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UK/RAINE COMPETITION-STREET ART CATEGORY , by Laurie on Sept 15, 2015 11:21:37 GMT 1, 
Firtash Foundation and the Saatchi Gallery announce the launch of UK/raine the first open competition worth GBยฃ75,000 for emerging artists from the UK and Ukraine
UK/raine continues the collaboration between the Firtash Foundation and Saatchi Gallery as part of the Days of Ukraine in the UK and follows on from the huge success of Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now, which ran at the Saatchi Gallery from 9th October โ 3rd November 2014.
Premonition was the largest survey to date of contemporary Ukrainian art in the UK and showcased over 80 works by 38 artists. The show attracted 137,438 visitors (5,494 per day), making it the only UK exhibition in the worldโs top 20 most attended shows in 2014, and the seventh most popular contemporary art exhibition worldwide according to The Art Newspaperโs annual survey of international museum attendance. Premonition also formed part of the annual Days of Ukraine in the UK festival and the Firtash Foundationโs ongoing support and promotion of Ukrainian arts and culture.
UK/raine launches the first ever open competition for all emerging artists from the UK and Ukraine who are aged 18-35 years old. The aim of the competition is to find and support the most imaginative and talented young artists, including students on BA and MA courses who are living and working in the UK or Ukraine or born in either country.
Artists will be able to enter their work via the Saatchi Galleryโs website into one of five categories: installation, new media (including video and photography), painting, sculpture and street art.
A shortlist of 30 artists (six from each category) will be given the opportunity to exhibit their work over one entire floor at the Saatchi Gallery for a month-long exhibition running from 24th November 2015 โ 3rd January 2016. A winner from each of the categories, as well as an overall winner will be selected by a panel of renowned international judges including: Johnson Chang - curator, Guest Professor of China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China) and founder of Hanart TZ Gallery (Hong Kong), Nigel Hurst - Saatchi Gallery CEO, Prof. Dr. Apinan Poshyananda, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Thailand and Oleksandr Soloviov โ Ukrainian author and curator. There will also be a winner of a separate public vote. All winners will be announced at the exhibitionโs launch and VIP private view in London on 23rd November 2015.
Each of the category winners will receive GBยฃ10,000 with the overall winner of the prize receiving a further GBยฃ20,000. The winner of the public vote will receive GBยฃ5,000 of production costs towards their work, project or exhibition in order to support their future artistic endeavours.
Further information on how to enter can be found by visiting: www.saatchigallery.com/uk/raine/
Firtash Foundation and the Saatchi Gallery announce the launch of UK/raine the first open competition worth GBยฃ75,000 for emerging artists from the UK and Ukraine UK/raine continues the collaboration between the Firtash Foundation and Saatchi Gallery as part of the Days of Ukraine in the UK and follows on from the huge success of Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now, which ran at the Saatchi Gallery from 9th October โ 3rd November 2014. Premonition was the largest survey to date of contemporary Ukrainian art in the UK and showcased over 80 works by 38 artists. The show attracted 137,438 visitors (5,494 per day), making it the only UK exhibition in the worldโs top 20 most attended shows in 2014, and the seventh most popular contemporary art exhibition worldwide according to The Art Newspaperโs annual survey of international museum attendance. Premonition also formed part of the annual Days of Ukraine in the UK festival and the Firtash Foundationโs ongoing support and promotion of Ukrainian arts and culture. UK/raine launches the first ever open competition for all emerging artists from the UK and Ukraine who are aged 18-35 years old. The aim of the competition is to find and support the most imaginative and talented young artists, including students on BA and MA courses who are living and working in the UK or Ukraine or born in either country. Artists will be able to enter their work via the Saatchi Galleryโs website into one of five categories: installation, new media (including video and photography), painting, sculpture and street art. A shortlist of 30 artists (six from each category) will be given the opportunity to exhibit their work over one entire floor at the Saatchi Gallery for a month-long exhibition running from 24th November 2015 โ 3rd January 2016. A winner from each of the categories, as well as an overall winner will be selected by a panel of renowned international judges including: Johnson Chang - curator, Guest Professor of China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China) and founder of Hanart TZ Gallery (Hong Kong), Nigel Hurst - Saatchi Gallery CEO, Prof. Dr. Apinan Poshyananda, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Thailand and Oleksandr Soloviov โ Ukrainian author and curator. There will also be a winner of a separate public vote. All winners will be announced at the exhibitionโs launch and VIP private view in London on 23rd November 2015. Each of the category winners will receive GBยฃ10,000 with the overall winner of the prize receiving a further GBยฃ20,000. The winner of the public vote will receive GBยฃ5,000 of production costs towards their work, project or exhibition in order to support their future artistic endeavours. Further information on how to enter can be found by visiting: www.saatchigallery.com/uk/raine/ |
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