A street-level platform for the artists shaping what comes next.
UP NEXT is a public art opportunity for emerging artists, placing new work on poster sites, billboards and outdoor advertising spaces across the UK.
Created by Short Supply in collaboration with JACK ARTS / BUILDHOLLYWOOD, UP NEXT gives early-career artists the chance to see their work outside the usual gallery walls — in streets, neighbourhoods, city centres and everyday public space.
This is about visibility. Not just online visibility, but real-world visibility. The kind people pass on their way to work, spot from the bus, photograph on the street, and remember later.
UP NEXT exists to put emerging artists where everyone can see them.
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What is UP NEXT?
UP NEXT is an open call and public poster platform for emerging artists.
Selected artists will have their work reproduced and displayed across JACK ARTS poster sites, giving them access to the kind of public visibility usually reserved for major brands, campaigns and institutions.
We’re interested in artists making bold, thoughtful, urgent, strange, funny, political, beautiful or unexpected work. You do not need to have shown in major galleries. You do not need a perfect CV. You do not need to know the right people.
You just need work that deserves to be seen.
Submisson Timeline
We accept artwork submissions all year round via our Google Form.
This programme runs in quarterly cycles, meaning the artworks on display change every three months.
Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis and grouped into the following windows.
When you submit affects when your work could appear:
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Jan - Mar submissions → Billboard display Apr - Jun
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Apr - Jun submissions → Billboard display Jul - Sep
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Jul - Sep submissions → Billboard display Oct - Dec
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Oct - Dec submissions → Billboard display Jan -
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