Description:
Without prescribing any pre-defined themes, the Henkel Art.Award. bestows prizes for outstanding and innovative works of art created by visual artists in Central and Eastern Europe in the fields of painting, drawing, photography, video and installation. The winner is chosen from the submitted entries within the context of a multi-phased selection process.
Numerous Henkel Art.Award. finalists or winners in recent years were subsequently invited to international exhibitions and have enjoyed international success. These include Dan Perjovschi (2002), Miha Strukelj (2008) and Mladen Miljanovic (2009).
Henkel Art.Award. 2012 – Application materials:
- Curriculum vitae and description of artistic career (in English or German)
- Age limit: 40 (the artist may not have reached his or her 40th birthday at the time of the gala award ceremony held in Austria in October
2012)
- 3-5 reproductions of works of art: No originals!
- Artwork in the fields of painting, drawing, photography: reproductions in the form of photos, folders and/or catalogues (Format:
maximum A3). No slides, CDs or DVDs!
- Artwork in the fields of video and installation: Submit entries in the form of video DVDs! (Maximum duration of presentation: 10 minutes)
- All works of art must have originated after the year 2009
Eligibility
- Entries from the following countries will be accepted: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Turkey and the Ukraine.
The entries will first be presented to a local jury in June 2012. The best work of art will be sent to Vienna, where an international jury meeting in the summer of 2012 will nominate the five finalists (so-called short list) and choose the award winner. Subsequently, the selected artists on the short list will be notified about their nomination and informed by Henkel CEE about their invitation to the Henkel Art.Award. Gala 2012.
Within the context of an official gala award ceremony, the Henkel Art.Award. will be given to one of the five artists designated as finalists.
The submitted works of art will be returned to the respective artists after the jury session.
Note:
- No fees will be paid to the artists for participating in the competition!
- No liability can be assumed for any loss of or damage to the submitted works of art.
Deadline: 25 May 2012
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