Woon Foundation Prize

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Applications close
31 March 2016
Announced
1 July 2016
Prize money
GBP £40,000
Location
United Kingdom
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The Woon Foundation very generously funds these major prizes and discretionary consolation prizes each year to the value of £40,000. Wee Teng Woon, one of the Foundation trustees studied law at Northumbria and is also passionate about creating opportunities for final year art students. Final year undergraduates of Fine Art painting and Sculpture in the UK are invited to compete for the Art Prizes.

10–12 artists will be shortlisted from the open submission for an exhibition, held in BALTIC’s beautiful, top floor project space at BALTIC 39 and the solo exhibition, which concludes the Fellowship, at Northumbria University’s Gallery.

Prizes:

  • First Prize £20,000 + studio space
  • Second Prize £9,000
  • Third  Prize £6,000
  • Discretionary Prize £5,000

Contact: For more information email woonartprize@northumbria.ac.uk

Venue: BALTIC39, 39 High Bridge Street, Newcastle

Summary
Applications close
31 March 2016
Exhibition dates
1 - 31 July 2016
Finalists notified
20 May 2016
Eligibility
National Entries
Prize frequency
Biennial - Even Years
Judges
Christine Borland, Artist and BALTIC Professor; Karen MacKinnon, Curator and Director, Artes Mundi; Laurence Sillars, Chief Curator, BALTIC
Prize genre
Emerging
Location
39 High Bridge Street, Newcastle
United Kingdom
Prizes
GBP £40,000
Fees
Entry is free.
Last updated
5 May 2016
Prior Winners
No prize winners information available