If Rice Is Part of Your Art, the World Should See It.
From furniture, craft and sculpture to fashion, edible art, architecture and experimental materials — showcase your creation before an international audience connected to 120+ countries.
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A material. A memory. A global stage.
One Grain Can Carry a Civilisation.
Rice is nourishment, ritual, labour, landscape and identity. The BIRC Rice Art Showcase invites artists, makers, studios, designers and creative businesses to reveal what the world's most shared grain can become in the hands of imagination.
The rice material observatory
Every Part Can Become a Creative Medium.
Look beyond the grain. Paddy, husk, bran, straw, flour, starch, paper, fibre, broken rice, bio-composites and rice culture itself can all become the beginning of a remarkable work.
Rice Paper
Grain
Husk
Paddy & Straw
Bran & Flour
Bio-composites
The visual language of rice
Tiny Material. Infinite Expression.
From one grain to an entire room, we are looking for work that makes people stop, move closer and see rice differently.
01Pattern / ritual / precision
02Landscape in grain
03Process / patience / touch
04Installation / light / scale
Who is this for?
If Rice Is Part of It, You Belong Here.
Choose the world closest to your work. The list is a doorway — not a boundary.
Furniture & Objects
Fine Art
Craft
Textile & Fashion
Space & Installation
Edible Art
New Media
Something Else
Prize & recognition
Win the Room, and the Headline With It.
The standout work at the Rice Art Showcase does not simply get seen. It gets awarded, recorded and honoured in front of the people who move the global rice ecosystem.
A cash prize of ₹1,00,000 awarded to the winning artist of the BIRC 2026 Rice Art Showcase.
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Media Byte
A dedicated media interaction — your work, your material and your practice recorded for press coverage and BIRC channels.
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On-Stage Recognition
Called to the BIRC main stage and felicitated before an international audience connected to 120+ countries.
Why BIRC 2026?
Put Your Work in a Room That Reaches the World.
BIRC brings the international rice ecosystem to New Delhi. Your work enters a rare meeting point between art, culture, commerce, material innovation, media and global industry.
Exhibition RoomMaterial StudyNew MediaArtist process
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Be Discovered Internationally
Put your work before an audience connected to 120+ countries on a platform built around the global rice ecosystem.
02
Meet People Beyond Galleries
Start conversations with businesses, buyers, brands, industry leaders, media, creators and material innovators.
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Turn Materials Into Opportunity
Show how rice-based art and design can become commissions, collections, products, interiors, collaborations or public installations.
04
Build Visible Proof
Create a credible international showcase moment for your portfolio, proposals, press, social storytelling and future exhibitions.
How to take advantage
Arrive With Art. Leave With Momentum.
The strongest showcase is not only a display. It is a story, a conversation starter and a bridge to whatever you want to create next.
01 · Before BIRC
Build the Story
Define the rice connection, show the transformation through process material, and prepare the next step you want from the showcase.
02 · At BIRC
Make the Work Easy to Understand
Bring process photos, samples or a short making film so audiences can see how rice becomes the final piece.
03 · After BIRC
Carry the Momentum Forward
Use the international showcase moment for commissions, orders, collaborations, media coverage and future exhibitions.
From idea to exhibition
Your Path to the Showcase.
A considered curatorial journey designed to help the strongest ideas arrive at BIRC ready to be experienced.
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Share Your Work
Submit your portfolio, concept and the clearest preview available.
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Curatorial Review
The BIRC team reviews originality, craftsmanship, relevance and presentation.
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Shape the Showcase
Selected artists coordinate scale, display needs and final presentation.
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Meet the World
Your work enters a global rice platform at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
Selection considers originality, relationship to rice, craftsmanship, storytelling, safety and feasibility within the exhibition space.
One simple test
Does Rice Make It Possible?
Does rice — or any part, by-product, story or material connected to rice — make your work possible? Then this opportunity is for you.
Still wondering if you qualify?
Do Not Rule Yourself Out.
Yes. Functional objects, furniture, décor, lighting, surfaces and product design are welcome when rice or a rice-derived component is essential to the material, process or story.
Absolutely. The showcase includes rice grain, paddy, husk, bran, straw, flour, starch, paper, fibre, broken rice, bio-composites and other rice-linked materials or by-products.
Yes. Applications are open to individual artists as well as studios, craft businesses, furniture and product brands, collectives, students, institutes, designers and experimental makers.
You may submit a strong concept with a clear sketch, render, prototype or reference. Explain how rice is used, the proposed scale and what the audience will experience.
Yes. The categories are examples, not restrictions. If rice or its ecosystem is central to the work, use “Experimental / another form” in the application and show us what we missed.
01Pattern / ritual / precision
02Landscape in grain
03Process / patience / touch
04Installation / light / scale
