Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The Arts Family (TAF) is inviting artists from South Asia and diaspora to apply for the Emerging Artist Award 2023.
The aim is to support talented emerging artists from these regions and assist them in building their careers by providing them with exposure and guidance in the international art market.
The award is open to artists from the age of 22 to 40 years and under of South Asian origin i.e. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka and the diaspora.
This year they are delighted to be able to offer approximately 20 candidates the opportunity to receive a 3-month art business career mentorship delivered by one of the post-graduate students of the Master’s Degree programme in Art Business taught by faculty of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London.
They will personally match each chosen artist with a Sotheby’s Art Business current student or recent graduate in collaboration with the faculty head of the MA Art Business in London. TAF will be co-ordinating the mentorship in close collaboration with Sotheby’s Institute.
Award Information
The following cash prizes will be awarded-
- 1st Prize- £1500
- 2nd Prize- £1000
- 3rd Prize- £500
Eligible Countries
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
Eligibility Criteria
- The award is open to any artist around the world of south Asian origin.
- The award is open to artists under 35 years of age you can send in your application for future opportunities but you will not be eligible for the prize.
- The artist should submit any three high-resolution & recent images of works to the jury. In case of photography, you can submit three different series or just three photos. In case more than three images are sent for other media, they will consider the first three sent images.
- The artists are free to choose any working media – Painting/Sculpture/Photography/Digital/New Media/Design. There is no restriction on media or sizes. All they are really looking for is a complete application.
- A maximum of five artists may collaborate on the artwork. It is however the applicant’s responsibility to divide the prize among the team if selected.
Notes
- The artwork images should not be more than 18 MB in total size.
- Please make sure the submitted works for the art award have been executed in the last three years.
- The 3 submitted artworks must be available to them as there is a possibility of a physical exhibition in India or London (TBC).
For more information, visit https://www.theartsfamily.com/awards