The SOLO Award 2016

​​independent thinking
​going it alone
taking risks
bucking the trend
standing out from the crowd
The SOLO Award 2016 call for entries is now CLOSED.
Updates on the shortlist and winner will be posted on this page in due course.

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​Many thanks for your interest in the SOLO Award

SHORTLIST

LONGLIST 
in alphabetical order
  1. Olivia Bax
  2. Ezio Cicciarella
  3. Alicja Dobrucka
  4. Damien Flood
  5. Ian Healy
  6. Adam Hennessey
  7. Victoria Lucas
  8. Karolina Magnusson Murray
  9. Antonio Marguet
  10. Holly Muir
  11. Milly Peck
  12. Giovanni Termini
  13. Tom Verity
  14. Sonja Vordermaier
  15. Relli De Vries
  16. Ziling Wang
  17. Mary Wintour
in alphabetical order
  1. Seyyed Sadegh Aleahmad
  2. Neil Ayling
  3. Catherine Baker
  4. Olivia Bax
  5. Victoria Burgher
  6. Rebecca Byrne
  7. Manuel Caldeira
  8. Bruno Castro Santos
  9. Tadao Cern
  10. Ezio Cicciarella
  11. Alicja Dobrucka
  12. James Epps
  13. Damien Flood
  14. Pat Flynn
  15. Lorraine Fossi  
  16. Seán Guinan
  17. Genuardi / Ruta
  18. Ian Healy  
  19. Adam Hennessey  
  20. Noel Hensey
  21. Gillian Hyland  
  22. Andrea Just & Neus Ledesma
  23. Elisavet Kalpaxi  
  24. Simon Keenleyside  
  25. Hun Kyu Kim  
  26. Karima Klasen  
  27. Agnieszka Kozlowska 
  28. Soyoon Lee
  29. Sun Ju Lee  
  30. Rosalind Lemoh
  31. Woo Jae Lim
  32. Victoria Lucas  
  33. Katharina Maderthaner  
  34. Karolina Magnusson Murray
  35. Antonio Marguet  
  36. Enzo Marra  
  37. Scott Massey
  38. James Metsoja  
  39. Holly Muir  
  40. Margaret Noble  
  41. Liam O'Connor
  42. Ana Pais Oliveira  
  43. Nuala O'Sullivan  
  44. Jinyong Park  
  45. Milly Peck
  46. Mike Pelletier
  47. Milan Rai
  48. Irmina Rusicka  
  49. Serdar Seven  
  50. Alexandra Simpson
  51. Emanuel Strässle  
  52. David Temchulla  
  53. Giovanni Termini  
  54. Fabian Treiber  
  55. Sabina Tupan  
  56. Tom Verity  
  57. Sonja Vordermaier  
  58. Relli De Vries
  59. Ziling Wang  
  60. Christina West
  61. Lewk Wilmshurst 
  62. Mary Wintour  
  63. Farniyaz Zaker  
Call for entries CLOSED
Deadline: 18 April 2016
Prize: Solo exhibition
​at London Art Fair 2017 + £2000 cash
 
Open to UK & International artists of any age, working in any medium.
Application fee: 25 GBP for up to 5 images/links in any medium.
Deadline for online applications: 12.00pm midday 18 April 2016
Full list of Guidelines and FAQs can be found here.
Download press release here.
2016 Selection Panel
​Gordon Cheung (Painter) 
Francesco Pantaleone (Director FPAC, Palermo, Italy) 
Sarah Monk (Director London Art Fair)
Chiara Williams (chair) (Dir. WW Contemporary Art)
"The 2016 call for entries officially launched at the London Art Fair on 19th January and simultaneously online.  2016 sees the prize money doubled and the award open to international artists for the first time. 

​For further information about the SOLO Award, check out our home page here or our FAQs here. You can also browse through the 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012 awards.

You can apply now or register to receive reminders so that you don't miss the April 18th deadline. You will be able to unsubscribe quickly and easily at any time you choose.

Thanks for your interest in the SOLO Award and good luck!"

​Chiara Williams, SOLO Award founder
Guidelines (in brief, please read in full here)
  • The SOLO Award is open to artists working in any medium, at any stage in their career, aged 18 or over, of all nationalities, residing in any country; artist collaborations are also eligible.
  • Application is via an online form and a maximum of 5 images or video/audio links.
  • There is no set theme; work should be representative of your practice or process. Media can include painting, sculpture, installation, performance, video, audio, drawing, collage, printmaking, digital, photography, mixed media, have we missed anything? That too. There is no size restriction on works.
  • In the June - November period, the winning artist is expected to develop upon their existing/submitted work to create new content in preparation for their SOLO exhibition at the London Art Fair in the following January.
  • A full list of Guidelines, Eligibility, FAQs, and Terms & Conditions can be found here.
  • Questions relating to the SOLO Award should only be sent to: [email protected], or they will not be answered.

APPLICATIONS
OPEN JAN 2017

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