BAZA 2024
Институт за съвременно изкуство – София
Фондация „Едмонд Демирджиян“
съвместно с: Фондация за гражданско общество, Ню Йорк и международната мрежа Награди за млади художници YVAA
обявяват
Конкурс за „Награда за съвременно изкуство БАЗА 2024“
* Конкурсът е отворен за творци до 35 години, работещи във всички медии на съвременното изкуство.
* Наградата е стипендия и осем седмици пребиваване в Residency Unlimited в Ню Йорк в периода 1 февруари-30 март 2025 г.
BAZA 2023: NOMINATED ARTISTS
Институт за съвременно изкуство – София
Фондация „Едмонд Демирджиян“
Софийска градска художествена галерия
съвместно с: Фондация за гражданско общество, Ню Йорк
и международната мрежа Награди за млади художници YVAA
обявяват:
Конкурс за „Награда за съвременно изкуство БАЗА 2023“
BAZA 2020
The BAZA award winner for 2020 is Maria Nalbantova.
Nominated artists: Boryana Petkova, Kalas Liebfried (Калоян Любомиров), Maria Nalbantova, Natalia Jordanova, Yavor Kostadinov.
BAZA 2019
The BAZA award winner for 2019 is Valko Chobanov.
Nominated artists: Aleksander Aleksandrov, Maria Nalbantova, Milena Georgieva, Nevena Ekimova, Radostin Sedevchev, Sevda Semer, Valko Chobanov, Veneta Androva.
BAZA 2018
The BAZA award winner for 2018 is Martin Penev
BAZA Award for contemporary art nominees:
Marta Djourina, Martin Penev, Natalia Jordanova, Pepa Ivanova, Radostin Sedevchev, Sophia Grancharova, Stefan Ivanov, Valko Chobanov.
The jury members are:
Boshko Boskovic, Karina Kottova, Stefka Tsaneva, Vera Mlechevska, Vladiya Mihaylova
BAZA 2017
The BAZA award winner for 2017 is Martina Vacheva
Nominated artists:
Alexander Alexandrov
Georgi Tomov Georgiev
Leda Vaneva
Martina Vacheva
Martin Penev
Stanimir Genov
Valko Chobanov
BAZA 2016
The BAZA award winner for 2016 is Dimitar Shopov
Sofia City Art Gallery and Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia
together with:
Foundation for Culture and Society, New York and Young Visual Artists Awards
present:
Exhibition of the BAZA Award for contemporary art nominees:
Albena Baeva, Boryana Petkova, Dimitar Shopov, Kalina Terzieva, Stanimir Genov
June 21 – July 17, 2016
Exhibition opening: June 21 (Tuesday), 6 pm.
BAZA 2015
The BAZA winner for 2015 is Aleksandra Chaushova
Nominated artists:
Aleksandra Chaushova
Desislava Unger
Kristina Irobalieva
Pavel Lefterov
Stela Vasileva
Vladislav Georgiev
The jury members for the 2015 competition are:
Galina Dimitrova-Dimova (curator), Ivana Nencheva (artist), Vessela Nozharova (curator), Diana Popova (critic), Sasho Stoitzov (artist).
BAZA 2014
BAZA Award for Contemporary Art 2014
Nominated artists:
Albena Baeva
Dimitar Solakov
Kalina Terzieva
Leda Vaneva
Lyben Petrov
Nestor Kovachev
Svetozara Alexandrova
Zoran Georgiev
Jury: Galina Dimitrova-Dimova, Iara Boubnova, Kalin Serapionov, Maria Vassileva, Sasho Stoitzov
Exhibition: June 12 – July 6, 2014
Sofia City Art Gallery
The BAZA award winner for 2014 is Zoran Georgiev
BAZA 2013
The BAZA award winner for 2013 is Kiril Kuzmanov
BAZA Award 2013 - Nominated artists:
Dimitar Solakov
Emilian Lalev
Iskra Blagoeva
Kiril Kuzmanov
Nikolay Zanev
Sasho Popovski
Stela Vasileva
Zoran Georgiev
BAZA Award
Initiative of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia
together with:
Foundation for a Civil Society, USA
Young Visual Artists Awards
In 1990 Wendy W. Luers, founder and director of Foundation for a Civil Society, together with Chalupecky Association had established a prize for the young visual artists up to 35 years of age in Czech Republic. Young Visual Artists Awards (YVAA - https://www.yvaawards.org) was established over several years as an international network of similar awards with support from the Trust from Mutual Understanding, a US foundation.
Today 10 European countries are part of this network: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Albania and Bulgaria.
Bulgaria joined this group in 2008. ICA-Sofia (http://ica.cult.bg) was chosen as a partner to organize the award.
Aim of the BAZA Award for contemporary art is to provide support to young creative artists through opening new possibilities for education, research and professional realization. Award creates a positive context for the young contemporary art and builds friendly milieu for its development.
The competition is opened for artists up to 35 years old who work in all media in the field of contemporary art. Applicants may enter the competition themselves or they also may be nominated by an invited arts professionals active in the field of contemporary art. A candidate must be a Bulgarian citizen or a permanent resident of Bulgaria.
The award is a six-week fellowship in New York and a solo exhibition in the gallery of the ICA-Sofia.
2. a jury of established professionals selects four finalists. Its decision is announced at: http://ica-sofia.org
3. the 4 nominated artists are presented in an exhibition in Sofia City Art Gallery in May 2008
4. the jury announces the winner during the opening ceremony of the exhibition
The candidates must be proficient in English language by October 2008.
Name, address, phone number, e-mail address
CV and bibliography
Photos/prints of the art works (with title, size, year)
DVD (for video works and performances)
The candidates can present additional materials (catalogs, brochures, texts)
The documentation will not be returned. It will remain as a part of BAZA Award archive.
The deadline for 2008 is 4th of April.