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Don’t miss your chance to be part of one of the most anticipated annual exhibitions in the Twin Cities! Open Door is Rosalux Gallery’s annual open call exhibition, which has previously showcased some of the best up-and-coming artistic talent and has helped launch many impressive artistic careers. This exhibition typically receives extensive press coverage from local media and is one of our most well-attended events of the year. Open Door is open to all North American residents working in any 2D or 3D media, as well as video. Only works completed within the past two years are eligible for submission.

 

JUROR:  Niall Bingham​

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Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Niall Bingham studied Fine Art at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, completing a BAVA (Hons) in 2005. It was here, while studying printmaking under Vulindlela Nyoni, where he developed a passion for the medium. 

 

On an exchange year at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata, Japan he studied Japanese art, literature, and traditional studio techniques. Upon graduating,  he moved to Johannesburg to work at the David Krut Print Workshop from 2006 to 2011, collaborating with leading South African artists including William Kentridge, Diane Victor, Willem Boshoff, and David Koloane. He later served as Printmaking Technician at the University of the Witwatersrand, and completed an MAFA there in 2016.

 

From 2020 to 2025, Bingham worked at Atelier Le Grand Village in southern France, whilst residing in Northern Spain. His commitment to printmaking is underscored by an ongoing dedication to improving his own methods of collaboration with artists and other printmakers. 

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His recent artistic practice concerns itself with the intersection between nostalgia for, and the reality of life in his country of birth, South Africa. The work seeks to be self-aware enough to question the authenticity of memory.

 

Now based in Minneapolis, Niall Bingham is a collaborative printmaker at Highpoint Centre for Printmaking.

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IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW:

Open For Submissions:  September 21st

Submission Deadline:   October 31st @ midnight

Artists Notification:  November 9th

Exhibition Dates:      December 5th – 27th, 2026

Opening Reception:     December 5th, 7pm - 10pm

 

ENTRY PROCEDURE

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Required Application Materials:  (all below written materials should be in Word or PDF format) 

• Artist Statement, brief (no more than 1 page)

• Resume, (no more than 1 page)

• Three images of works completed within the past two years. Save  images as JPEG files, 72dpi in size, longest dimension less than 2000  pixels.

• If you have a video to submit, please include a link in the "description" area to a youtube or vimeo sample of less than 3 minutes (alternately juror will only view first 3 minutes).

• 2D work with a dimension exceeding 60" on it's longest side will not be accepted 

• $35 entry fee.

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