ART FUTURES AWARDS
Outstanding Graduates Awards in Asia
Announcement Dates for the Awards
30 finalists on 3rd Nov 2023
First, Second & Third Prize on 20th Dec 2023
Background
Established in 2022, ART FUTURES - Outstanding Graduates Awards in Asia is the first international art award of its kind in Asia dedicated to championing the creative practices of outstanding recent graduates in the field of visual arts and associated contemporary art practices.
In the ART FUTURES - Outstanding Graduates Awards in Asia, Art colleges and institutions throughout Asia are invited to nominate a maximum of 2 students per academic year based upon exceptional achievements, outstanding efforts, and significant contributions to the field. Entries will be assessed by a panel of judges, and a total of 8 to 10 selected works will be displayed in a group exhibition at a prestigious arts venue in Hong Kong. During the exhibition a first prize, two second prizes and three third prizes will be awarded to selected artists across Asia, and a 1-month residency in Hong Kong offered to the first prize artist. Two Hong Kong prizes will also be awarded to selected local Hong Kong artists. Student portfolios are an integral part of the selection from HK to Asia. The jury panel consists of art practitioners and educators from a variety of creative fields across the Globe.
The Art futures initiative creates a platform where students from different schools are able to participate in the exchange of ideas. Eventually, this creative exchange can continue through the international art talents community.
Objectives
The first prize of its kind, the ART FUTURES - Outstanding Graduates Awards in Asia seeks to position itself as the preeminent award for creative excellence for recent art graduates, and a highlight of the visual arts calendar in the region. Juried by an international panel of distinguished artists, curators, and academics, the prize will globally promote the work of talented individuals from 74 institutions across over 29 countries/cities. As well as considerable financial support, the prize also offers the awardees (recent arts graduates) the opportunity to have their work exhibited at an arts venue in Hong Kong.
The public and audiences as well as students, artists, professors, art practitioners and art amateurs in HK and across Global Asia will be benefited from this initiative through the awards, residencies programs and the exhibitions with educational programs
Co-organizers and Co-presenters
Academy of Visual Arts, School of Creative Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University
art-at-all
IAE (HK)
Supporting Institutions
Virtual Lab for Art Museum, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Beijing Normal University- Hong Kong Baptist University: United International College (UIC)
LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore
Hong Kong Design Centre
1-Art Charity Foundation
Founding Donors
Chan Kwan Biu Memorial Foundation
Simon Suen Foundation
Sun Museum
Bronze Donor
Mokik
Official Beverage Partner
Mindful Sparks
Printing Partner
Fingerprint
Advisor
Raymond Fung
Special Thanks to
Kurt Chan Yuk Keung
Planning Committees
Chan Sai Lok
Janet Fong
Celia Ho
Kwok Ying
Jeff Leung
John Tain
Michael Whittle
Project Team, Consultant and Researchers
Initiator/ Consultant: Prof. Leung Mee Ping
Initiator/ PI: Janet Fong Man Yee
Initiator: Michael Whittle
Co-I: Iceman Hoi Yung Leung
Chief Strategists: Davis Chan and Jason Woo
Project Executives: Zoe Chan and David Wong
Design: Marco Chan
Project Managers: Ashlee Ip and Alice Yu
Project Coordinator: Wei Minjun and Danyi Tam Kwok Yi
Project Assistants: Kusuda Leung Oi Tung
Acknowledgements
Louis Nixon, Francis Yu, Kalen Lee, Akimasa Yamashita (山下晃正) (Vice governor Kyoto Prefecture 京都府副知事), Consulate General of the Czech Republic in HK, The Consulate General of India, HK& Macau, Shiro Matsui (松井紫朗), Chak & Associates LLP, 1a space, Lam Hon Mo, Shun Chi-Ming, Mideo M. Cruz, CN Liew, Kelvin Yang@Galerie Du Monde, Sufei@Weme Contemporary, Liu Cheng Hua@Malaysian Institute of Art, Dai Yun, Zhang Dan @ Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Agnes Lin, May Fung, Noit Banai and Shin Gyung Jin, Anna Qin, Ekkehard Altenburger, Angelo Lo Conte, Sally Tam, Cheung Ka Nam, Mika Sawada (澤田美香), Dionne Lee, Nicholas Ooi, Vivian Har, Wei Yan, Stanley Chow, Lorraine Cultish, 余樹強