Open Call

Organizer The Asian Society of Calligraphic Arts · Sponsors Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism · Seoul Metropolitan Government · Seoul Arts Center · Daehan Geomjeonghoe (pending approval) · Galleries Gallery 1: Invited Artists and Solo Exhibitions / Gallery 2: Open Call (running concurrently)

1. Open to allKorean citizens, overseas Koreans and foreign residents of Korea who practice calligraphy, literati painting or seal engraving. There are no limits on age, education or experience.
2. Young artistsEntries from university calligraphy majors and young artists who are or were members of the National University Calligraphy Federation are encouraged. The youth section is judged on separate criteria.
3. Invited artistsInvited artists of the association cannot enter the open-call sections; they submit to the Invited Artists Exhibition in Gallery 1.
4. Special provisionUnder a special provision new for this edition, skilled artists who are not full members may join the Invited Artists Exhibition. To obtain recommended or invited artist status, apply for special appointment under Article 11 of the regulations on appointing recommended and invited artists (for non-members, the judging fee, registration fee and first-year dues total KRW 180,000 for recommended artists and KRW 250,000 for invited artists).
5. Ineligible worksWorks already selected or awarded in another competition, previously published works, works made by someone else, and copies of classics (imseo) presented as original work.

• 한

  Hangeul

  Regular (jeongja) and mixed, semi-cursive (banheullim) and mixed, cursive (jinheullim), woodblock style (panbonche), folk style (minche) and more

• 漢

  Chinese characters (Hanmun)

  Oracle bone, bronze, seal, clerical, regular, running and cursive scripts

• 今

  Contemporary calligraphy · Calligraphy art

  Includes contemporary Korean painting

• 印

  Seal engraving · Wood engraving

  Including wood and stone carving

• 畵

  Literati painting · East Asian painting

  Literati, East Asian, color, ink-wash and folk (minhwa) painting

The board of directors may add judging sections by resolution if needed.

Gukjeonji (exhibition sheet)

70×200cm

Full sheet (jeonji)

70×136cm

Half sheet (banji)

35×136cm

Account Shinhan Bank 100-028-611714 · Holder (사)동양서예협회 · Please send the payment receipt with your entry application. For mounting fees and solo or group booth exhibitions of 10 or more works, see the entry form and the guidelines.

1. Register online firstRegister through the entry form on the association website, then send your work.
2. Documents① Entry application (Form 1) ② Label for the back of the work (Form 2) ③ Proof of entry-fee payment ④ For contemporary calligraphy and calligraphy art, an artist’s note (recommended)
3. Where to send경기도 고양시 덕양구 호국로 860, 래미안휴레스트 207-1403 (사단법인 동양서예협회 사무국)
4. ShippingShipping costs and risks are borne by the entrant; submitted works and documents are not returned.

Fill in the entry form → The entry application (Form 1) and label (Form 2) can be downloaded from pages 5–8 of the guidelines and from the entry form page.

Special Selection and Selected works are exhibited and included in the catalogue. Award records count toward appointment as a recommended or invited artist.

1. Works are collected on site during take-down on the last day of the exhibition (Fri, Apr 30, 2027); the association is not responsible for works left uncollected.
2. The association may include entries in its catalogue, promotional materials and online archive; copyright stays with the artist.
3. If a rule violation is confirmed, selections and awards may be cancelled and the result made public.
4. Artists who wish to sell may do so under the association’s consignment contract (70% to the artist).
5. Judging criteria (technique, composition, creativity, completeness) follow the association’s judging regulations, and objections to results are not accepted. Grades and numbers are adjusted if entries fall short of the standard.
6. A mounting fee is charged for works selected or higher (hand-backing as standard, at member rates). Prize money is paid after tax.
7. Anything not covered here follows decisions of the association’s board of directors and steering committee.

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