Korea Artist Prize
Korea Artist Prize Exhibition, Poster, 2012, MMCA Art Research Center Collection

Korea Artist Prize

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The Korea Artist Prize is an annual award program jointly operated by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) and the SBS Culture Foundation. It aims to globalize Korean art by selecting and supporting talented artists in South Korea. Following from the Artist of the Year exhibitions held at the MMCA from 1995 through 2010, the Korea Artist Prize that began in 2012 selects one final artist (or team) through the first and second rounds of judging under the auspices of the SBS Culture Foundation. Four artists (teams) selected as “SBS Culture Foundation Sponsored Artists” in the first round of screening use the endowed grant to present their new works at the Korea Artist Prize exhibition held at the MMCA in Seoul. In the second round, one artist (team) is selected from these four artists (teams) and awarded the Korea Artist Prize to help him/her (them) develop into an international artist who can lead the world of art. Awardees include the team of Moon Kyoungwon and Jeon Joonho in 2012, Kong Sunghun in 2013, Noh Suntag in 2014, and Oh Inhwan in 2015. In addition to discovering and supporting artists, the Korea Artist Prize produced and aired documentary films exploring oeuvres of all sponsored artists in depth, thus contributing to building a foundation for Korean contemporary art.
* Source: Multilingual Glossary of Korean Art. Korea Arts Management Service

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