Francois Schneider Foundation is arranging “Contemporary Talents” competition aiming to support creative artists by acquiring their works and showcasing them at the foundation’s Art Centre, which is entirely dedicated to the intersection between art and water.
The motto of the competition is to encourage artists to engage with the theme of water, an essential element of our lives, and reflect upon, observe, analyze, criticize and make use of water in their creative work, exploring its properties, its symbols, its tools and its issues. It will offer the artists a platform to reach all sections of the public and encourage dialogue and networking with the cultural community.
Moreover, the initiative will also develop the public’s awareness of contemporary art, particularly young people and enable them, through the water theme, to experience and more easily perceive its diversity of perspectives.
Each year, over 1,000 artists from around a hundred different countries submit applications. After around thirty finalists have been selected by five Expert Committees, the International Grand Jury, chaired by Jean-Noël Jeanneney, chooses a maximum of four prize-winners.
Benefits
- A maximum of 4 “Contemporary Talents” prize-winners will be chosen from amongst the candidates, each of whom will receive €15,000 for the acquisition of their work. The endowment also includes:
- A collective exhibition at the Foundation’s Contemporary Art Centre
- A bilingual publication presenting the prize-winners’ work
- The inclusion of the work in the Foundation’s collection
- A video portrait of each of the laureates.
- A maximum of €100,000 is also made available for the completion of the works presented in project form, divided between the different projects according to the artists’ needs and the jury’s decisions.
Eligibilities
- Proof of a professional artistic activity and/or being a graduate of an art school.
- Have a solid artistic background : work recently exhibited in institutions, galleries, festivals, etc. or have participated in an artistic residency.
Eligible Regions: Open for All
