The Fishbowl Gallery
Call for Artists – FAT – A Fat Liberation Gallery Show
- Deadline:
Fatness is beautiful. Fatness is powerful. Fatness is worthy.
The so-called “obesity epidemic” relies on outdated and racist metrics to justify systemic discrimination against fat people. From healthcare to social status, built environments to insurance policies, fat bodies are policed, medicalized, and marginalized. As diet culture resurges and media narratives revert to blatant fatphobia, fat individuals—especially QTBIPOC—are pressured to shrink, conform, and disappear.
FAT is a radical act of visibility. This exhibition unapologetically reclaims fatness as something to be honored, not erased. We are unapologetically owning and identifying with the word “fat” as an act of liberation and acknowledgment, rejecting diet culture and instead honoring fatness as a life source. We invite artists to share work that celebrates fat bodies, confronts the realities of fat oppression, and reimagines a world where fat people exist freely and joyfully.
Consider these questions as you create:
How has fatphobia shaped your experience of space, access, or identity?
In what ways does embracing fatness feel like an act of resistance?
What does fat joy, beauty, and liberation look like to you?
We welcome submissions in all mediums. Let’s take up space—boldly, loudly, and with love.
Please also pay the $15 submission fee. (Fishbowl Members can waive this fee!)
More Information: www.thefishbowlseattle.com