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Arte Laguna Prize is an international art award, aimed at enhancing Contemporary Art.

An international jury will select 120 finalist artists for:
—6 cash prizes of € 7 000 each
—major collective exhibition in the Arsenale of Venice
—4 exhibitions in international Art Galleries
—2 collaborations with Companies
—7 Art Residencies
—3 International Festivals
—the publication of the catalogue.

Prize money

€ 7 000 Painting
€ 7 000 Sculpture and Installation
€ 7 000 Photographic Art
€ 7 000 Video Art and Performance
€ 7 000 Virtual and Digital Art
€ 7 000 Land Art

Artist in Gallery Prizes

Organization of 4 personal exhibitions including setting-up, coverage of transportation expenses, publication of digital catalogue
Gaia Gallery, Istanbul Turkey
Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg Germany
Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto Portugal
ART re.FLEX Gallery, Saint Petersburg Russia
Artist in Residence Prizes
Selection of 10 artists for the participation in international art residency programs

Basu Foundation for the Arts, Kolkata India
Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai Cina
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei Taiwan
Berengo Foundation, Murano Italy
Espronceda, Barcelona Spain
Artistic Foundry Battaglia, Milan Italy
Artistic Serigraphy Fallani, Venice Italy

Business for Art Prizes
Selection of 2 creative projects for the collaboration with 2 companies representing “Made in Italy”
€ 5 000 Deglupta, Venice Italy
Wooden artwork with Riva 1920, Cantù Italy 

Festival & Exhibitions

Selection of 12 artists for the participation in collective events

Art Stays, Ptuj Slovenia

Art Nova 100, Beijing China

Open International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice Italy

SPECIAL VENUE FOR THE FINALISTS EXHIBITION

The major collective exhibition which will take place in the historical location of the Arsenale in Venice in March 2016.

The prestigious venue in the lagoon city will host the exhibition of 30 works of painting, 30 sculptures and installations, 30 works of photographic art, 10 videos, 10 land art projects, 5 performances which will be performed live during the exhibition’s opening ceremony.

DEDICATED VENUE FOR DIGITAL ART SECTION

The finalists of the virtual and digital art section will be on view at the Future Centre, the Venice home of Telecom Italia, an incubator for developing new business opportunities for telecommunications and new technologies, the ideal place to host the 5 works from this section: 5 ways to understand virtual and digital art through computer, tablets, applications and devices.

WHO’S SELECTING

The selection of the submitted artworks will be made by an international jury composed of high level experts:

—Museum directors

—Curators

—Art critics

They will choose the 6 overall winners for the contest’s categories.

CURATOR AND HEAD OF JURY

Igor Zanti (Italy, Curator and Art Critic)

JURY

Miguel Amado (Portugal, Senior Curator at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art in the UK)

Anna Bernardini (Italy, Artistic Director of Collezione Panza)

Barbara Boninsegna (Italy, Artistic Director of Centrale Fies – Centre for the performing art production in Trento)

Denis Curti (Italy, Artistic Director of Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice and of the Capri Photography Festival)

Enrico Fontanari (Italy, Urban Planner, Professor of Urban and Landscape Design at IUAV University in Venice)

Suad Garayeva (Azerbaijan, Curatorial Director of YARAT Contemporary Art Centre’s exhibitions and permanent collection)

Vasili Tsereteli (Russia, Executive Director of MMOMA – Moscow Museum of Modern Art)

Sabrina Van der Ley (Norway, Director of the Contemporary Art department at the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo)

Simone Verde (Italy, Art Historian, Supervisor of scientific research and publications of the French agency France-Muséums, in charge of the creation of Abu Dhabi’s Louvre)

Bettina von Dziembowski (Germany, Director of the Springhornhof Foundation & Art Association in Neuenkirchen)

INSTITUTIONAL & SPECIAL PRIZES

PAINTING € 7 000

works realized with technical and stylistic freedom (oil, tempera, acrylic, ink, graphite, pencil, collage, etc.) on any support

Maximum size 175×175 cm

Apply >http://www.premioartelaguna.it/iscrizione/form_iscrizione1.php?tipo=painter&lang=en

PHOTOGRAPHIC ART € 7 000

Photographs on analog or digital support, digital elaborations, color or black and white. Single works or series of photographs

Maximum size 175×175 cm

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SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION € 7 000

works created with any organic or inorganic material, they can include sounds, lights, videos, mechanical or electrical movement

Maximum size 400x400xh800 cm

Apply > http://www.premioartelaguna.it/iscrizione/form_iscrizione1.php?tipo=sculpture&lang=en

VIDEO ART & PERFORMANCE € 7 000

Videos, films and works made with any animation techniques.

Maximum duration 15 minutes

Apply for Video Art http://www.premioartelaguna.it/iscrizione/form_iscrizione1.php?tipo=videoart&lang=en

Single artist or group to perform by using any technique and expressive form

Maximum duration 10 minutes

Apply for Performance > http://www.premioartelaguna.it/iscrizione/form_iscrizione1.php?tipo=performance&lang=en

VIRTUAL AND DIGITAL ART € 7 000

Works entirely created by using the computer, digital applications and devices, or in which the use of digital media plays a key role.

Apply > http://www.premioartelaguna.it/iscrizione/form_iscrizione1.php?tipo=virtualart&lang=en

LAND ART € 7,000 Conceived and created with Thetis SpA

Projects of environmental and land art works in which the artistic intervention interacts with the environment it has been created for

Apply > http://www.premioartelaguna.it/iscrizione/form1_landart.php?lang=en

WHAT YOU’LL WIN

business for art prize

RIVA 1920

Wooden artwork and 10-day stay to realize the project

Collaboration with the company Riva 1920 that will select an artist for the creation of an object or work using briccola wood. The product created will be presented at Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.

DEGLUPTA

5 000 Euro for the winning project

Presentation of a portfolio of proposals for the realization of one or more works on leather or fabric which will be used for the handmade creation of bags and accessories, unique pieces which will be part of the Deglupta collection Spring – Summer 2017.

Collective exhibition

ART NOVA 100

Exhibition of the 10 finalist videos in Summer 2016, one of the many activities carried out by the platform for the promotion of international artists in China

Festival

ART STAYS

Participation for one artist in the Festival and 7-day stay

accommodation, board, studio, basic materials to create the works, curatorial assistance

Collective exhibition

OPEN International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice Italy

Participation in the exhibition for 1 month for 1 artist

The participation includes: curatorial assistance and insertion into the related catalogue.

solo exhibition

GAIA GALLERY

Personal exhibition for 1 artist at the Gallery in Istanbul, including setting-up, vernissage, a contribution for the transportation expenses and the realization of a digital catalogue.

solo exhibition

GALERIE ISABELLE LESMEISTER

Personal exhibition for 1 artist at the Gallery in Regensburg, including setting-up, vernissage, a contribution for the transportation expenses and the realization of a digital catalogue.

solo exhibition

GALERIA FERNANDO SANTOS

Personal exhibition for 1 artist at the Gallery in Porto, including setting-up, vernissage, a contribution for the transportation expenses and the realization of a digital catalogue.

solo exhibition

ART re.FLEX GALLERY

Personal exhibition for 1 artist at the Gallery in Saint Petersburg, including setting-up, vernissage, a contribution for the transportation expenses and the realization of a digital catalogue.

artist in residence

SWATCH ART PEACE HOTEL

International Art Residency in Shanghai from 3 to 6 months for 1 artist with accommodation at the Art Peace Hotel and participation in all the activities, final exhibition of the works created during the residency, involvement in the local artistic scene.

artist in residence

TAIPEI ARTIST VILLAGE

International Art Residency in Taipei of 1 month for 1 artist with accommodation, studio, assistance, participation in public activities and final exhibition at Treasure Hill Artist Village.

artist in residence

BERENGO FOUNDATION

Art residency about the Murano glass for 1 month for 1 artist with the realization a new work with the master glassmakers at the Foundation in Venice

artist in residence

ESPRONCEDA

International Art Residency in Barcelona from 3 to 6 weeks for 1 artist with accommodation, curatorial assistance, studio, support for materials, involvement in the activities realized by the art centre and final exhibition or another public activity.

artist in residence

BASU FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS

International Art Residency in Kolkata for 1 month for 1 artist with accommodation and studio at the Foundation, basic materials, curatorial assistance, final exhibition

artist in residence

ARTISTIC SERIGRAPHY FALLANI

Art residency in Venice for 10 days for 4 artists to realize a work in the silk screen-printing technique, with accommodation, assistance and final open day

artist in residence

BATTAGLIA ARTISTIC FOUNDRY

Art residency about bronze at the historic Foundry in Milan, for 1 month for 1 artist

with accommodation, grant, assistance and final open day

THE PRIZE

Arte Laguna Prize is not only an art competition but it is also a great opportunity to exhibit your artworks at the Arsenale of Venice, to win a wide range of different prizes and career opportunities and to join an international network of artistic institutions and creative people.

CONTEST TERMS

>>> http://www.artelagunaprize.com/cn/terms

ENROLLMENT

>>> http://www.artelagunaprize.com/cn/enrollment

CONTACTS

International Arte Laguna Prize

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