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Open to Art ceramic award 3rd edition, Milan | Officine Saffi


Open to Art

ceramic award

3rd edition

Milano | Officine Saffi

14 February – 18 April 2019

Exhibition opening and Award Ceremony: Wednesday 13 February 2019, 6.30pm onwards

Officine Saffi is pleased to present the finalists of the third edition of its award. Open to Art is a biennial competition that aims to recognize the role of ceramics in contemporary culture, art and #design.

24 shortlisted artists will be exhibited at #officinesaffi gallery from February 14th through April 18th 2019. During the opening reception – on February 13th – the jury will announce the winners. The 2 cash prizes of € 5,000 will be awarded to the artists who have distinguished themselves for research, technique and originality in the respective categories of participation, art and #design. In addition, 6 Artist in Residence Awards in collaboration with Sundaymorning@ekwc (NL), International Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard (DK), Carlo Zauli Museum (IT), International Ceramic Art Festival in Sasama (JP), Amfora together with Seinäjoki city (FI), Ceramic Museum of Mondovì (IT).

The finalists have been selected amongst 400 candidates over 45 nationalities by an international jury comprised of 8 experts from the art and #design world including Felicity Aylieff (artist, Head of programme Royal College of Arts, London), Laura Borghi (Officine Saffi), Flaminio Gualdoni (journalist, art critic and professor at Brera Academy of Fine Arts), Tom Morris (editor and consultant specialized in #design, interiors and architecture), Isabelle Naef Galuba (director of Ariana Museum), Elisa Ossino (architect, stylist), Ranti Tjan (director of EKWC) and Matteo Zauli (curator, director of Carlo Zauli Museum).

The shortlisted artists on show are:

 
Art 
Salvatore Arancio (IT), Giulia Bonora (IT), Roger Coll (ES), Tommaso Corvi Mora (IT), Yewen Dong (PRC), Sophie Mirra Grandjean (CH), Joe Isanako (JP), Cecil Kemperink (NL), Virginia Leonard (NZ), Claire Lindner (FR), Linda Lopez (USA), Claire Mayet (FR), Jongjin Park (KR), Sarah Pschorn (DE), Irina Razumovskaya (RU), Andrea Sala (IT), Priyanka Sharma (IN), John Shea (USA), Alice Walton (UK)

Design 
Mar De Dios (ES), Romina Gris Ormo (ES), Yves Perrella (IT), Claudio Pulicati (IT), Aliki van der Kruijs (NL)

The award is supported by:

Ariana, Swiss Museum for ceramics and glass, Geneva, Switzerland

Carlo Zauli Museum, Faenza, Italy

Ceramic Museum of Mondovì, Italy

Sundaymorning@ekwc, The Netherlands

International Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard, Denmark

Amfora and Seinäjoki city, Finland

With the Patronage of Comune di #milano and MIC – International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza.

INFORMATION
what: Open to Art ceramic award, finalists exhibition
where: #officinesaffi, Via Aurelio Saffi 7, 20123 #milano, Italy
when: 14th February – 18th April 2019. Opening on 13th February 2019, 6.30pm onwards. Finalists will be announced at 7pm.

Tel: +39 02 36 68 56 96
Email: info@officinesaffi.com