10 Top Online Gallery Websites to Sell and Promote Art on the Internet
Fine Art AmericaFine Art America mainly functions as a print on demand service, but is also a great place to upload a few artworks for free and network with other artists through commenting, art blogs and groups.
Members are free to sell 25 prints of artwork or photography. A bio can be included along with links to your websites and social profiles.
- BehanceBehance is an online portfolio site allowing artists to promote their art online for free.
Members can create projects, receive appreciations and comments, and share them throughout the web. The profile page includes an About Me section where a short bio of yourself should be written.
Also, there is space to include your art sites and art blogs, along with links to social networks.
A Singular CreationA Singular Creation (ASC) is a free online portfolio site and community, including a forum, art blogs and listings of art competitions. Artists can include a bio, contact information, images, and a link to their art site. Unlimited images and galleries can be posted to each artist’s personal profile.- CarbonmadeCarbonmade is a art website service for artists, photographers, and designers. The free option includes the ability to upload 35 artworks, and 5 projects. Your website URL can also be included in the About section and image descriptions.
Rise ArtAt Rise Art, artists can find commission contracts, leasing opportunities, and art rentals. Artists can set up their own free profile, include events, and link to an art portfolio or social networking site elsewhere.
Their shortlist program involves Rise Art buying and commissioning artworks from certain select artists.
- Paintings I LovePaintings I Love is a free portfolio service dedicated exclusively to drawings and paintings. This is a great place to get feedback for your work. Get feedback by means of the Comment Generator, and be rewarded with Berets. They have a limit to the number of images to be added, so make them count. Artists can include a biography, artist statement, contact details, and a link to their art site.
- Glossom
Glossom is a very visual free portfolio site functioning by the creation of Collections with the Visual Curator. A collection features a collage of images, and can be shared at social networks, converted to a PDF file, embedded in websites, and shared via email. There is space in your profile to add links to social networking profiles, information about yourself, and a link to your artist website. - ZhibitZhibit gives artists the opportunity to create and design a free online gallery of their own. Zhibit includes many templates and customization options to create a unique artist website. The free package includes an art blog, RSS, guestbook, SEO, integration with Facebook, and 100 MB of space to host your free site.
- Deviantart
Deviantart is the largest online gallery site on the web, with over 18 million members, featuring artists of all genres – photographers, illustrators, visual artists, sculptors, writers, tattoo artists, and more.
Artists can set up their own free Deviantart profile, include artworks, blog about their art, and participate in groups and forums.
- Saatchi OnlineSaatchi Online is the online component of the famous London art gallery Saatchi Gallery. They offer a print on demand service, as well as the opportunity for artists to sell art from their free portfolios. Some of the features include unlimited artworks, critiques, Showdown art competitions, forums, and events.
