THE LIGHT OF ASIA

International Exhibition-Competition of Contemporary Art


Theme: ASIAN WORLD THROUGH THE AGES

 

Exhibition dates: 12-24 May 2026

Registration deadline: until 8 May 2026



Two ways to participate:

IN PERSON (originals at the exhibition) and
IN ABSENTIA (photocopies at the exhibition)

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International Exhibition & Competition of Modern Art

"THE LIGHT OF ASIA"

Topic: Asia- Artist's Impression

The international exhibition project consolidates on one platform the works of contemporary artists, designers, sculptors, photo artists who build-up a work of art in the context of the great Asian area, including of course Russia - from India and China, Nepal, Pakistan - to the former Soviet Republics of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey.

Spirituality. Architecture. Nature. Traditions

Date: 
May 12-24, 2026

Registration deadline: 
until May 8, 2026

Venue:
GOGOL ART The Center for Modern & Contemporary Arts and theGallery, Gogolevskiy blvr, 14/3, Moscow


SECTIONS AND NOMINATIONS

Exhibition Sections

Sections:  

  1. Traditional Painting.
  2. ModernAvant-garde.
  3. Mystical and Magical Symbolism.
  4. New Digital Technologies.
  5. Photo Art.
  6. Assemblage, Collage, Relief.
  7. Batik and Other Traditional Techniques.
  8. Traditional and Ritual Dolls.
  9. Sculptures, Masks, Installations.

Nominations:

  1. Holy Places and Monasteries
  2. Mountains, Winds
  3. Images and Faces
  4. Symbolism in Oriental Art
  5. Writing and Ornament
  6. Modern Avant-Garde in the Art of Asian Artists
  7. Spiritual Heritage and Modernity
  8. Looking to the Future
EXHIBITION SECTIONS

Competitional Nominations

Holy Places and Monasteries

The Middle and Central Asia, the Middle and Far East

Symbolism in the Art of Asia

The significance and mystical meaning of different spiritual traditions. Symbolism in the plots, images, signs of the Mandala and more. Theirmetaphysicalmeaningindifferentspiritualtraditionsandart

Heroes of Legends and Tales

Heroes of myths, sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and other traditional spiritual teachings

Mountains, Winds, Streams

Traditional Asian Painting

Writing and Ornament

In various regions of the Asian area

Looking to the Future

New trends, hopes and projects of Asian nations in the works of contemporary artists

My Best Impressions and Recollections

Art works based on the results of trips to Asian regions

Images and Faces

Portraits of famous spiritual teachers, outstanding men of culture and art, ordinary people of miscellaneous social strata.

Traditions and Modernity

Traditional art in contemporary art

Avant-Garde and New Art Trends

Avant-garde art experiments on the theme of Asia

Friendship and Cooperation

Сooperation, friendship and peace in the art works of contemporary artists

UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE PROJECT

UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE PROJECT

Over 500 sq.m.

Located in central Moscow
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Over 20 Jurimen

Expert jury from Asian countries
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Catalogue

All participants are published in the full-color A4 catalogue of the exhibition in English and Russian.

Over 200 participants

Participants from various regions of the earth
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STEP BY STEP

Sign-in Sequence

CHOOSING THE FORM OF PARTICIPATION

Step 1:

The author determines the way of participation: IN PERSON, ABSENTEE, or REMOTE. All participants enjoy equal rights and are evaluated on the 10-point marking scale regardless of the way of participation.


Any questions on the way of participation? Address your questions to the Organizing Committee

SIGN-IN

Step 2:

Absentee Participation

The Organization Committee prints out the files, frame, and arrange exhibits

Exhibited are the photocopies of one’s art works. The author shall send appropriate files of his/her art works to the following email: info@asiafestival.ru  and the Organizing Committee shall print the files, frame, and arrange exhibits.

The Organization Committee prints out the files, frame, and arrange exhibits
REGISTRATION FEE PAYMENT

Step 3:

The author pays the registration fee. After paying the registration fee, the author has to send a receipt or screenshot of the payment to the following e-mail address of the Organizing Committee: info@modernexpo.info 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT

The Way of Participation

In-Person Participation

Art works participate in the exhibition and competition

The author personally brings his/her art works to the exhibition. Personal presence of the author during the exhibition is not required. The author participates in the program during the exhibition at his/her own will. At the end of the exhibition the authors shall take out their works themselves or use a delivery service at their own expense notifying the Organizing Committee well in advance.

Art works participate in the exhibition and competition

Absentee Participation

The Organization Committee prints out the files, frame, and arrange exhibits

Exhibited are the photocopies of one’s art works. The author shall send appropriate files of his/her art works to the following email: info@modernexpo.info   and the Organizing Committee shall print the files, frame, and arrange exhibits.

The Organization Committee prints out the files, frame, and arrange exhibits.

The Organization Committee prints out the files, frame, and arrange exhibits

Remote Participation

Remote artworks are exhibited at the general exposition 

 

The exposition exhibits originals or copies, which the author shall send to the Moscow Organizing Committee by post (a courier) well in advance before the start of the exhibition. The author assigns to the Organizing Committee to accept the art works from a transport company and expose them at the exhibition. The personal presence of the author at the exhibition is not required.

 
Remote artworks are exhibited at the general exposition 
TAKE A GUIDED TOUR

ASIAN ART

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Key Points

OrganizationCommittee

Responsible Supervisors

Evgeny Netra

The ideological inspirer and Director for the project

Head of the Photo-Art and Multimedia section of the Eurasian Art Union, Vice President of the TETRA-ART Artistic Union, Honored Artist of the MA "Art of the Peoples of the World",member of the artistic unions: Creative Art Union of Russia, the Union of Russian Abstractionists, the Union of Designers and the Eurasian Art Union

Vyacheslav Klimov

Co-Executor of the Project

The Ren-TV channel Producer, a participant of radio and TV shows: Channel 1, Russia 1, NTV, OTR, ZVEZDA, REN TV, Culture, TNT, Radio of Russia

Arkady Babich

Co-Executor of the Project

Member of the the Eurasian Art Union Presidium, Head of  Symbolic Art Section of the Eurasian Art Union

COMPETITION PARTICIPATION FORMS:

1) IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION (personal participation): you submit the originals of your art works in Moscow

2) REMOTE  PARTICIPATION: exhibits the originals of your art works sent by post to the Moscow Org. Committee.

3) ABSENTEE PARTICIPATION (photocopies): exhibits reproductions of your art works printed from your files (exposure in the form of photocopies).

The Organizing Committee prints out the submitted files. Absentee works are exposed at the exhibition (on the wall) and published in the A4 format catalogue. At the author’s request it is possible to make a full-size photocopy (you’ll find the additional cost in the "Cost of participation" section).

Authors over 16 may take part in the project. Authors under 18 are evaluated by the jury members separately from the adult audience.

Exhibition dates: May12-24, 2026

Registration deadline: until 8 May 2026


Working hours: from 12 am through 8 p.m.

The address of the exhibition:
GOGOL-ART Galery, Gogolevskiy blvr 14/3, Moscow

Livestream: https://vk.com/eurasianartunion 

In-person art works are accepted: on May 11, 2026, from 11 a.m. through 6 p.m.

In-person art works are given back: on May 24, 2026 from 5 p.m. through 8 p.m.