Marea Gallery

08/09/2026

Sometimes the hardest part isn't making the work - it's sharing it.

If something you've made holds even a small piece of stillness, of release, of coming back to yourself, that's exactly what The Long Exhale is looking for.

Submissions close tomorrow. If this resonates, there's still time.

Link in bio → Submit Your Work

05/09/2026

Some sessions in the studio feel more like therapy than work.
Does creating feel like this for you too? 💬
📍 If that meeting with yourself just produced something you're proud of, our open call is open. Link in bio.

04/09/2026

Every long exhale leaves a trace; in the body, in a room, in a piece of art.

Traces was our last chapter. The Long Exhale is what comes after the quiet.

If your work sits in that in-between space, we'd love to see it. Submissions close September 9.

Link in bio → Submit Your Work

03/09/2026

Some of the best work we've seen didn't try to fit any trend; it just did its own thing, unapologetically.
Tag an artist who never fits in (and shouldn't). 👇

02/09/2026

Somewhere between who you were and who you're becoming, there's a version of you that never left.

Returning to yourself isn't a big, dramatic moment. It's smaller than that: a quiet afternoon, a familiar smell, a piece of art that says something you couldn't put into words.

That's what we're hoping to find in Edition 03 - The Long Exhale. Work that doesn't perform stillness, but actually holds it.

Submissions open until September 9. Link in bio.

01/09/2026

Easier said than done, especially when you're staring at a blank canvas wondering what will "sell" or "perform."
Who's still working on this one? Raise your hand in the comments. 🙋

31/08/2026

31/08/2026

There is a particular kind of quiet that only comes after you've let something go.

Psychologists call it the parasympathetic shift; the body's slow return to rest once a threat, real or imagined, has passed. The shoulders drop before the mind catches up. The breath deepens on its own.

We're not always taught to notice that moment. But art has always known it's there.

This is the space Edition 03 - The Long Exhale is exploring. Not the noise, but what's left once it's gone.

What does that quiet feel like for you? Tell us below. 👇

30/08/2026

Fear tells you to wait for the "right moment."
Regret shows up when that moment never came.

Which one has been louder for you lately? Tell us in the comments. 👇