Project Anonymous Artist
Art before
the artist.
Every work here is shown, judged and sold without a name attached. No signature, no biography, no following. Only the work, and whether it holds you.
Submission
Free, always
Artist keeps
85% of any sale
Exhibitions
Four a year
Identity
Yours to reveal
The premise
Remove the name and see what changes.
A name carries everything: the gallery, the following, the country of origin, the price the last one sold for. It arrives before the work does, and it decides what we see.
So we take it away. Work is submitted without a name, curated without one, and hung without one. Collectors buy what moves them rather than what they recognise. Artists at the very start of a practice hang beside artists thirty years in, on the same wall, under the same conditions.
Six months after a work is shown, the artist decides what happens next — step forward, or stay behind the work for good.
The most honest moment in art is before the name is attached.
Project Anonymous Artist
Taking part
Two ways in. Both open, both free to enter.
Track 01 — always open
The Collection
& Shop
Submit original work at any time. Accepted pieces join the permanent anonymous collection and are listed for sale. No deadlines, no seasons, no submission fee.
Track 02 — four times a year
Online
Exhibitions
Four curated exhibitions a year, each holding exactly twenty works. Curation is blind. A £10 entry fee applies only if your work is selected — nothing if it isn’t.
The collection
Work you can buy without knowing whose it is.
Every piece in the collection is original and for sale. Titles, medium and dimensions are shown. Nothing else is.
Untitled No. 07
Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Untitled No. 07
Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Untitled No. 07
Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Untitled No. 07
Oil on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Current edition · Spring 2025
Twenty works.
No names on the wall.
The current online exhibition runs as a single walk-through gallery — works hung with wire and matte board, each with its story, dimensions and price. Three artists have chosen to reveal themselves so far.
Art residences
Space to make.
work freely.
The residency is the project off the screen. Fourteen days on a volcanic island shaped by 3,600 years of making — ancient pigments, loulaki blue, local pottery masters, and a caldera that has pulled artists in since the Bronze Age. Every residency closes with an exhibition where the work is hung unsigned.
What we hold to
The principles behind
the project.
The work enters the room before the artist does. Every submission, every curation, every listing is built to make that happen.
We don’t use it as a marketing device. It’s a structural principle that changes how work is received, valued and remembered.
We never push, pressure or reveal without consent. Identity, once given, can’t be taken back — so that decision stays with the artist, always.
Open to all levels, all mediums, all countries. The only filter is the quality of the work, judged by people who don’t know who made it.
Artists hub
Everything you need,
in one place.
Submission guidelines, photographing your work, pricing, shipping, and how the reveal works when the six months are up.
Stories
The writing behind
the work.
Notes on anonymity in art history, conversations with collectors, and what artists have said on the day they chose to step forward.
Open now
Send the work.
Keep the name.
Upload up to ten images through the secure form. We ask for a private email address and nothing else — no name, no biography, no handles. It’s encrypted and stored apart from your submission.
Join the Network
Quiet.
Serious.
Helpful.
The PAA artist network is a private space for submitting artists. No follower counts. No self-promotion. Just artists sharing what’s working, what isn’t, and what they’ve learned. We’d love to have you in it.