We are delighted to announce the FORMAT25 Open Call Exhibiting Artists!

The international jury and the FORMAT curatorial team have spent the last few weeks carefully deliberating over the longlist of 150 artists. We initially received 795 submissions from talented artists across the globe displaying a breadth of incredible work and ideas. It has been a difficult task to choose only five projects to be showcased at the festival in March 2025. We are pleased and honoured to announce that the five selected artists are:

Christopher Gregory Rivera @cgregoryrivera

Jenna Garrett @particulr

Lo Lai Lai Natalie @sqlai

Sujata Setia @sujatasetia

Thero Makepe @theromakepe

A huge congratulations to you all!

Follow us this week on Instagram as we will be sharing each selected artist’s work and profiles.

We would like to thank everyone who submitted to the FORMAT25 Open Call. The Open Call is a crucial way for the festival team and international jury to see the work of the best photographic and lens-based work being made today, from the newest emerging talent to established practitioners from across the globe. We hope to see you at the festival from 13 March 2025 in Derby, UK. Please keep checking back here and on our website as the 2025 programme is revealed in full.