Prix de gravure Mario Avati - Académie des beaux-arts 2018

Description

The Mario Avati-Académie des beaux-arts Award was created in 2013 under the auspices of the Académie des beaux-arts in honor of printmaker Mario Avati, thanks to a Helen and Mario Avati donation and CAF America partnership.

Purpose

The purpose of the award shall be to provide encouragement to artists who practic the various techniques of printmaking and who, by the quality of their work, advance the art of printmaking to which Mario Avati devoted his life.

The Prize rewards the work of a confirmed artist of any nationality using traditional printmaking techniques such as intaglio, woodcut, lithography, serigraphy and monotype.

Prize

The winner will be awarded a cash prize equivalent in value to US $ 40,000.
The Prize shall be awarded every year.
The Prize can be divided in exceptional circumstances. If there are two prizewinners the amount of the prize will be divided equally between them.

First step :  Registration is extended, until July 31, 2018 included

• An Identity card
• A Curriculum Vitae (in French and/or English);
• 5 to 10 high-quality reproductions of the artist’s work, printed and digital format, indicating legibly the title of the work, the dimensions, the technique used and the year of execution, name, surname, and address of author.

Second step : for selected candidates

• The selected candidates will receive an email from the Academy. They will have to send up to five original works to the secrétariat of the Academy, with a postage-paid return envelope.
• The candidates may include in their application supporting documents as catalogues or books.
• Envelopes must be marked “Mario Avati - Académie des beaux-arts Printmaking Award”. Applications cannot be submitted or collected in person directly at the Académie des beauxarts.

Jury

The international Jury is composed of members of the Academie des beaux-arts and
personalities of print world.
The duration of membership is three years with the possibility of renewal. 
In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall be entitled to a casting vote.
The Jury may adopt its own selection and award criteria. Its decisions are final and without appeal.

Award ceremony

The Prize shall be awarded at the annual Award Ceremony, on the occasion of the solemn reception of the Académie des beaux-arts, which takes place in November under the dome of the Institut de France.

Exhibition

An exhibition of the works of the selected artist will be presented in Paris at the Académie des beaux-arts/Institut de France.