Kunsthalle Wien Prize

Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 15, 2021, 11:00am

Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2021

Jointly organized by the Kunsthalle Wien, the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Kunsthalle Wien Prize is awarded annually by a jury to one recent graduate of each of the two art school to bridge the gap between the academic and the professional worlds.

The 2021 iteration of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize is grounded in plurality, openness, and long-term exchange. Two winners will each receive a money prize. In addition to this, six to eight students — including the two prizewinners — will have the opportunity to present their works in a group show. This exhibition will be organized together with the curatorial team of curator of kunsthalle wien departing from the practices of the selected artists. To contextualize the emerging artists’ works in diverse formats, a publication and a public program will accompany the show.

All graduating students with artistic diplomas of the Institute of Fine Arts from the academic year 2020/2021 are eligible to participate.

Deadline:
— Tuesday June 15, 2021, 11 am (for summer semester 2021 graduates)
— for January graduates it has been January 26, 2021, 11 am 

The award includes:
— a money prize of € 3,000 each for two award winners (one winner from the Academy, one winner from the Angewandte)
— participation in a group show in March 2022 at kunsthalle wien for six to eight students who applied to the prize, including the two prizewinners
— inclusion in a publication on the show
— a studio visit with an international curator

The jury 2021 includes:
Kunsthalle Wien curatorial team WHW, Anne Faucheret und Aziza Harmel, from Academy Veronika Dirnhofer, Iman Issa and Johan Hartle and as external juror Vít Havránek (Curator and Vicerector of the Academy of Fine Arts Prague).

Required application materials in one PDF file:
— description/presentation and installation views of the diploma
— portfolio
— CV
— short motivation letter

The portfolio should contain the diploma project as well as a CV and an overview of your artistic work and a short letter of motivation in one PDF file. Links to video and sound works can be provided in the submission form.
Format: one PDF, length: max. 30 pages, size: max. 10 MB
File name: Name_First_Name_Portfolio_Kunsthalle

Jury tour
It is planned that the jury will view the diploma theses on site on Monday 21 June. Therefore, please be sure to indicate the exact location of your installation in the form! Details about the jury tour will follow as soon as we know the number and locations of the diploma installations.

For further information please contact Christine Rogi (c.rogi@akbild.ac.at, +43 1 588 16-1020)

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