ShowOFF 2024 by Krakow Photomonth

The ShowOFF Section, devoted to premiering projects by artists making their debut, is one of the main parts of the Krakow Photomonth Festival’s programme.

Overview

By participating in the ShowOFF Section, emerging artists have the opportunity to work with recognised and experienced specialists in the field of visual arts, including the invited curators and festival organizers helping to guide, oversee and promote their projects.

Practical Info 

The prize for each of the 6 winners is an individual exhibition as part of the Krakow Photomonth Festival in the ShowOFF section during the festival in June 2024. The winner will receive a budget of PLN 3,500,000 (€ 800) to produce an exhibition and a separate exhibition space to present the project. It is worth mentioning that the total value of the exhibition, work of the production team and marketing crew is approx PLN 12,000,000 (€ 2,700) which will be covered by the The Foundation for Visual Arts. Individuals may submit up to two photography or film and video projects. The requirement is that these projects have never been presented in the form of a solo or group exhibition, at a leading art institution (i.e. museum or art gallery engaged in the promotion of artists).

About Krakow Photomonth

ShowOFF and Krakow Photomonth Festival are organized by The Foundation for Visual Arts, a non-profit organization established in 2001 in Krakow, Poland. Dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of visual arts in Poland, with an emphasis on photography, the Foundation organizes other cultural events, publishes books, as well as digitalises photographic archives, including documentary photographs of Wojciech Plewiński, Zygmunt Rytka and Zofia Rydet's Sociological Record.