The Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize – an Open Call for Digital Artists

The Julius Baer Next Generation Art Prize is for young Asian artists who create digital art – working with a medium of the future.

By dedicating the Prize to the digital image, a medium that is already fast becoming the visual currency of everyday life in the twenty-first century, Julius Baer is engaging and empowering the talent of the future. The Prize underlines the importance of Julius Baer’s support of the arts and young talent, as well as a recognition of the current shifting frontiers in life and work.

The Prize is open to residents of Southeast Asia, Greater China and India aged between 21 and 40 years old at the time of submission, although they need not be a citizen of the region. The Prize will include an inaugural three-month Art and Technology Accelerator programme for six winning artists to develop a new piece of digital art and prepare them to become creative entrepreneurs ready for the digital age.

The Prize is supported by an esteemed panel of judges that includes Refik Anadol, internationally acclaimed new media Artist and NFT Pioneer; Simon Fisher, Co-Founder of Ocula; Fu LiaoLiao, Shanghai-based independent Curator; Shivajirao Gaekwar, Deputy Director, Specialist for Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, Sotheby’s (India); Theresa McCullough, Principal Curator for South and Southeast Asian Art at Asian Civilisations Museum; Shubigi Rao, award-winning multidisciplinary Singaporean Artist.

While Mentors of the programme include Sergiu Ardelean, Co-Founder and CEO at Artivive; Chao Jiaxing, Consultant Curator, Start Museum, WestBund, China; Ina Conradi, Award-winning new media artist, Associate Professor at the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University Singapore; Unnikrishna Menon Damodaran, visual artist and digital specialist; Audrey Yeo, Founder of Yeo Workshop.

Every application will be reviewed, and six winners will then be selected for incubation and mentored by leading luminaries from the art and business worlds. These six winning works will be showcased via an interactive virtual exhibition in the second half of 2023.

The Prize offers participating artists a unique opportunity to develop new works with guidance from experts in Art and Technology. Participating artists may also be invited to a gathering of pioneering artists, creative practitioners, and entrepreneurs who are championing the arts in Asia. As part of the cohort, artists will become part of a thriving community that leans on each other for collaboration, feedback, support, new opportunities, and friendship.

Open Call for Submissions | 19 October – 27 November 2022

• Register by 27 November 2022 to participate in the Prize at www.juliusbaer.com/NextGenArtPrize
• Join us at our ‘Meet the Judges & Mentors virtual session’ on 17 November 2022

Benefits for Winning Artists

• Six winners will be awarded a total prize money of USD10,000 each, which will be paid in two tranches, subject to terms and conditions.
• Artists will embark on a 3-month specialised Art x Tech Accelerator programme as they develop their winning art concept to fruition under the mentorship of some of the best names in the digital arts industry.
• Artists will have an opportunity to showcase their new digital artwork, in an exclusive Julius Baer virtual exhibition, to Julius Baer clients, art enthusiasts and artists communities in Asia.

Find out more at www.juliusbaer.com/NextGenArtPrize

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