The Fermilab Art Gallery presents a dynamic rotation of exhibitions that explore the intersection of art and science. It is open to visitors Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. located in Wilson Hall on the second floor.
Your work could be featured in the Fermilab Art Gallery. The gallery accepts proposals from artists whose work highlights the intersection of art and STEM. To submit your portfolio for consideration, review the Fermilab Art Gallery submissions.
Current exhibit
View the current exhibit at Fermilab’s Art Gallery featuring Jelena Berenc’s “Probable Interferences,” on display March 6 through June 1, 2026.
Guest Artist and Guest Composer Program
Discover Fermilab’s Guest Artist and Guest Composer Program, where science turns into creative expression.
Upcoming program
The Harp inside Schrodinger’s Box
By: Amy Nam, Guest Composer 2025 | Friday, May 29, 2026 from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. at Wilson Hall, Ramsey Auditorium
At the end of the event, please join us for a reception in the Fermilab Art Gallery honoring Guest Composer Amy Nam and Guest Artist Jelena Berenc.
This event is open to the public with proper identification.
Opportunity for artists
Visualizing the Unseen: The Quantum World
Call for community submissions
Why is the quantum world so hard to picture — and could artists help us imagine it?
The quantum world doesn’t behave like the world we experience every day.
In our daily lives, things seem definite — a light is either on or off. But in the quantum world, particles can exist in multiple states at once. A qubit — the basic unit of quantum computing — can be both “on” and “off” at the same time until it is measured.
So how do you draw, paint, sculpt, or photograph that?
Quantum physics can describe these ideas with precise mathematics, but they are difficult to translate into images we can easily understand. Visualizing them using everyday thinking is like trying to imagine a color you’ve never seen.
Can you help bridge that gap? We invite artists to create works that allow us to see and feel ideas that are otherwise invisible.
Eligibility
- Free to enter
- Juried exhibition
- Artwork must be ready to hang
- Open to U.S. citizens, age 18 or older
Submission requirements
- Up to two (2) submissions per artist; submit via Google Form
- Artist statement (how does the image relate to Quantum? Maximum 150 words)
- Artist biography (maximum 150 words)
Artwork specifications
- Maximum size: 36″ (inches) x 48″ (inches)
- Maximum weight: 50 lbs
Important dates
- Submission deadline: Tuesday, July 14 (midnight CT)
- Artist notified: Monday, Aug. 10 (midnight CT)
- If selected (waivers signed):
- Artwork drop-off date: Friday, Aug. 28, 8 – 11 a.m.
- Exhibition dates: Tuesday, Sept. 1 – Monday, Nov. 30
- Reception: Thursday, Sept. 10 from 3:30 – 5 p.m.
- Artwork pick-up date: Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 8 – 11 a.m.
This event is open to the public with proper identification.
Contact
If you have any questions, email art@fnal.gov. Visit Fermilab’s Education and Public Engagement website and their Instagram for updates on programs and additional events.
“I have always felt that science, technology and art are importantly connected; indeed science and technology seem to many scholars to have grown out of art.” —Robert Rathbun Wilson, Fermilab founding director