THE RULES.
50 × 70 CM.

Paste Up Warsaw — Independent Poster Festival is organised by Fundacja Sztuki Zewnętrznej, based in Warsaw.

The purpose of the Festival is to promote the poster as a medium of independent artistic expression.

Only original posters may be submitted to the Festival. By submitting a poster, the artist declares that they created the work personally.

The submitter declares that their copyright in the submitted works is not restricted or encumbered by third-party rights and that the works do not infringe third-party rights.

An artist may submit up to 2 posters for consideration by the Festival.

The subject of submitted posters is unrestricted.

By submitting a poster, the artist declares that they have read and accept the Festival Rules.

Posters may be submitted in two ways and must meet the formal and technical requirements.

The poster format is 50 × 70 cm, portrait orientation, with no bleed.

Each submitted poster must be signed along the lower edge of the artwork with the artist’s Instagram username, in the following format: @yourinstagramname. Artists who do not use Instagram must sign their work as #first_name_last_name or #pseudonym.

Digital posters must be prepared for print as follows:

Resolution and size: 300 dpi, 50 × 70 cm, portrait orientation, no bleed.

File format: TIFF with LZW compression.

Colour profile: CMYK, ICC Coated FOGRA27.

Flatten the artwork before saving.

Print-ready digital posters must be submitted for preliminary approval by 30 April 2026, 23:59, using the submission form at:

https://forms.gle/weCEXiTprWUtzxG78 ↗

After submitting, the artist will receive a reply stating whether the work has been selected and explaining how to make a donation towards organising the Festival. The donation is PLN 40 per poster, paid by the submitting artist. It supports the foundation’s statutory objectives and will be used to print the poster and paste it onto the wall.

Posters created by hand (drawing, stencil, collage, screen printing, linocut, etc.) must be packed in a tube or envelope and sent by 30 April 2026. Use the thinnest available uncoated paper. Ink-based techniques should be avoided.

For submissions sent from Poland, use this parcel locker:

Paczkomat MIGR01M

Kwiatowa 53, Michałów-Grabina 05-126

Recipient’s phone number: +48 791 315 500

Recipient’s email: koxuoner@gmail.com

For submissions sent from abroad, use this address:

Konrad Łukasiak

PASTE UP WARSAW

ul. Szkolna 8R

05-119 Józefów

Poland

Email: koxuoner@gmail.com

Include an A4 sheet with each handmade poster containing:

A 5 × 7 cm thumbnail of the poster

First and last name

Age

Country of origin

City of residence

Instagram username

Email address

Title of the work

Optional short description of the poster (up to 500 characters).

After submitting, the artist will receive a reply stating whether the poster has been selected and explaining how to make a donation towards organising the Festival. The donation is PLN 20 per poster, paid by the submitting artist. It supports the foundation’s statutory objectives and will be used to paste the poster onto the wall.

The Organiser is not responsible for damage that may occur during the transport of submissions.

All postage costs are paid by the artist submitting posters to the Festival.

Submitted posters will not be returned.

Posters approved for the exhibition will be selected by the Festival Committee, composed of artists, designers and art theorists.

Posters accepted by the Committee will be shown in the exhibition on the Vistula Boulevard from 30 May 2026.

The Festival Organiser reserves the right to reject a submission if its content harms the reputation of the Organiser and/or third parties, or is unlawful.

The Festival Organiser reserves the right to reject submitted posters at any stage of organising the Festival, without reimbursing costs incurred by the submitting artists.

By submitting posters to the Festival, the artist consents to their publication free of charge on www.pasteupwarsaw.com, on social media, in promotional materials and in exhibition materials, accompanied by the artist’s name or pseudonym and a short description of the works.

The Organiser may grant sublicences for use of the Work (the submitted posters and their digital documentation) in the fields listed above.

Fundacja Sztuki Zewnętrznej is the controller of personal data provided in submissions.

Personal data will be used to organise Paste Up Warsaw — Independent Poster Festival.

The Festival Organiser publishes only the Instagram usernames of artists whose posters have been selected. Artists who do not use Instagram may be credited by name or pseudonym, which must be specified in the information submitted with the poster.

The Festival organisers will not be responsible for legal issues arising from submitted posters.

By participating in the Festival, the artist agrees to comply with the rules and provisions above. Any breach may result in the disqualification of the artist and/or their works from the Festival.

The final decision on the selection of posters for the Festival rests with the appointed committee. Its decision is final and binding.

Committee decisions cannot be appealed.