Demand UK-basically based mostly artists: AWARD at the British Ceramics Biennial

The British British ceramics Biennial invites UK-basically based mostly artists, who express clay as their essential ingenious medium, to have faith a look at for AWARD 2021.

AWARD is the headline exhibition within the British British ceramics Biennial, the realm British ceramics competition held in Stoke-on-Trent. It is a prestigious opportunity for artists who’re at a severe moment of their careers and are pushing at the boundaries of every their person notice and contemporary British ceramics notice. Purposes are welcome from person artists, collaborators or collectives who desire to make express of the opportunity to tread fresh ground or present work in methods that it hasn’t beforehand been skilled.

A replace panel of specialists internal the sphere of contemporary British ceramics, chaired by Alun Graves, Senior Curator in British ceramics and Glass at the V&A, will favor a shortlist of 10 artists to take part in AWARD. Every artist can be awarded £1,000 in direction of the exhibition of their work as a central ingredient of the subsequent British British ceramics Biennial competition, which takes location within the China Corridor of the long-established Spode manufacturing facility in Stoke-on-Trent from 11 September to 19 October 2021. One winner can be awarded a £5,000 prize and might maybe even be invited to display within the 2023 BCB competition and to take a seat on the 2023 AWARD replace panel.

Chair of the replace panel, Alun Graves comments: ‘AWARD is a showcase for ground breaking and progressive notice, capturing the breadth and dynamism of artists taking part with clay at this time time. It is an opportunity for ambition, and for ticket fresh suggestions to be explored and introduced in a in actuality extra special and ancient place.’

Vicky Lindo and William Brookes had been the winners of AWARD in 2019 for his or her physique work ‘Tiresome Dad E book’, which has since been acquired for the V&A’s series.

The lower-off date for making express of is center of the night on 8 December 2020. Extra knowledge about the utility criteria and the BCB competition can be chanced on on the derive pages: www.britishBritish ceramicsbiennial.com

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