How to be part of Hypha Curates
Hypha Curates presents a curated selection of works from the most compelling artists in the Hypha Studios network. We offer a platform for artists to reach a new audience of collectors, with submissions always free of charge and without subscriptions.
The unique potential for your work to be selected by leading curators for our physical exhibitions is central to our model of artist support. General submissions are open, with special themed invitations announced periodically.
We provide a unique opportunity for your work to be selected & presented in physical exhibitions, presented in our Hypha Studios gallery spaces across the UK
General submission
We welcome your submission at any time & we will be in touch if we think you'd be a great fit for Hypha Curates. Our application form is simple & totally free.
Expert online collections
We invite experts from across the cultural sector to select their favourite works from Hypha Curates. We present these as an online Collection to give buyers a unique perspective on everything we have to offer.
Curated exhibitions
Hypha Curates is not only a website. Utilising Hypha Studios' national network of gallery spaces, your work may be selected by an expert curator for inclusion in a physical selling exhibition.
Why Sell with Hypha Curates?
Since 2021, Hypha Studios has supported over 2,100 artists nationally. By joining, you become part of this supportive network where the sale of your work supports our charitable mission to provide free studio & exhibition opportunities for other artists.
By offering your work on Hypha Curates, you also also have the chance to be discovered and selected by experts from the cultural world invited to curate online Collections and physical exhibitions.
Who can apply and what is the process?
We welcome submissions from UK-based artists across all mediums & price points, simply apply through our simple online form which our team review regularly. If selected, we’ll guide you through the process on providing high-quality images & a short bio to best present your work to our established audience of collectors, curators & art lovers.
How do sales, commission & shipping work?
Artists receive 70% of the final sale price. The remaining 30% is reinvested into our charity, Hypha Studios, to create more oppirtunities for emerging artists with free exhibition & making spaces. When a piece sells, the buyer covers shipping & we provide detailed instructions to assist you thhrough the process.
We are not restrictive
We are designed to support the existing cultural ecosystem we do not insist on exclusivity, you are welcome to also offer your work through galleries & we advise you to ask your gallery about working with us. Hypha Curates exists to support the charitable work of Hypha Studios & are not a for-profit competitor, but instead seek to support the wider cultural ecology & open up the opportunity to sell work to more artists.
We do not seek to represent artists but aim to introduce your work to a new audience, to introduce the public to the possibilities of collecting original art & to help Hypha Studios continue to offer free studio & exhibition spaces to fellow artists.
We aren’t starting from scratch
Our websites already attract over 100,000 art enthusiasts annually across 24 countries, including collectors, curators & other art organisations. Hypha has over 33,000 Instagram followers, 5,000 newsletter subscribers & engages 1 million people across our digital platforms annually.
Hypha Curates allows us to grow & support artists at all stages of their practice as well as support the general public engage with art in new ways and consider collecting for the first time, all while supporting the wider cultural ecosystem.
