Deadline: 8 October 2019
The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Fine Art Awards 2020.
The award is intended to help young artists in their formative years to develop their creative talent. It provides financial assistance to enable them to work independently anywhere in India.
Award Information
- The Award is worth Rs.3,00,000/- (Three Lakhs Only) for a period of one year.
- The awardee will have to attend an art residency programme within India for a period of 4 weeks during the course of the year.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant for this award should be a young emerging artist under the age of 30 (by 31st December in the year of application).
- The applicant may be a recent graduate/post-graduate or a final year student from a leading Indian institute for visual arts in India. No student of a first year masters programme will be considered.
- The recipient should not be holding a similar/ government scholarship or award during the same tenure.
- If the candidate has applied for the award earlier, he/she must submit a new body of work if they reapply.
- In the case of an applicant not having a formal degree in the visual arts, it is desirable that he/she would have participated in organized art exhibitions.
- The applicant for this award must be an India citizen, currently resident in India.
How to Apply
- Interested applicants must download the application form and send it via email at the address given on the website, with the subject line “Fine Art Award 2020”.
- Attachments to Include together with the duly Filled-in form
- CV/Resume: PDF
- Art work:
- Stills: to be compiled into one PDF file (not exceeding 10MB)
- Audio/Video: to be sent as links on any of the following online platform such as artist website/ Vimeo/ youtube/ Soundcloud. If links are password protected, please provide the password.
- All works to include a list of captions (Title, Media, Year, Duration, Short Description)
- Evidence of Birth Date: PAN Card Copy/Aadhar Card Copy/Driving License
For more information, please visit Fine Art Award 2020.