Milan

PigPrints is inviting artists and art students from all over the world to submit their work for its 2022 Residency Prize competition.

The purpose of this prize is to give an individual artist the possibility of producing a limited edition etching and add their work to the existing list of artists that are already part of the gallery.

The selected artist will also be invited to spend a 2-week residency period in Milan to produce other work in our printshop.

APPLICATION

Artists are required to submit original black and white drawings (pen, pencil, charcoal, watercolor etc.), in view of producing an etching. It is not required for the entrants to have previous knowledge of intaglio techniques.

Every artist can submit up to three entries. Images should be at least 1920 px (longer side) and can be submitted as one of the following file types: jpg, jpeg, pdf, png.

There is a non-refundable 20 € entry fee for each submitted drawing, 30 € for up to three entries.

Early bird (until 30 November) 15 € for one entry, 25 € for up to three entries.

The competition’s aim is to promote the enrolled artists, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art.

Internationality and networking make YICCA a huge opportunity for the artists, which can: 

• Win a cash prize:

- Euro 3000,00 money prize to the first selected

- Euro 1000,00 money prize to the second selected 

• Promote their art through a variety of channels:

- exhibit the selected artworks in an exhibition space, determined by competition.

- improve the relationship between finalists and critics, curators, gallery owners, public and private art institutions that will have access to this important exhibition.

- have maximum visibility through the advertising campaign that will follow the competition and all its stages.

DATES AND DEADLINES 

June 25, 2021: Beginning of subscriptions 

November 10, 2021: Subscriptions deadline 

December 3, 2021: Notification of winning artworks 

The jury’s final decision will lead to a selection of 18 artists that will participate in the final exhibition. 

All kinds of artworks are accepted, including video, installations and performances. 

All works will be presented by a picture or a video that must be followed by a description of the work. 

All works must be available for the final exhibition and have to be the artist’s property. 

The contest is open to all artists or groups of artists and professionals from any country. 

There are no special qualifications required for entry. 

YICCA 

International Contest of Contemporary Art 

FINAL EXHIBITION 

8-22 JANUARY 2022 

LUCIANA MATALON FOUNDATION 

Foro Buonaparte, 67 20121 Milan - Italy 

The Foundation 

The Luciana Matalon Foundation was established in the year 2000. Inspired by Luciana Matalon, the foundation was created to provide an international space for innovative ideas and to create an opportunity of artistic visual, emotional and mental enrichment. 

In its headquarters, the foundation hosts historical and contemporary exhibitions of paintings, sculpture and photography. 

It also organizes meetings, conferences and cultural events such as; book fairs, chamber music concerts and theatrical performances. 

In recent years, the Luciana Matalon foundation has built relationships with the East, by welcoming exhibition projects from Japan (Tokyo & Yokohama), Korea and China (Hong Kong) by promoting its exhibitions. 

The museum area also guarantees a space-time continuity of the work of Luciana Matalon (a multifaceted artist, painter, sculptor & jewelry maker). A complete documents’ archive which dates more than 50 years of Activity in America, Europe and Japan is also available. 

The museum itself is a work of artfully designed by the artist, its main characteristic is the flooring which consists of a pictorial intervention that uses resins and optical fibers that welcome the author’s reflections..