Grant program in support of young Russian artists 2013/2014

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Garage announces 2013/14 program in support of young Russian artists.

The program aims to support artists early in their career - ages 18 to 35 - to allow them to carry out work and assist in their development. Over 400 artists submitted applications for individual grants of 20,000 rubles per month. Successful applicants were selected by a specialist committee on the basis that they created interesting and unusual contemporary work, utilizing original materials and forms.


Grant award amount: 20,000 rubles

EXPERT COMMITTEE

Ekaterina Inozemtseva, chief curator of the Moscow Museum of Multimedia Art (MAMM);


Svetlana Marich, vice chairman and co-director of the contemporary art department, Phillips auction house, Europe;


Anton Belov, director of Garage;


Kate Fowle, chief curator of Garage;

 

AWARDED GARAGE GRANTS

Having reviewed 307 applications, the expert board selected the seven recipients of the program’s scholarship for 2013–14:

Evgeny Granilshchikov (Moscow)


Arseny Zhilyaev (Voronezh – Moscow)


Xenia Sorokin (Astrakhan – Moscow)


ZIP Group (Krasnodar)


Marina Androsovich (Moscow)


Ilya Dolgov (Voronezh)


Ivan Gorshkov (Voronezh) was awarded the scholarship for the second year in a row.

REQUIREMENTS

Age of the artists: 18 to 35


Priority qualities: Award decisions will be based on the applicants’ uniqueness of vision, employment of new materials and forms, and cogency of artistic approach.


Application: Applications will be accepted from representatives of institutions for arts education and from members of the grant committee. Artists interested in applying independently will have their work examined by a panel of experts prior to submitting their applications to the committee.

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