OP Artist Guide
Anyone can become an OP artist. There’s no curatorial approval; create an account, upload your work, set your details, and publish. Join here.
a) Create your account here
- Just follow the prompts and you’ll be set up within seconds
- Sign up for Art Stream. Having an Art Stream subscription is a requirement to submit artworks to Open Platform.
b) Prepare and submit your artwork
- You can initially upload up to 15 artworks
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Remember that works you upload must be exclusive to Sedition - Write the description for your works
- Select an edition size and pricing from the available options
- Submit your artwork for approval
c) Complete Your Profile
- Write your biography
- Select and upload your profile picture
- Select and upload a banner image
- Upload an image or scan of your signature
d) Wait for Approval
- Once you have submitted your work for approval, Sedition will review your work before it can be posted onto the site.
- Time until approval varies based on the amount of submissions, but we aim at making our decision promptly.
- The Sedition team strives to avoid being prescriptive about the art that artists post on our platform. As such, the curatorial team will only reject artworks based on unacceptable content (such as pornography or obscene material) or technical parameter issues (i.e. not sufficient resolution or wrong format). Most other submissions are accepted.
e) Launch and Host a Private View
- Invite friends, collectors and fans to your 24 hour online private view. Invited guests are the first to preview your work.
- Add guest names and emails or upload a guest list in CSV. You must enter a minimum of 20 email addresses before you can launch your artwork.
- Click ‘Launch Artwork’ to send the invite to your guests and launch your work.
- Once your 24 hour private view has ended, your work and profile page will be live on Sedition!
f) Promote Your Work and Grow your Community
- Promote your profile page and artworks through your social media channels and on your website.
- Ping @seditionart on Twitter and Instagram and we may retweet you / share your content via Instagram stories.
- Add a link to your Sedition profile and artworks to your website and add a link to your website to your Sedition profile.
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Engage with the Sedition community on Twitter and Instagram by commenting, posting, liking and resharing Sedition’s content. - Follow other artists on Sedition.
When you submit your artwork, you are given several pricing options. You can select one of these options:
- Edition of 30 starting at 40 USD
- Edition of 50 starting at 20 USD
- Edition of 100 starting at 8 USD
It’s up to you whether you think your work is likely to sell better as many editions at a lower price or fewer editions at a higher price. All artworks are dynamically priced, meaning the price will gradually increase as editions sell out, meaning that edition 1 out of 100 is cheaper than edition 10 of 100. Edition 29 of 100 is slightly more expensive again. This goes all the way until the last edition.
The current artwork limit for Open Platform artists is 15. However, the Sedition curatorial team can increase the limit to 20 or 30 artworks for certain OP artists.
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If you would like to have the limit raised and do already have a history of sales on the platform, you can request an increase by contacting our support team via support@seditionart.com
Artist biography guidelines
- Keep it concise: a few hundred words max.
- Provide a clear overview of who you are, your practice, and what you’re presenting.
- Write in third person (e.g., “Kate John was born…”).
- Use
<em></em>to italicize artwork and exhibition titles.
If you’re stuck, browse existing bios on Sedition for tone and structure, then draft answers to these prompts:
- Year of birth
- Nationality; where you live and work
- Education (university/art degrees)
- Primary mediums (e.g., photography, video, mixed media, code, animation, 3D)
- Key themes or interests
- Exhibition history (year, venue, city/country)
- Awards or recognitions
- Gallery representation
- Museum collections (if applicable)
- Use these notes to shape a brief, readable bio that foregrounds the essentials.
Artwork description guidelines
- Keep it brief and descriptive, give viewers a clear entry point.
- You can focus on content, intent, process, or medium; choose what best serves the work.
- Explain only what’s essential; avoid jargon unless it adds real value.
If you’re stuck, draft short answers to a few of these prompts and shape them into 3–6 sentences:
- When was the work created?
- What’s the medium (e.g., photography, video, mixed media, code, animation, 3D)?
- How was it made? What was the process or technique?
- What themes or motifs does it explore?
- What inspired it?
- Is it new or adapted from another form (painting, film, installation, etc.)?
- Has it been exhibited before (year, venue, city/country)?
- Is it part of a series or collection?
- Any collaborators?
- Is there a soundtrack?
- Does it reference other works or artists?
As an Open Platform artist, you don’t need to sign the artist agreement, you simply need to agree to the terms and conditions during sign-up.