I have tried out artboxy.com for around 6 months with my paintings and have been very satisfied so far. I was very suspicious of their service at first, especially because I thought that my artworks would have the same effect when exhibited digitally on screens compared to physical exhibitions. But I tried it out anyways as the it was free for the first month - so why not.

I took the time to visit 2 exhibitions (swissartexpo and Dubai) and was very pleased with how the art is presented and especially how the staff handles the visitors. When I took a seat infront of the screen I was immediately greeted by Linda and asked if there is anything specific I was interested in and if they could show me something. Once I told them that I was an artist they were very friendly and showed me my paintings on the screens, took photos with me and asked about my art for over 30 minutes.

They even had a special apero for artboxy artists with a live musician and drinks.

I have talked to several other artists who have been on the platform for a while and they all told me that they mainly use artboxy to build a story around their art journey and get content to share with their own community. If they sell something through artboxy that's nice - but if not, they still make the most out of all the content they receive every month from the exhibitions. I thought that was interesting as I have rarely used my social medias or other channels to promote my art or build a so called "community".

I have since then regularly posted all of the content they sent me every month on my social medias which has worked wonders for me personally. In the past years I have only participated in around 1-2 physical exhibitions a year because I couldn't afford more as they are extremely expensive and I wasn't able to cover the costs with my sales in most of them.

For me personally artboxy is definitely worth it as it exposes my art to a lot of people online and in the galleries and especially because it gives me a lot of constant content which I can use to market my art. I have received several requests for my art since I joined and was able to sell a couple smaller prints and one bigger commissioned work.

If you don't use the content to market your art or build a story about your "journey" as an artist, it might be better to stick to physical exhibitions and stay away from online platforms in general.