Open Call : Friends Of The Arab World Institute Prize For Young Contemporary Arab Artists - Arterial Network

Deadline: 31 October 2020

The 4th edition of the ‘‘Friends of the Arab World Institute (AWI) Award for young  contemporary Arab artists” will be organized as part of “Football & Arab World” collective exhibition, which will be inaugurated in April 2019 at the AWI.

Participation in the competition is reserved for applicants who meet the following requirements; they must be:

• A national of one of the following countries: Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, or Yemen.

• An artist involved in the visual arts (drawing, photography, video, installations, etc.)

• Aged under 40 (or aged 40) on 31 October 2020

• Apply as an individual

• An artist whose work has never been the subject of a monograph (other than in a gallery and art school).

• Be able to speak some English or French

• Completed his/her studies

The Prize offers :

• A three-month residency at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris and a 3,200€ grant 

• To exhibit an unpublished work as part of the spring event exhibition "Football and the Arab world". 

• The entry in the collections of the museum of the Arab World Institute, of this same work. 

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