“Your work deserves to be seen.
Not by a jury. By people.
Real ones. Right now.”
Every submission is published on this platform. Real people see it. Real people vote on it. No filtering, no pre-selection. Just your work in front of the community.
Win or not — your artist page stays here indefinitely. Not for two years. Not while the plot is active. Forever. The QR on every shirt links here, always.
The community votes your design onto a limited edition shirt made in Europe on organic cotton by Das Merch. You receive a share of each sale. We publish every number.
No application fee. No jury. No portfolio requirements. Your background, your city, your connections — none of it matters here. Only the work. That’s the whole point.
We define “emerging artist” broadly. You don’t need a degree. You don’t need exhibition history. You don’t need to be from a specific country.
You need to make something worth showing. That’s the only bar. The community decides the rest.
We’ve had illustrators, street artists, photographers, typographers, printmakers and everything in between. The theme of each Plot is the brief — how you interpret it is entirely yours.
Each Plot has a theme — a word, a question, a tension. Interpret it however you want. Literally. Ironically. Abstractly. The brief is intentionally open.
Create a design that could work as a t-shirt print. That means thinking about colour, composition, and how it reads on fabric. We’ll give you a template to work with.
Upload your design file (minimum 3000px, PNG or AI), a short bio, and your artist statement. Total time: under 10 minutes. We keep it simple on purpose.
All submissions go live on the platform. Real people vote. The winner gets the shirt run. Every submitter gets a permanent artist page. That’s the whole deal.
This form takes under 10 minutes. We’ll confirm receipt within 48 hours. Submissions open until the deadline — announced on Instagram and by newsletter.
Questions? info@theinvisibleplot.com
By submitting you agree to our terms. We will never sell or share your data. You retain full copyright of your work.
Yes. Always. You retain full copyright. If your design is selected for the shirt, we license the right to produce and sell that specific run. Everything else — exhibitions, prints, other uses — remains entirely yours.
We define it as anyone who hasn’t had major institutional representation or commercial success yet. There’s no rigid definition — if you’re unsure, submit anyway. The community will decide, not us.
Absolutely. The platform is international. We’ve had artists from Spain, Portugal, Austria, Germany, Mexico and beyond. Location is irrelevant to your eligibility.
You still get a permanent artist page on this platform. Your work stays visible indefinitely. The QR on every shirt from this plot links to the winning artist — but your page remains here, always.
The win here is not money — it’s visibility, reach, and being part of something real. Your work on a shirt worn by real people. Your name on a permanent page. Your art funding a cause the community chose. Winners receive a symbolic royalty per shirt sold — and can choose to donate it entirely to the cause if they wish. Most do.
One submission per artist per plot. We want you to focus. Make one thing really well rather than five things quickly. The community votes better when each submission is considered.
