Until 16 January, applications are open for the 14th edition of the EDP Foundation’s New Artists Award. Created in 2000, this biannual award is aimed at artists whose solo career is still recent and not yet established, and includes all categories of plastic and visual arts.
The award is an EDP Foundation initiative which aims to contribute to the renewed creation and promotion of valuable assets of contemporary art. Therefore, applications from artists with Portuguese nationality, whether or not residing in Portuguese territory, and foreign national artists residing in Portugal, at the beginning of their career, are all eligible.
Applications will be assessed by a Selection Jury. In this 14th edition, the jury will consist of curators Luís Silva, Luisa Santos and Sara Antónia Matos, who will select a short list of finalist artists (minimum of six and maximum of nine).
The group of finalists will take part in a collective exhibition to be held at the maat in 2022. During this exhibition, the Award Jury, made up of personalities of recognised merit in the fields of plastic and visual arts, will select the winning artist, who will subsequently receive a prize of 20 thousand euros.
Winners of previous editions of the New Artists Award include Joana Vasconcelos, Leonor Antunes, Vasco Araújo, Carlos Bunga, João Maria Gusmão + Pedro Paiva, João Leonardo, André Romão, Gabriel Abrantes, Priscila Fernandes, Ana Santos, Mariana Silva, Claire de Santa Coloma and Diana Policarpo.
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For further information, please contact: novosartistas@edp.pt
