EKKM
Start Date:
29.02.2024
Start Time:
16:00
End Date:
10.03.2024
On February 29 at 4:00 pm, the Young Sculptor Award Exhibition 2024 of the Department of Installation and Sculpture of the Estonian Academy of Arts will open at EKKM.
The winner of the Young Sculptor Award 2024 will be announced at the exhibition opening. The award winner will be selected by a 5-member jury independent of the organisers. The competition is open to individual authors with a work completed in 2023, a development of a work completed in 2023 or a new work in the making.
This time, the jury of the Young Sculptor Award 2024 selected 15 works from the 39 entries received.
The nominees are Sandra Ernits, Iohan Figueroa, Chloé Geinoz, Aurelia Grace Talmon, Erik Hõim, Loora Kaubi, Ellen Emilie Laaksonen, Noah Emanuel Morrison, Sarah Noonan, Elise Marie Olesk, KitKit Para, Inessa Saarits, Asmus Soodla, Sonja Sutt and Ats- Anton Varustin.
The Young Sculptor Award and the accompanying exhibition, launched in 2012, aim to highlight and recognise the professional work of young artists working in the field of sculpture and installation.
Previous winners of the Young Sculptor Award include Hanna Piksarv, Sten Saarits, Anna Mari Liivrand, Johannes Valdma, Rosa Violetta Grötsch, Johannes Luik, Siim Elmers, Sarah Nõmm, Junny Yeung and Mara Kirchberg.
The exhibition is open until 10 March, daily from 2pm to 8pm.
The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Põhjala Brewery and Karksi Brewery.
Graphic design by Cristopher Siniväli