixing into ground
Consideration to decommissioning

Image Uploads
Image files should be JPG or PNG and no more than 5MB large. Upload time will depend on your internet connection speed so please be patient. If you are having problems uploading your images please use image editing software to resize your image to approximately 1600 pixels wide and then save as a new file. Image file names should not be too long and should not contain any invalid characters such as ' " & % * ( ) < > / ~ # + =

Submission Procedure

Submission is by online entry through the OESS only.

PLEASE NOTE the images and descriptions entered on your application will be used for the online gallery, please make sure names, titles, descriptions and prices of your pieces are correctly entered on your application.

Pricing

Works may be for sale or not for sale - with buyers dealing directly with the artist concerning payment. There is NO commission to pay on a sale to the organizers.

All pieces (including those sold) must stay in situ until the end of the exhibition on Sunday 1st November 2026

Communications

All communication will be by email or via the online login process. Applicants will be required to login to see if they have been preselected. Once selected, the Himalayan Garden will contact you to discuss installation requirements within the garden & park. 

The Selection Committee will select the works for the exhibition. The Selectors will consider all correctly completed submissions. The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Insurance

Artists are responsible for insuring their own work. All works accepted for exhibition will be displayed entirely at the artists' risk and the organisers will not accept liability for loss or damage occurring during the exhibition.

Delivery and Collection

Artists are responsible for the delivery and collection of their work and help will be provided with installation within the garden. All packaging materials must be removed after delivery and brought back at collection. If you are applying from overseas, please consider how you will get your work to and from the exhibition at the required times.

Agreement

By submitting to the exhibition you are deemed to accept and agree to the following:

The decision of the Selectors on all matters is final and no correspondence will be entered into. I understand that The Organisers reserves the right to make such changes to the exhibition arrangements and these Terms & Conditions as may be deemed necessary by circumstances. I authorise The Organisers to process, store, and utilise the data in my submission and agree that, if selected for exhibition, images of my work can be freely used by The Organisers and associated organizations for promotional and publicity purposes.

All information provided by me is true and accurate and that the work submitted is wholly of my own creation. I have read and understood these terms and conditions and by submitting this application I accept and agree to observe all the Terms And Conditions therein.
 

Please Note: The above terms and conditions are provided by the exhibition organisers.

For terms and conditions which apply to the use of the OESS entry system please view below:
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