The PlotArt Founding 25
Be one of the Founding 25.
We're inviting artists based or working anywhere on the island of Ireland to help shape a new way of discovering original art. The first 25 selected open the PlotArt Artists’ Gallery, each with their own dedicated artist gallery and biography page. Start with one artwork and add more whenever you wish, with space for at least 10 at a time.
The founding offer
25 artists.25 galleries.100% free for the first year.
Your art. Your sales. Your earnings.
- No membership, subscription or listing fees, ever.
- Keep 100% of your artwork sales — no PlotArt commission on enquiries from your founding year, even if the sale completes later.
- Nothing changes automatically after your founding year.
Apply to become a Founding Artist
Applications are reviewed individually. Places are awarded through a curated selection process, not on a first-come, first-served basis.
Your own artist gallery
A gallery of your own.
Every Founding Artist receives a dedicated artist gallery on PlotArt: your biography, your practice and your work. Start with one artwork. Add more whenever you wish: Founding Artists are guaranteed space for at least 10 works at a time.
- A large artist card in the Artists’ Gallery, led by your work.
- Space for at least 10 works at a time: start with one and add more whenever you wish.
- Every work shown whole, at its true proportions, with its own page.
- Enquiries come to you, or to your gallery if you're represented.
- Your general location is shown only if you choose.
Your practice · your county, if you choose
Your name
A short biography in your own words: who you are and how you work.
Explore this artist's collectionIllustration: how your artist card will appear. The artwork shown is an illustration.
The programme
25 artists.
A new home for Irish art.
PlotArt will select up to 25 Founding Artists from the applications received: the artists whose work opens the gallery, and whose feedback shapes what it becomes. Every artist accepted into the Artists’ Gallery, then and later, receives their own gallery and biography page; the Founding 25 are the first, with the founding offer below.
No fees, ever
No membership, subscription or listing fees, now or later. Your first 12 months are commission-free too.
Zero PlotArt commission
Keep 100% of your artwork sales: no PlotArt commission during your founding year, including on sales from founding-year enquiries that complete after it.
Your own artist gallery
A dedicated gallery and biography page, led by your work.
Space for at least 10 works
Start with one artwork. Add more whenever you wish: you're guaranteed space for at least 10 works at a time.
Permanent Founding Artist recognition
You'll always be one of the artists who opened PlotArt. Your gallery carries the Founding Artist badge while it's active.
Selected promotional opportunities
Selected launch features and promotions may be offered. They aren't guaranteed.
The terms, plainly
Free means free.
- PlotArt will select up to 25 Founding Artists from the applications received. Selection is based on the quality, originality and diversity of the proposed founding collection.
- A place is confirmed only when a selected artist accepts the programme terms.
- No fees, ever. And no commission in your founding year.
- Your founding year begins on the day your gallery is first published.
- Enquiries that reach you through PlotArt during your founding year stay commission-free, even if the sale completes after the year ends.
- Your art, your sales, your earnings: you agree the sale with the buyer and keep what you earn. You keep ownership of your work until it's sold.
- You keep the copyright in your work.
- Your Founding Artist designation is permanent; your badge shows while your gallery is active.
- Nothing changes automatically. There are never membership, subscription or listing fees, and no commission applies unless you choose to accept new terms. Enquiries from your founding year stay commission-free for good.
- PlotArt artist galleries carry no membership, subscription or listing fees, ever. After your founding year, nothing changes automatically: PlotArt intends to work only on commission from sales it introduces, and that would apply only if you choose to accept new terms.
- We can't guarantee sales, homepage features or home placements. Homepage artist features rotate fairly among participating artists.
- You'll receive the full Founding Artist terms before anything is agreed or published.
- The Founding 25 is the PlotArt Artists’ Gallery. The Living Gallery is a separate, proposed programme. Taking part in it is optional, and it is never a condition of being a Founding Artist.
How PlotArt works
From studio to someone's wall.
Each work is presented whole, with its true dimensions, and enquiries go directly to you.
Your work is presented properly
Your own artist gallery, and a page for each of your works: large images, honest dimensions and your own words about it.
Buyers enquire
Enquiries come to you, or to your gallery if you're represented. You stay in control of every sale.
Permanent Founding Artist recognition
You'll always be one of the artists who opened the PlotArt Artists’ Gallery, and your gallery carries the Founding Artist badge while it's active.
Apply
Apply to become a Founding Artist.
Tell us about you and your work. It takes about ten minutes. All you need is a few images of your work, or a link to where we can see it.
What happens next
- We read every application ourselves.
- We email you within two working days to confirm we've received it, with your application reference.
- If you're selected, we send you the Founding Artist terms. Your place is confirmed only when you've accepted them.
- Nothing about you is published until you've seen and approved your gallery.
There are up to 25 founding places, and applying doesn't guarantee one.
Already on PlotNua's Artist Register? That stays a private expression of interest. Applying here is a separate step.
Application received
Thank you. Your application is in.
We'll email you at within two working days to confirm, with your application reference. If it hasn't arrived within two working days, please check your spam folder.
We read every application ourselves and will be in touch once we've reviewed yours. Applying doesn't guarantee a place, and nothing is published without your approval.
To update or withdraw your application, email hello@plotnua.ie.