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The UC Berkeley South Asia Art Prize

Type: Awards, Grants, Fellowships [View all]
Posted by: University of California, Berkeley
Deadline: Tue, December 1st, 2020

The South Asia Art Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley invites submissions from Master of Fine Arts (MFA) students for the annual UC Berkeley South Asia Art Prize. The prize will be awarded for an outstanding body of work by an artist of the South Asian diaspora or by those whose work addresses the politics and cultures of South Asia. The prize comes with a $1,500 award. Applicants must have filed their Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree between September 2, 2018 and September 1, 2020 at an accredited school in North America or Europe.

The submission package must include the following, and with each file size a maximum of 15MB: A pdf Artist Statement (< 1000 words); A pdf curriculum vitae (please include your contact information); 20 images in a single pdf file and/or; Links (and password) to Vimeo for up to 15 minutes of time-based work; A confidential letter of support from a faculty member

DEADLINE: The submission package must be in English and submitted via email to Puneeta Kala <pkala@berkeley.edu> by December 1, 2020. The result for the 2020 prize recipient will be announced on the South Asia Art Initiative website on February 14, 2021. The winner will give a talk in conjunction with an expenses-paid award conferral ceremony at UC Berkeley in April 2021.*

The 2020 Prize Committee: Asma Kazmi (Chair, University of California, Berkeley), Allan deSouza (University of California, Berkeley), Mohini Chandra (Plymouth College of Art), Namita Gupta Wiggers (Critical Craft Forum)

All inquiries regarding the UC Berkeley South Asia Art Prize should be directed to Puneeta Kala <pkala@berkeley.edu> at the Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley. For details: https://southasia.berkeley.edu/art-awards

* If there are continued COVID-19 travel restrictions, the award ceremony in 2021 may be held through a virtual platform.

Posted on Mon, September 14th, 2020
Expires on Tue, December 1st, 2020

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