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ARTIST OPPORTUNITY: Entries now being accepted for the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2015

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Overview
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to announce the third Daiwa Foundation Art Prize, which offers a British artist a cash prize of £5,000 and a first solo show at a gallery in Tokyo, Japan.
The triennial prize is open to British artists resident in the UK who have not previously had a solo exhibition in Japan.
Artists applying for the prize are required to submit documentation of four recent works, in any medium (including painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, installation, video etc), a supporting CV and personal statement.
Applications are made online.

Key dates
The deadline for entry is 30 September 2014.
The judging panel will first select a shortlist of three artists, which will be announced on 25 October 2014. The shortlisted artists will be invited to exhibit at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House Gallery, London in June 2015, during which the winner will be announced.
The winner’s exhibition will be held at Aoyama | Meguro Gallery in Tokyo in the Autumn/ Winter of 2015.

Cost of entry
Entry is free.

The Prize
The winning artist is awarded a participation fee of £5,000, and a period of support and introductions to key individuals and organisations in the Japanese contemporary art world.
The winner will also have a solo show in Tokyo, Japan (as detailed above).

The judging panel
The judging panel includes Hideki Aoyama (Gallerist, Aoyama | Meguro Gallery, Tokyo), Richard Deacon (artist), Mami Kataoka (Chief Curator, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo), Chris Orr RA (artist) and Jonathan Watkins (Director of Ikon Gallery, Birmingham).

Further details
For more details visit the following links:
www.dajf.org.uk
www.parkerharris.co.uk

Compiled by Huw Lougher from Incito Art Advisory

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