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Theme: The Abstract Image | Curated by Praxis Directors 2025
THE ABSTRACT IMAGE
form • perception • distortion • gesture • pattern • essence
“An abstract photograph draws away from that which is realistic or literal. It departs from natural appearances and recognizable subjects in the world. Some even say it transcends meaning, existence, and reality itself—standing apart from the concrete whole, relying instead on conceptual meaning and intrinsic form.”
– John Suler
Praxis Gallery seeks photographic artwork that explores the world through an abstracted lens. Submissions may utilize color, light, shadow, texture, shape, or line to create images that move beyond traditional representation—inviting viewers to experience photography as pure visual expression.
All genres, capture types, black & white, and color, traditional and non-traditional photographic, and digital post-production processes are welcome for submission.
Theme: Open Theme | Juror: Ann Jastrab 2026
Photography can describe, question, transform, or reimagine the world. An open theme allows artists to submit the work that best reflects their current practice—whether rooted in observation, imagination, or constructed visual approaches. With no prescribed subject, technique, or style, Open Theme invites a wide range of photographic intentions and methods.
Praxis Gallery welcomes photographic art of any genre or subject that reflects the artist’s distinct way of seeing. Submissions may include documentary work, portraiture, landscape, street, still life, abstraction, personal narrative, experimental processes, or any visual exploration in which the photograph serves as a mode of expression or inquiry.
We encourage images that engage curiosity, form, craft, or interpretation—whether quiet or bold, observational or invented. Open Theme exists to showcase the diversity of contemporary photographic practice and the broad possibilities of lens-based image-making. All lens-based artwork is welcome
Praxis Gallery | 2025 Artist Member Show
2025 ANNUAL PRAXIS MEMBER SHOWCASE
Exhibition Dates: February 21 – March 14, 2026
Registration Deadline: January 8, 2026
Artwork Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026
The Annual Praxis Member Showcase features one photographic work from each current Artist Member. This non-juried exhibition highlights the creative community that supports Praxis throughout the year. All Artist Members are invited to exhibit one image of their choice.
The exhibition will be installed salon-style in The Lab Gallery by Praxis staff. Members may submit an original print for or request in-house printing as part of the submission process. Complete submission details will be provided after registration.
Participation is included with an active 2025 Artist Membership.
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Theme: The Still Life | Curated by: Praxis Directors 2025
Still life photography offers the photographer a space of pure construction—where every element can be placed, shaped, and lit with precision. Unlike portrait or landscape, the still life is entirely built: light, color, texture, and balance become the tools of meaning.
Praxis Gallery seeks photographic art that investigates the genre of the Still Life. Submissions may explore traditional arrangements, symbolic tableaux, minimalist studies, or conceptual assemblages. From the classical to the strange, we invite work that uses the still life to explore beauty, tension, ritual, or play. All lens based art welcome for submission.