On Paper International Printmaking Award 2017 - Print competition
This On paper international printmaking award 2017 now is over!
CALL FOR ENTRY: On Paper this year presents its 3nd print competition titled On Paper International Printmaking Award 2017 to promote the art of printmaking, as well as the connection between printmakers around the world inviting each artist to partecipate.
• About •
Print competition titled On Paper International Printmaking Award 2017 is organised to promote the art of printmaking and develop connections between printmakers around the world.
Each artist can submit one piece of work on a paper size of 300mm x 400mm. The print size can be any within the size of the paper. The work must have been made using any traditional printmaking techniques, including:
- Screenprinting
- Lithography
- Etching
- Collagraph
- Monotipe
- Electro-etching
- Laser print
- Photopolymer
- etc.
Digital prints are not accepted.
The work must be relatively new, completed in the last couple of years, not before, and not have received a prize before.
The jury will be composed of international artists and professionals of the printmaking world. The jury will choose a shortlist of about 10 artists as well as the winning work.
Entry fee is for this competition is 25 Euro that's approximately 27 USD. As an agreement with the Universitat de Barcelona, students from the Facultat de Belles Arts de Barcelona are welcome to participate at no cost.
• Eligibility •
This competition is open to anyone worldwide.
• Prize •
The shortlisted artists will have their work shown in the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, (Chicago, USA), in July 2017.
An international jury will vote to select the shortlisted artists; the winner will be the artist with the most votes. There will be one award of 1000 Euro that's approximately 1,080 USD for the winning artist, and a second prize sponsored by The Awagami Factory, (Japan), of 50 sheets of eco-friendly Awagami Factory paper, worth 500 Euro that's approximately 540 USD.