The WW SOLO Award is a structured opportunity, created to provide support and development for contemporary artists working in any medium and at all stages in their career.
The Award
Solo exhibition in January 2014
Prize money £1000
Group show of longlisted artists in August from which
6 artists are shortlisted for the award
NB. there is no residency for the 2013 award, instead there is a 3-month period of tailored critical and professional mentoring
Who is eligible
Contemporary artists, working in any medium, at any stage in their career
Artists of all nationalities aged 18 or over, living or working in the UK & ROI
Artists are invited to submit work that has not been previously exhibited in the UK (with the exception of degree shows)
How to enter
Online entry fee of £25
Maximum of 3 images or audio/video files via email
No CV, no statement, no application form required (this information will only be required if longlisted)
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Contact
WW Gallery 34/35 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8DX
t. +44 (0)7531342128 / wwsoloaward@gmail.com
www.wilsonwilliamsgallery.com/solo.htm
1. Pay online entry fee £25 (click button below, debit/credit card accepted, you do not need to have a paypal account)
2.Email the following information in one single email to wwsoloaward@gmail.com, with subject line SOLO Award + your full name.
Your payment reference or forwarded payment confirmation email
Your full name, address and contact number (this is for reference purposes only and will be hidden during the selection process)
Attach maximum of 3 examples of work: jpg images, audio/video files or audio/video links. (N.B. jpgs min 800px, 72dpi, combined attachments must not exceed 10MB)
There is NO form to complete, just this email with the 3 attachments or links as outlined above.
Please do not attach a CV or statement at this stage (this information will only be required if longlisted)
Key Dates
Thursday 20 June 2013 (midnight)
Deadline for completed online applications
Thursday 4 July 2013
Longlisted artists will be notified by email and listed on website
Saturday 20 July 2013 11-4pm
Receiving day for longlisted works
Wed 31 July - Sat 24 August 2013
Group show at WW, 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX, London
Tuesday 30 July 2013 6-9pm
Private View and 6 shortlisted artists announced
Saturday 24 August 2013 11-4pm
Closing reception and SOLO Award winner announced
January 2014
Award-winner's solo exhibition at WW, 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX, London
FAQs
Before emailing or calling us with a question, please read through the information below. Applications or questions relating to the SOLO Award should only be sent to: wwsoloaward@gmail.com, or they will not be considered.
what:
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 specific size restriction on works, but if your work is very large, please check that we can accommodate it.
The works exhibited in the August group show are selected directly from your application images, unless your work is site-specific or unrealised, in which case images of related/similar works should be submitted. Additional access dates will be allocated to artists who need to install their work.
where:
The group show and solo show will all take place at WW Gallery, 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX, London
how:
Please number and title your attachments in the following way:
1_Artist Name_title of work_medium_dimensions_year
Examples of work submitted as jpg or audio/video attachments or audio/video links to vimeo/youtube etc. should not number more than 3, but any combination will do (e.g. 1 jpg + 1 video file + 1 video links; 2 jpgs + 1 link; 2 jpgs + 1 video etc) The jpgs/files can illustrate up to 3 works or be different installation views of a single work.
There is NO form to complete, just this email with the 3 attachments or links as outlined above.
Please do not include CVs or any other attachments, these will not be considered, but additional material may be requested from longlisted artists.
Applications must be accompanied by a fee of £25 payable by credit or debit card through PayPal. This is non-refundable and applications will not be considered without this fee.
NB:
We try to operate a fair selection process, which is why we specifically request that applicants do not send any supplementary information or attachments.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered and fees will not be refunded.
Following selection and notification, the exhibition organisers reserve the right to exclude works which are a) delivered late b) bear no resemblance to the content of your application.
Judges 2013
Alison Wilding
Charlotte Mullins
Ceri Hand
Gill Saunders
Alison Wilding
Turner Prize-nominated sculptor Alison Wilding rose to prominence in the early 1980s. Wilding's first major solo exhibition was held at the Serpentine Gallery, London in 1985, her first international solo show was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1987 and a major retrospective ‘Alison Wilding: Immersion – Sculpture from Ten Years' was held at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool in 1991. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1992, received a Henry Moore Fellowship for The British School at Rome in 1998 and was elected RA in 1999. Her public sculpture commissions include the installation of Ambit, River Wear, Sunderland in 1999. Alison Wilding lives and works in London, is represented by Karsten Schubert and exhibits extensively throughout the world in solo and group shows. Collections include Tate Britain, British Council, Arts Council, FRAC Pays de la Loire, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Scottish National Gallery, Leeds City Art Gallery, Henry Moore Institute.
Charlotte Mullins
Charlotte Mullins is an art historian, writer and broadcaster. She is the editor of Art Quarterly, the magazine of the Art Fund, and oversaw the magazine's recent redesign following her appointment in summer 2012. A former editor of Art Review and V&A Magazine, she has written ten books on visual art including Painting People (Thames & Hudson, 2006, an investigation into contemporary figuration), and a monograph on Rachel Whiteread (Tate Publishing, 2004). She is a regular contributor to Front Row on Radio 4 and writes for a range of national newspapers and specialist titles. In 2009 she was a judge for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Ceri Hand
Initially trained as an artist, Ceri Hand draws on over twenty years in the art world, having previously acted as Director of Metal (Liverpool), Director of Exhibitions, FACT (Liverpool, where she was a contributing curator to Liverpool Biennial in 2004 and 2006), Deputy Director of Grizedale Arts, Cumbria and Director of Make, London. Exhibitions curated during the Liverpool period include artists Yang Fudong, Jill Magid, Vito Acconci, Chen Chieh-jen, Walid Raad/The Atlas Group, Christian Jankowski, Matthew Buckingham, and The Black Audio Film Collective. She established Ceri Hand Gallery in Liverpool in 2008 and has recently relocated the gallery to London. She has been on the boards of a number of organisations in the UK (including Malgras Naudet, Eastside Projects, Open Eye Gallery and Tate Members Committee) and a judge for numerous panels.
Gill Saunders
Gill Saunders is a Senior Curator in the Word & Image Dept at the Victoria & Albert Museum, specialising in 20th-century and contemporary
prints and drawings. Her most recent projects include an exhibition of prints by Street Artists which went to Libya in the spring of 2012, and
Recording Britain, an exhibition of watercolours, drawings and photographs, at the V&A. She is currently writing a book about prints and posters by artists from Africa and the African diaspora.
Coming soon...Review by The Harker http://www.theharker.com/
Coming soon..Review in Art of England
Comin soon...Review in State Magazine
SOLO Award Winner 2012: Jonathan Gabb
We are delighted to announce the winner of the WW SOLO Award 2012 is the painter Jonathan Gabb, who will receive prize money of £1000, a three-month residency and a solo show of new work (9th January - 2nd February 2013, PV Tues 8th January 2013, 6 - 9pm)...full details here . Read his recent interview for Jotta.com by Francesca Brooks.
Jonathan Gabb - winner WW SOLO Award 2012
Vote 2012 Winner: Wendy Nelson
The winner of the visitors' vote is Wendy Nelson (also shortlisted), who, along with the other shortlisted artists Emma Cousin, Calum James Crowther, Dexter Dymoke and Elly Thomas, will each be commissioned to create a new limited edition work for WW.
VOTE 2012
Visitors were encouraged to vote for their favourite work from the entire GROUP 2012 exhibition, to be announced on 25th August. Voting was via a ballot box at the gallery & via Twitter: @WWGallery #WWSOLOAward #vote2012 + artist's name (one vote per twitter user, no RTs accepted).
Wendy Nelson - winner of Visitors' Vote 2012 Contemporary Archetype 1: Fat Cat (Detail)
wood, papier mache, fabric, gold leaf.
Selection panel
Sheila McGregor (Chief Executive, Axis, the online resource for contemporary art )
Helen Sumpter (Art writer and Deputy Visual Art Editor of Time Out London )
Kate Davis (Artist & Tutor in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art)
Deb Covell (Artist & Co-founder Platform-A Gallery, Middlesbrough)
Shortlist 2012
The shortlist was selected from a longlist of 37 exhibiting artists (from over 1200 submissions by 300 artists)
Emma Cousin, Calum James Crowther, Dexter Dymoke, Jonathan Gabb, Wendy Nelson and Elly Thomas.
The shortlisted artists will be commissioned to create work for WW Editions.
Dexter Dymoke
Elly Thomas
Emma Cousin
Jonathan Gabb
Calum James Crowther
Wendy Nelson
Exhibited Artists in GROUP 2012
Tristram Aver | Alison Bickmore | Catrine Bodum | Sara Brannan | Max Cahn | Emma Cousin | Calum James Crowther | Jolanta Dolewska | Alexandra Dudley | Dexter Dymoke | Kate Elliott | Gabriela Fabrowska | Susan Forsyth | Jonathan Gabb | Sarah Gillham | Kirsty Harris | Mark Harris | Sally Hewett | Andrew Litten | Ope Lori | Roman Manfredi | Lee Marshall | Sonia Martin | Rob Miller | Wendy Nelson | Margaret Proudfoot | Julie Rafalski | Scott Robertson | Mark Scott-Wood | Yukako Shibata | Elly Thomas | Kazuya Tsuji | Ben Walker | Dominic Watson | Joe Webb | Sarah West | Sarah Kate Wilson
Selection of artists' feedback
“I am delighted at the response to my painting. It is more rewarding than I could have hoped for. The show has given me much in terms of perspective, support and energy. It has fuelled my work for the last month and continues to influence it. Thank you!” Emma Cousin (London-based artist)
“It's been a delight to take part and to meet you and chat to some of the other artists as well. And it's great to hear that the show has been so well received…I'll be in touch as I'd love to sign up for a couple of surgery sessions in the near future” Julie Rafalski (London-based artist)
“Thanks so much (I) very much appreciated your kind words about my work. I really wanted to come down to see you and the show, but unfortunately couldn't make it. I saw the video on Twitter and thought it looked fantastic, well done for having such a lovely space and vision”
Sara Brannan (Sheffield-based artist)
“It was a pleasure showing at WW, and I found the whole experience very enjoyable.” Tristram Aver (Midlands-based artist)
“I would like to congratulate you on the show. It was absolutely brilliant! One of the best, if not the best I have seen recently! Great selection of artists. Really enjoyed it.” Alicja Dobrucka (London-based Polish artist)
“I just wanted to say that I thought the shortlisted artists look really interesting and I will be keen to see more of their work” Andrew Litten (Cornish-based artist)
“I just wanted to say thank you for the support you have shown me throughout the WW Solo Award group show – I really think you curated the works excellently and very much enjoyed seeing the show. The place where you hung my piece was wonderful, so thank you for that as well” Sarah Kate Wilson (London-based artist)
“I enjoyed the private view very much for the Solo Award show. The selection of work was really great and a lot of people I know who came gave me really lovely feedback about all the work. It was a fun evening” Alison Bickmore
GROUP 2012
An exhibition of 37 artists longlisted for the WW SOLO Award 1 - 25 August 2012
Private View Tuesday 31 July 6-9pm
Closing Reception Saturday 25 August 11-4pm
Open Weds – Fri 11 - 6pm; Sat 11 - 4pm
WW Gallery 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX, London
Tristram Aver | Alison Bickmore | Catrine Bodum | Sara Brannan | Max Cahn | Emma Cousin | Calum James Crowther | Jolanta Dolewska | Alexandra Dudley | Dexter Dymoke | Kate Elliott | Gabriela Fabrowska | Susan Forsyth | Jonathan Gabb | Sarah Gillham | Kirsty Harris | Mark Harris | Sally Hewett | Andrew Litten | Ope Lori | Roman Manfredi | Lee Marshall | Sonia Martin | Rob Miller | Wendy Nelson | Margaret Proudfoot | Julie Rafalski | Scott Robertson | Mark Scott-Wood | Yukako Shibata | Elly Thomas | Kazuya Tsuji | Ben Walker | Dominic Watson | Joe Webb | Sarah West | Sarah Kate Wilson
WW Gallery is pleased to present GROUP 2012, an exhibition presenting the long-list for their inaugural Solo Award. Unlike other contemporary art awards WW offers a structured opportunity for artists working at all stages of their career. With a focus that stretches further than new graduates, WW believes that artists can be ‘emerging' at any age.
From over 300 entries a long-list of 37 artists has been selected for exhibition. A distinguished panel of judges, including Sheila McGregor (Chief Executive, Axis, the online resource for contemporary art),Helen Sumpter (Art writer and Deputy Visual Art Editor of Time Out London ), Kate Davis (Artist & Tutor in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art) and Deb Covell (Artist & Co-founder Platform-A Gallery, Middlesbrough) will then short list six artists who will be announced at the opening of the Solo Award.
The overall winner will be announced on the 25th August and will receive prize money of £1000, a flexible three month residency from October to December 2012 and a solo show in January 2013.
Additionally, visitors to GROUP 2012 will be encouraged to vote for their favourite work in the show. The winner will be commissioned to produce a limited edition work for display and sale at WW Gallery next year.
WW is one of London's leading contemporary artist-led spaces with a reputation for consistently forward-thinking and innovative projects, with sites in Clerkenwell and Hackney.
The Award
Solo exhibition in January 2013
3 month residency Oct - Dec 2012
Prize money £1000
Group show of longlisted artists August 2012 from which
6 artists will be shortlisted for the award
The Residency
provides a beautiful, large studio with skylight for a three-month period
it is intended that the residency & studio will accommodate and support the production of new work (including site-specific or large-scale) for the winning artist's solo show in January.
the gallery directors will offer support, mentoring and advice as needed throughout the residency period.
the terms of the residency will be arranged with the winning artist
the residency is intended to be flexible, supportive and responsive to the winning artist's other committments.
the residency excludes accommodation and travel expenses
It is hoped that the resident artist will participate in talks and discussions with the gallery directors and gallery visitors on a regular basis.
In the event of an artist not being able to take up the residency, alternative support would be provided in negotiation with the artist.
Key Dates
Wed 1 - Sat 25 August 2012
Group show at WW, 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX, London
Tuesday 31 July 2012 6-9pm
Private View and 6 shortlisted artists announced
Saturday 25 August 2012 11-4pm
Closing reception and SOLO Award winner announced
October - December 2012
Award-winner's residency at WW, 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX, London
January 2013
Award-winner's solo exhibition at WW, 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX, London
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Terms & conditions
Consignment & Exhibition agreement
Selected artists, when notified, will be sent a consignment note to sign and return, which will include full terms and conditions Selection & Presentation
WW Gallery is responsible for the selection and presentation of the work. Artists will be notified by email if their work has been selected for exhibition, no later than 2 July 2012. Please remember to check your spam. No correspondence will be entered into if applications are incomplete or if they are made after the deadline. Delivery and handling
If your work is selected for exhibition, it must be clearly labelled with name, address & email. The Artist is responsible for delivering the work to the gallery by the deadlines set and all delivery costs (all shipping, transit, insurance and any import/customs duties). The Artist is responsible for insurance of the work for both delivery and return and should be satisfied that they have adequate cover for the period of the consignment. The gallery agrees to abide by any special handling instructions as outlined by the artist. Late work will not be exhibited. Return of work
Details will be supplied to selected artists. Artists will be responsible for all return transport costs as stated above. Unless otherwise stated, all works leave the gallery in pristine condition and are the responsibility of the artist from the time of collection either by the artist or their appointed third party. The gallery will not be held responsible for any loss or damage to work during transit. Sale of work
The Gallery is authorised to sell Work on behalf of the Artist during the exhibition period. The Gallery will sell the Work, as agent for the Artist, at the agreed Selling Price as specified in the consignment note. The Gallery will be entitled to charge the Artist a 50% commission on the net Selling Price of any Works sold. Loss, damage and insurance
The Gallery shall not be responsible for loss, damage or deterioration of work. The Gallery agrees to immediately notify the Artist of any deterioration or damage to the Work but will not effect any repairs. Adequate insurance of works in the above exhibition period is the responsibility of the artist. The Gallery agrees, as a minimum, to check and record the condition of the Work on unpacking and before repacking. The Gallery agrees to provide the following environmental controls and security arrangements: The gallery is alarmed and all entry points are have BSI approved locks and security systems. Work is reasonably protected from environmental damage such as UV and humidity. The gallery has exhibition insurance and £5 million of third party public and products liability insurance. Copyright & Ownership
The Artist retains copyright in the Work (if the Artist is the copyright owner) and all reproduction rights save for the following limited rights granted to the Gallery: reproduction in an Exhibition catalogue; in publicity material for the exhibition; to accompany critical review of the Exhibition; to be included in an archive providing a record of the exhibition history of the Gallery. The Gallery will credit all photographs (not taken by the Gallery) published with the Artist's name, the title of the Work and the name of the photographer. If the Artist is not the owner of the copyright in respect of any Works, the Artist undertakes to obtain all necessary permissions. The Artist grants the Venue the right to photograph Work for publicity or promotional purposes. Any other reproduction will require the Artist's prior agreement in writing. The Artist hereby asserts his/her right to be identified as the creator of the Work whenever the Work is exhibited in public, unless the Artist is identified on the work. The Artist confirms that s/he is the owner of the Work, or if not the owner, has permission from the owner to lend the Work to the Gallery for the purposes of the Exhibition and on the terms set out in the Agreement.
