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The 2024 Sovereign Asian Art Prize

Launched in 2003, The Sovereign Asian Art Prize increases the international exposure of artists in the region while raising funds for programmes that support disadvantaged children using expressive arts.

Held annually, The Prize is now recognised as the most established and prestigious annual art award in Asia-Pacific.

How It Works

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Nomination and Shortlisting

The Prize invites contemporary artists, nominated by a board of independent art professionals, to each enter up to three artworks online. A judging panel comprised of world-class art experts then shortlists the 30 best artworks from a range of digital images. Click here for T&Cs.

02

Exhibition

The shortlisted artworks are exhibited in Hong Kong. Members of the public can enjoy the artworks and engage in the public vote. Local students are offered the opportunity to engage in educational programming.

At the exhibition, the artworks are judged for a second time and voted on by the public. The judges scores are aggregated, and a Grand Prize winner is named.

03

Public Vote

To increase exposure for the artists, the general public are invited to cast a vote online or in person for their favourite shortlisted artwork. The most popular artwork is awarded the Public Vote Prize.

04

Charity Auction

The shortlisted artworks, besides the Grand Prize winner, are auctioned and proceeds are split evenly between the artists and SAF’s expressive arts programming. Click here to learn more about the cause.

Artists receive the same split as they would through a gallery and the artworks often fetch higher prices thanks to generous bidding from charity patrons.

The Prizes

There are three cash prizes available to shortlisted artists. In addition, all finalists enjoy increased international exposure, top tier media coverage, and the opportunity to exhibit their work publicly in Hong Kong.

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Grand Prize

Awarded to the artist with the highest aggregated score from the judges.

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Vogue Hong Kong Women's Art Prize image

Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize

Awarded to the highest scoring female artist (besides the Grand Prize Winner).

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Public Vote Prize image

Public Vote Prize

Awarded to the artist with the most votes from the public.

Shortlist

Sameen Agha
A Home is A Terrible Place to Love image
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A Home is A Terrible Place to Love
Veronica Peralejo
All You Holy Monks and Hermits image
VOTE NOW
All You Holy Monks and Hermits
Yelena and Viktor Vorobyev
Anthropocene image
VOTE NOW
Anthropocene
Sinta Tantra
Bird of Paradise (Night) image
VOTE NOW
Bird of Paradise (Night)
Ivy Ma King Chu
Bird of Shape: Scrap Pad No.001 - 070 image
VOTE NOW
Bird of Shape: Scrap Pad No.001 – 070
Aziza Shadenova
Cotton Star image
VOTE NOW
Cotton Star
Chiang Kai-Chun
Cypress Boulevard image
VOTE NOW
Cypress Boulevard
Kim Hyunsoo
Dangerous play-Buzzing image
VOTE NOW
Dangerous play-Buzzing
Noormah Jamal
Did the seed grow? image
VOTE NOW
Did the seed grow?
Bouie Choi
dimpled image
VOTE NOW
dimpled
Yip Kin Bon
Four legs good, two legs better image
VOTE NOW
Four legs good, two legs better
Billy H.C. Kwok
Geolocation 404 image
VOTE NOW
Geolocation 404
Lee Jo-Mei
Landscape Remains 06 image
VOTE NOW
Landscape Remains 06
Kanchana Gupta
Open and Close #03 image
VOTE NOW
Open and Close #03
Rocky Cajigan
Pendulum Redux image
VOTE NOW
Pendulum Redux
Chan Ka Kiu
Please image
VOTE NOW
Please
Demet
PPE, Paint Palette Emulation image
VOTE NOW
PPE, Paint Palette Emulation
Michelle Fung
Red Bean Stalk image
VOTE NOW
Red Bean Stalk
Zhang Zhaoying
Relationships image
VOTE NOW
Relationships
Doris Chui Suet Wai
Silent Sparks image
VOTE NOW
Silent Sparks
Mark Chung
Stitches #02, Good Companion image
VOTE NOW
Stitches #02, Good Companion
Affan Baghpati
Surat Khana image
VOTE NOW
Surat Khana
SEOSY
The Labyrinth of Origin image
VOTE NOW
The Labyrinth of Origin
Sanaz Haeri
The looking glass - 2020 image
VOTE NOW
The looking glass – 2020
Dinar Sultana Putul
The recycle of materialistic perspective image
VOTE NOW
The recycle of materialistic perspective
Sim Chi Yin
The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten, Crowd, 2023 image
VOTE NOW
The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten, Crowd, 2023
Zelin Seah
U_U _A_ _A_ image
VOTE NOW
U_U _A_ _A_
Atit Sornsongkram
Waterfall image
VOTE NOW
Waterfall
Ho Sin Tung
What Can I Hold You With image
VOTE NOW
What Can I Hold You With
Ahyun Jeon
雪深山,Mt.seorak 35-35-34 (snowy deep mountain, Mt.seorak 35-35-34) image
VOTE NOW
雪深山,Mt.seorak 35-35-34 (snowy deep mountain, Mt.seorak 35-35-34)
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Sameen Agha

A Home is A Terrible Place to Love image

Sameen Agha

A Home is A Terrible Place to Love
Dimension: 55 x 28 x 50 cm
Medium: Red Marble Stone
Country: Pakistan
Nominated by: Adeel Uz Zafar
02 / 30

Veronica Peralejo

All You Holy Monks and Hermits image

Veronica Peralejo

All You Holy Monks and Hermits
Dimension: 46 x 46 x 13 cm
Medium: Concrete Pour, Sand, Incense
Country: Philippines
Nominated by: Maria Victoria ‘Boots’ Herrera
03 / 30

Yelena and Viktor Vorobyev

Anthropocene image

Yelena and Viktor Vorobyev

Anthropocene
Dimension: 150 x 84 cm | Edition 1 of 3 + 1AP
Medium: Color photo on aluminium
Country: Kazakhstan
Nominated by: Olga Veselova
04 / 30

Sinta Tantra

Bird of Paradise (Night) image

Sinta Tantra

Bird of Paradise (Night)
School: Edition 2 of 5 + 2AP
Dimension: 120 x 100 cm
Medium: Tempera and 24ct gold leaf on linen
Country: Indonesia
Nominated by: Sofia Coombe
05 / 30

Ivy Ma King Chu

Bird of Shape: Scrap Pad No.001 - 070 image

Ivy Ma King Chu

Bird of Shape: Scrap Pad No.001 – 070
Dimension: 130 x 126 cm
Medium: Collage (with photographic print, coloured paper and acrylic on paper), mounted on acid-free card
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Chloe Chow
06 / 30

Aziza Shadenova

Cotton Star image

Aziza Shadenova

Cotton Star
Dimension: 80 x 100 cm
Medium: Cotton Collars, Cotton Canvas, Paper and Oil on Canvas
Country: Uzbekistan/ Kazakhstan
Nominated by: Sheida Ghomashchi
07 / 30

Chiang Kai-Chun

Cypress Boulevard image

Chiang Kai-Chun

Cypress Boulevard
Dimension: 79 x 59 cm
Medium: Marble, serpentinite, limestone mosaic arts
Country: Taiwan
Nominated by: Chia-Wei Hsu
08 / 30

Kim Hyunsoo

Dangerous play-Buzzing image

Kim Hyunsoo

Dangerous play-Buzzing
Dimension: 122 x 82.5 cm
Medium: Collage, Printed Image, screen print, painting on Korean traditional paper
Country: South Korea
Nominated by: Gun Soo Choi
09 / 30

Noormah Jamal

Did the seed grow? image

Noormah Jamal

Did the seed grow?
Dimension: 132 x 147 cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Country: Pakistan
Nominated by: Adeel Ul Zafar
10 / 30

Bouie Choi

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Bouie Choi

dimpled
Dimension: 91 x 44 cm
Medium: Painting, Acrylic on teak floorboard
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Gary Mok
11 / 30

Yip Kin Bon

Four legs good, two legs better image

Yip Kin Bon

Four legs good, two legs better
Dimension: 74 x 74 cm, Sticker dimension variable
Medium: Offset lithograph (newspaper), vinyl sticker
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Chloe Chow
12 / 30

Billy H.C. Kwok

Geolocation 404 image

Billy H.C. Kwok

Geolocation 404
Dimension: 150 x 102 cm
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Chloe Chow
13 / 30

Lee Jo-Mei

Landscape Remains 06 image

Lee Jo-Mei

Landscape Remains 06
Dimension: 69 x 90 cm
Medium: Arches watercolor paper, pencil, charcoal, pastel, metal, wood, nails
Country: Taiwan
Nominated by: Chia-Wei Hsu
14 / 30

Kanchana Gupta

Open and Close #03 image

Kanchana Gupta

Open and Close #03
Dimension: 143 x 80 cm
Medium: Oil paint skins burnt and stripped of French Lace
Country: Singapore
Nominated by: Seet Yun Teng
15 / 30

Rocky Cajigan

Pendulum Redux image

Rocky Cajigan

Pendulum Redux
Dimension: 123 x 150 cm
Medium: Mixed media: butcher hooks, human hair, Guatemalan ikat textile, embroidery, gauze, aluminum cable crimps
Country: Philippines
Nominated by: Rica Estrada
16 / 30

Chan Ka Kiu

Please image

Chan Ka Kiu

Please
Dimension: 88 x 50 x 11 cm
Medium: Blinds and digital print on light box
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Kurt Chan
17 / 30

Demet

PPE, Paint Palette Emulation image

Demet

PPE, Paint Palette Emulation
Dimension: 122 x 150 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Country: Philippines
Nominated by: Cid Reyes
18 / 30

Michelle Fung

Red Bean Stalk image

Michelle Fung

Red Bean Stalk
Dimension: 122 x 60 cm
Medium: Original Wood Carving (Chinese ink, colour pencils and wood carving)
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Kurt Chan
19 / 30

Zhang Zhaoying

Relationships image

Zhang Zhaoying

Relationships
Dimension: 30 x 20cm; 40 x 30cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Country: China
Nominated by: Lv Peng
20 / 30

Doris Chui Suet Wai

Silent Sparks image

Doris Chui Suet Wai

Silent Sparks
Dimension: 100 x 80 cm
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Kurt Chan
21 / 30

Mark Chung

Stitches #02, Good Companion image

Mark Chung

Stitches #02, Good Companion
Dimension: 130 x 140 cm | Edition 1 of 1 +1AP
Medium: Photogrammetry
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: Chloe Chow
22 / 30

Affan Baghpati

Surat Khana image

Affan Baghpati

Surat Khana
Dimension: 30 x 33 x 6 cm
Medium: Hand-sawing, silver soldering, stone setting, found copper plate (roughly dates back to the times of Partition of India, 1947), glass stones, blue glazed mother of pearl, yellow Agate (Aqeeq), yellow acrylic lens
Country: Pakistan
Nominated by: Amra Ali
23 / 30

SEOSY

The Labyrinth of Origin image

SEOSY

The Labyrinth of Origin
Dimension: 72 x 95 cm
Medium: modern painting/ oriental painting
Country: South Korea
Nominated by: Yoon Sub Kim
24 / 30

Sanaz Haeri

The looking glass - 2020 image

Sanaz Haeri

The looking glass – 2020
Dimension: 92.5 x 135 cm
Medium: Mixed media on cardboard (old iranian colors, plastic, ink)
Country: Iran
Nominated by: Leila Maleki
25 / 30

Dinar Sultana Putul

The recycle of materialistic perspective image

Dinar Sultana Putul

The recycle of materialistic perspective
Dimension: 147 x 86 cm
Medium: Indigo, clay, minerals, charcoal, graphite, watercolor on newspaper pulp made self made paper
Country: Bangladesh
Nominated by: Ruxmini Choudhury
26 / 30

Sim Chi Yin

The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten, Crowd, 2023 image

Sim Chi Yin

The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten, Crowd, 2023
Dimension: 37 x 29 x 60cm | Edition 2 of 5 + 2AP
Medium: UV print on museum glass, light box, mahogany replica vintage stand
Country: Singapore
Nominated by: Seet Yun Teng
27 / 30

Zelin Seah

U_U _A_ _A_ image

Zelin Seah

U_U _A_ _A_
Dimension: 97 x 150 x 5cm
Medium: Washed, burnt, and waxed topographic maps mounting on aluminium
Country: Malaysia
Nominated by: Tanya Michele Amador
28 / 30

Atit Sornsongkram

Waterfall image

Atit Sornsongkram

Waterfall
Dimension: 140 x 105 cm | Edition 1 of 5 + 2AP
Medium: Photography, Inkjet-Print
Country: Thailand
Nominated by: Brian Curtin
29 / 30

Ho Sin Tung

What Can I Hold You With image

Ho Sin Tung

What Can I Hold You With
Dimension: 42 x 29 cm
Medium: Pencil on paper
Country: Hong Kong
Nominated by: May Fung
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Ahyun Jeon

雪深山,Mt.seorak 35-35-34 (snowy deep mountain, Mt.seorak 35-35-34) image

Ahyun Jeon

雪深山,Mt.seorak 35-35-34 (snowy deep mountain, Mt.seorak 35-35-34)
Dimension: 35 x 34 x 35 cm
Medium: Resin on concrete
Country: South Korea
Nominated by: Yoon Sub Kim
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Key Dates

Nomination Deadline

— 8 September 2023

Shortlist Announcement

— March 2024

Finalists Exhibition

8 — 16 May 2024

Winners Announcement

— 17 May 2024

Events and Exhibitions

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The 2024 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists Exhibition

Venue: 9/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Date: 8 – 16 May 2024
Opening hours: 11am-7pm
Admission: Free

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The 2024 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Gala Dinner and Charity Auction

Venue: Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, Central
Date: 17 May 2024
Time: 7pm – Late
Ticket Sales: art@sovereignartfoundation.com

Judges

David Elliott image
David Elliott
Writer, Curator and Museum Director
David Elliott image

David Elliott

Writer, Curator and Museum Director

David Elliott is a cultural and art historian, writer, curator and museum director primarily concerned with modern and contemporary art. Elliott was Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford, England from 1976-96, Director of Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden from 1996-2001, the founding Director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan from 2001-06, the first Director of Istanbul Modern, Turkey in 2007 and from 2016-2019, Vice-Director and Senior Curator of the Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art in Guangzhou. From 1998-2004, he was President of CIMAM (the International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) and in 2008, the Rudolf Arnheim Guest Professor of Art History at Humboldt University, Berlin; from 2012 to 2017 he was a guest professor in curatorship at the Chinese University, Hong Kong. Since 2010. He has been the Artistic Director of biennales of contemporary art in Sydney, Kiev, Moscow and Belgrade and is currently working freelance as a writer and curator.

Billy Tang image
Billy Tang
Executive Director and Curator at Para Site, Hong Kong
Billy Tang image

Billy Tang

Executive Director and Curator at Para Site, Hong Kong
Billy Tang is Executive Director & Curator at Para Site, Hong Kong. He was previously the Senior Curator at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, and Curatorial Director at the artist-run Magician Space in Beijing. Writing contributions have appeared in ArtAsiaPacific, Leap, Spike Magazine, Terremoto, and Mousse Magazine. Photo credit: Shuwei Liu
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Debbie Han
Artist
Debbie Han image

Debbie Han

Artist

Debbie Han is a transdisciplinary artist whose work encompasses a wide range of genres, methods, and forms. Han is deeply interested in human consciousness and the forces that shape human lives. Her quest after a deeper understanding of human existence has inspired her to travel to many places and produce a spectrum of artworks investigating identity, perception, and culturalization. Her recent work explores the power of human emotions as the key to grasping the interconnectedness of human existence. Han received her BA in art from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and MFA from Pratt Institute in New York.

She was the winner of The Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2009 and the recipient of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2007. She was also awarded with numerous artist residencies around the world. Han’s works have been shown internationally, including seventeen solo shows in the USA, Korea, China, Germany, and Spain. Han also participated in over a hundred group exhibitions, including exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, Santa Barbara Museum and the Museum of Photographic Arts in California, the Saatchi Gallery in London, and Kunstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Han lives and works in Seoul and Los Angeles.

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Marian Pastor Roces
Independent Curator, Critic, and Policy Analyst
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Marian Pastor Roces

Independent Curator, Critic, and Policy Analyst

Marian Pastor Roces is an independent curator, critic, and policy analyst working from her base in Manila, Philippines. An anthology of 45 years of writing was published by the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (Manila) and Art Asia Pacific (Hongkong) in 2018. Her work in criticism notably includes a critique of biennales (in Over Here, MIT Press, and The Biennale Reader, Bergen Kunsthalle); and loss of cultural memory (in Climate, Habitats, Environments, Singapores CCA and MIT). She leads TAOINC, a corporation curating the establishment of museums, parks, publications, and cultural projects. TAOINC built 21AM, the new online museum of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Also a partner and director of Brain Trust, Inc, a sustainable development think tank, Roces  participated in writing the peace and development plan for Mindanao. She is co-editor and partner in the endeavor, Mapping Philippine Material Culture Overseas, a website that uploads museum holdings, run from SOAS, University of London.

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Parul Gupta
Artist, The 2023 Grand Prize Winner
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Parul Gupta

Artist, The 2023 Grand Prize Winner

Nominators

Australia/
Thea Baumann
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Thea Baumann

Artistic Director, CEO

Thea-Mai Baumann joined 4A as Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer in February 2023. She is a creative executive, artist, creative technologist and producer of Vietnamese-Swiss heritage. Between 2019-2022, she was Manager and Senior Manager of International Engagement at the Australia Council for the Arts where she co-designed and led the launch of the International Engagement Strategy 2021-25, and provided oversight of strategic investments in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific. Between 2012-2019, Thea was CEO and Founder of world-first hologram brands Metaverse Makeovers® and 超宇美人® based between Melbourne, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. www.4a.com.au

Bangladesh/
Nadia Samdani
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Nadia Samdani

President and Co-founder, Samdani Art Foundation

Nadia Samdani MBE is the Co-Founder and President of the Samdani Art Foundation and Director of Dhaka Art Summit (DAS). In 2011 she established the Samdani Art Foundation to support the work of Bangladesh and South Asia’s contemporary artists and architects and increase their exposure. As part of this initiative, she founded DAS, which has since completed five successful editions under her leadership. She is a member of Tate’s South Asia Acquisitions Committee, Tate’s International Council and Alserkal Avenue’s Programming Committee, and a founding member of The Harvard University Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute’s Arts Advisory Council and member of Asia Society’s Advisory Committee. www.samdani.com.bd

Ruxmini Choudhury
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Ruxmini Choudhury

Curator

Ruxmini Choudhury is a Curator of the Samdani Art Foundation since 2014. Among the many initiatives she has introduced and developed for Dhaka Art Summit are its art mediation program and the Samdani Artist Led Initiatives Forum, part of her ongoing interest in exploring ways to make art more approachable and interactive to the public. Her research has supported the growth of curatorial knowledge about Bangladesh through her collaborations assisting many international curators on shows in Dhaka such as Dhaka Art Summit, but also in Hong Kong, India, Austria, Norway, and Dubai among others. https://www.samdani.com.bd/

Tayeba Begum Lipi

Tayeba Begum Lipi

Bhutan/
Pema Tshering
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Pema Tshering

Artist

Pema (Tintin) Tshering is an artist from Thimphu, Bhutan whose work is presented through illustration, film, graphic novels, sculpture, installation, design, and painting. Tintin is one of the founding members of Voluntary Artist Studio Thimphu (VAST) set up in 1998 in Thimphu, Bhutan, where he continues to contribute as an educator, mentor and is on the Executive board. VAST was established as the first and only contemporary art organisation which philanthropically offers informal educational programmes for young people and adults. www.pematshering.com

Brunei/
Osman Mohammad
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Osman Mohammad

Director at Creative Space Gallery

Osman is a practicing artist and designer. He has produced a body of works with a variety of medium ranging from oil paintings, watercolour, acrylic, mixed-media and 3-Dimensional works. He also has a career of over thirty years’ experience in the field of media and broadcasting.

B.A. (Hons) in Three-Dimensional Design, Central School of Art and Design, London, England 1981-1984.
Diploma in Theatre Design, Central School of Art and Design, London, England, 1984.
Manpower Studies (3 Months Study at Post-Graduate level) University of Manchester, 1990.
MBA at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 1998-2000.

Cambodia/
Michael Laub
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Michael Laub

Director, Choreographer

Stage director and choreographer Michael Laub has been producing performances and videos since 1975. He has been referred to as a pioneer of post-dramatic theater. In 1981 he founded Remote Control Productions, which emerged from the performance-art group Maniac Productions. Laub’s pieces oscillate between realism and fiction, making use of authenticity and artificiality simultaneously. His performances include various forms and are often influenced by movies. His most recent works refer to that medium directly by intertwining film and theater on stage. www.michael-laub.com

China/
Lu Peng
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Lu Peng

Art Historian, Art Critic, and Curator

Born in Chongqing, China 1982. Graduated from the Political Education Department of Sichuan Normal University in 2004. Obtained a Ph.D. in Critical Theory from the China Academy of Art.

Curatorial Projects (selected):
2009 A Gift to Marco Polo, Venice Biennale, Italy (cooperating with Achille Bonito Oliva)
2013 Passage to History 20 Years, Venice Biennale (cooperating with Achille Bonito Oliva)
2021 Academic Committee Director, Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China
2023 Academic Committee Director, Chengdu Biennale, Chengdu, China

Li Zhenhua

Li Zhenhua

Gary Wai Hong Mok
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Gary Wai Hong Mok

Curator

Mok Wai Hong, Gary was born in Hong Kong, 1977. He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing with BA degree in 2007 MA degree in 2010, his works have been nominated as a finalist for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2014. In 2009, he curates opening art exhibition “Endless” for Chow Sang Sang Beijing flagship store at Sanlitun. Curating different exhibition “Today & Tomorrow”, thematic show for Art Macao 2013, Art Nova 100 HK station at K11 art mall in 2014. In 2019, 0-1 breakthrough of a collection, CP Treasure, Beijing. 2022,The outsider, Hao Museum, Shanghai. 1/X Andy Lau X Art Exhibition in 2023.

Hong Kong/
Chloe Chow
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Chloe Chow

Head of Exhibition and Programmes, WMA

Chloe Chow (born 1987, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-based curator and is now Head of Exhibitions and Programmes at WMA. Prior to joining WMA, Chow was Associate Curator for Hong Kong Visual Culture at M+. Recent exhibitions include “Overriding the Light of Day” (WMA, 2023), “Life is meant to be messy” (Grotto SKW, 2022), “Island(ed)” (WMA, 2022), “spinelessly planting” (Contemporary by Angela Li, 2022) and co-curated exhibitions “Hong Kong: Here and Beyond” (M+, 2011), “Ambiguously Yours: Gender in Hong Kong Popular Culture” (M+, 2017) and “Mobile M+: Neon Signs” (M+, 2014). Recent publications include Every Little Unit (2022) and Hong Kong Visual Culture: The M+ Guide (2022).

Kurt Chan
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Kurt Chan

Adjunct Professor

Prof. Kurt, Chan Yuk Keung was graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He then obtained his M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art (鶴溪藝術學院), Michigan, U.S.A. Professor Chan joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1989, teaching studio courses and supervising M.F.A. students. He has retired from CUHK since 2016, and has taken the position of deputy director of Hong Kong Art School from 2019-2021.

Kurt is an artist as well as an educator, his research interests cover a wide range of topics such as Hong Kong Art, Art in public realm and mixed media, whereas the outputs mostly presented as exhibition, curatorship, and publication.

May Fung
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May Fung

Chair, Art and Culture Outreach

May Fung’s key achievements include:

1994 Fellowship on video art in USA granted by the Asian Cultural Centre.
1999 Fellowship for Artistic Development granted by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (mainly for development in video installation art).
3 Video works acquired by M+.
Starting curatorial work since 1990’s.
Expert Advisor to the Art Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Culture, Sports & Tourism Bureau.
Co-opted Member to the Dance & Multi-Arts Sub-committee of the Leisure & Cultural Services Department.
Examiner for the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
Chair, Art & Culture Outreach.
Engaged in art administration, education and criticism activities.

Leona Yu
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Leona Yu

Curator, Modern and Hong Kong Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art

Leona Yu, graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and obtained Bachelor of Arts and a Professional Diploma in Museum Studies from Sydney University. She had joined the Leisure and Cultural Services Department since 1996 and participated in organizing numerous international and Hong Kong art exhibitions of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Art Promotion Office. She is devoted to modern and contemporary art research, exhibition and education programme planning, as well as acquisition and collection management and is currently Curator (Modern and Hong Kong Art), Hong Kong Museum of Art.

India/
Kurchi Dasgupta

Kurchi Dasgupta

Jeebesh Bagchi

Jeebesh Bagchi

Indonesia/
Pendhapa Art Space

Pendhapa Art Space

Iran/
Leila Maleki
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Leila Maleki

Maryam Kuhestani
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Maryam Kuhestani

Multi Media Artist and Curator

Maryam was born and raised in a remote city called Zahedan in Iran. She came to Tehran to continue her education and got a bachelor’s degree in handicrafts and a master’s degree in art research, Since 2005, she has been working professionally and continuously in the field of sculpture, specializing in ceramics. Also, since 2009, she has worked in art universities in Iran and for a while in Mazar-e-Sharif Art University in Afghanistan. She has curated several exhibitions in Iran such as Nimrouz which was about Art of Afghanistan and was the most important one among all. Her main issue in art is the human identity and nature in the contemporary world beyond gender and nation. www.maryamkouhestani.com

Japan/
Naoko Sumi

Naoko Sumi

Kazakhstan/
Olga Veselova
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Olga Veselova

Curator

Olga is a practicing independent curator. Her interests include socially engaged art, important socio-political issues and the development of the creative potential of the local commutions. Over the past 10 years, she has organized and conducted more than 60 exhibition projects in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Switzerland, Italy, France, the UAE and the USA. Her projects include such festivals as ArtBat Fest, Urban Art Astana, Ashyk Aspan and others. An important project in the curator’s career is the educational initiative for young artists, the School of Artistic Gesture. She is currently running Art&creative Foundation. www.artandcreative.kz/en

Macau/
Margarida Saraiva
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Margarida Saraiva

Senior Researcher and Curator

Margarida Saraiva is a researcher, curator and educator working in between Asia and Europe, arts and cultures.

Presently working as a curator and researcher at the Macau Museum of Art, Saraiva has curated “Representing Women 19th and 20th Centuries – MAM Collection” and co-curated Women Artists – 1st International Biennale of Macau, among other exhibitions and programmes. She founded BABEL – Cultural Organization and has initiated projects like Influxus, New Visions and Macau Architecture Promenade (M.A.P.). Saraiva is a visiting professor at the IFTM and Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Saint Jose in Museum Management, Curating and Exhibition Design.

Malaysia/
Lim Wei Ling
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Lim Wei Ling

Curator

A jewellery designer and art history major by training, Wei Ling has been duly recognised for her contribution and efforts towards the development of the Malaysian art scene, through numerous awards and nominations. In 2018, she was appointed by Malaysia’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) to curate and spearhead the country’s first pavilion at ‘The 58th La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale)’.

Mongolia/
Ganbat Purvee
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Ganbat Purvee

Chairman of the Union of Mongolian Artists

Ganbat Purvee, chairman of the Union of Mongolian Artists

Marc Schmitz
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Marc Schmitz

Director

Marc Schmitz is the Director of Land Art Mongolia. www.landartmongolia.com

Gantuya Badamgarav

Gantuya Badamgarav

Myanmar/
Aye Ko
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Aye Ko

Artist, Director of New Zero Art Space

Aye Ko was born in Pathein in 1963. He is one of the postmodern art generations in Myanmar and recognized artist internationally. He was involved in founding “Olive” gallery in 1994 and was a leading member in Modern Art 90 later transformed it to New Zero Art Space. Founded New Zero Art Space officially in 2008 where he has promoted new generation artists and led contemporary art and performance art movements till now. He was an art critic, writer and publisher, he published “Fashion”, “New Wave” and “Art Monthly” magazines. And he was nominated for Art Stage Singapore and US Embassy Singapore Joseph Balestier Award for the Freedom of Art in 2015 and 2016, and received the award in 2017.

Sid Ksl

Sid Ksl

Aung Myat Htay Htet
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Aung Myat Htay Htet

Artist, Curator

Aung Myat Htay is a Yangon based Artist, writer, Independent curator and former lecturer at National University of Art and Culture. He is an ACC grantee artist for 2014 research grant in New York and have been residency in Japan, India, Germany, Indonesia and Vietnam since 2010 to the present. He expresses social messages in contemporary sense and his works presented in several regions of Asia, Europe and US. He founded SoCA contemporary art project and published art books, art documentation series and research papers. He curated local and international art program, exhibitions and workshops actively since 2013. www.aungmyathtay.com

Nepal/
Sangeeta Thapa
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Sangeeta Thapa

Founder/Director

Sangeeta Thapa founded Siddhartha Art Gallery in 1987 with eminent artist Shashikala Tiwari. She has curated over 600 shows of Nepali and international artists. She regularly gives consultations to collectors of Nepali art and initiates community art projects. She served on the Board of Patan Museum for six years and is a Fellow of the De Vos Institute of Arts Management. In 2009, she launched Nepal’s premier art event The Kathmandu International Arts Festival (KIAF) as a tri-annual event. In 2011, she established the Siddhartha Arts Foundation as a non-profit and organized the second edition of the Kathmandu International Arts Festival in 2012, through the Foundation.

In 2016, Ms. Thapa co-curated the first exhibition of contemporary Nepali art at the Moesgaard Museum in Arhus, Denmark.

In 2015, the Great Earthquakes struck Nepal causing a huge loss of lives and damage to homes and heritage sites. Taking this into account the third iteration of the Festival was postponed to 2017. In 2016, the Foundation decided to morph the Festival into a Triennale format and was recognized by the Biennale Foundation in Italy. The 2017 edition was curated by Philippe Van Cauteren from the S.M.A.K. Museum in Ghent, Belgium. The 2020 edition was also postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and took place in March 2022. The edition was led by the artistic director Cosmin Constinas from Para Site Hong Kong and Nepali curators Sheelasha Rajbhandari and Hitman Gurung.

In 2021 , as a precursor to to the Triennale a selection of the works were showcased at Para Site Hong Kong. Post the Triennale a selection of the works were showcased at SAAVY contemporary in Berlin. In the same year the Siddhartha Arts Foundation served as the co commissioner of the Nepal Pavilion at the Venice Biennale which featured the works of Ang Tsherin Sherpa. In December 2022 the Siddhartha Art Foundation showcased works by Nepali artists at the Kochi Biennale.

Ms. Thapa is the publisher of four volumes of poetry: Khulla Dhoka, Nirantar Khulla Dhoka, A Thousand Earths Thousand Skies, and Even the Moonlight can Burn. She has written a book on the drawings of Nepali artist Manuj Babu Mishra entitled ‘In the Eye of the Storm’ and has written essays on contemporary Nepali art in the Gallerie Magazine (India) and for the Nepal Art Now exhibition catalog printed by the Welt Museum, Vienna. She has also contributed her essays to Telling a Tale, a publication of women’s’ narratives, Nukta Art Magazine (Pakistan), and the VOW Magazine in Nepal. Ms. Thapa has been invited in the capacity of a speaker to Art Basel Hong Kong, New North-South Dialogue organized by the British Council and Manchester University in Sri Lanka, the Asian Curatorial Forum Dhaka, and to a panel on South Asian art organized by the Habiart Foundation, New Delhi.

In 2023, she received the President’s medal ‘Kala Sumbardhak Award’ for her contribution to uplifting and supporting the arts scene in the country and in the same year received the ‘Kala Prabhandak Award’ from the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts in recognition for promoting the arts of the country over 35 years.

Hit Man Gurung
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Hit Man Gurung

Artist and Curator

Hit Man Gurung is an artist and curator based in Kathmandu by way of Lamjung. His diverse practice delves into human mobility, historical frictions, and post-revolutionary complexities. Rooted in Nepal’s recent past, Gurung’s artistic practice intricately reveals interwoven kinships and the exploitative tapestry of capitalism across geographies. His narratives powerfully depict migrant plight within a dehumanizing labor system, exacerbated by an indifferent nation-state. Intertwining Indigenous methodologies, Gurung Ingeniously reshapes contemporary artistic practice. Notably, he co-curated Kathmandu Triennale 2077 and curated the Nepal Pavilion, Venice Biennale, and ‘Garden of Ten Season’. hitmangurung.blogspot.com

Pakistan/
Quddus Mirza
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Quddus Mirza

Visual Artist, Curator, Art Critic

Quddus Mirza is a visual artist, art critic and independent curator. He is the former Head of Fine Arts Department of the National College of Arts, and currently is a Professor in the School of Visual Art and Design at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. Mirza has shown extensively in numerous important group exhibitions, along with several one-person exhibitions, held in Pakistan and the UK. He has curated a number of exhibitions in Pakistan, UK, Kazakhstan, and India. Editor of online magazine ‘Art Now Pakistan’ Mirza is the co-author of book “50 Years of Visual Arts in Pakistan”, has a regular weekly art column in The News on Sunday, and has written essays on art in international media.

Zahra Khan

Zahra Khan

Adeel Uz Zafar
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Adeel Uz Zafar

Visual Artist, Assistant Professor, Curator

Adeel uz Zafar is an artist, art educator and a curator holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from National College of Arts, Lahore (1998). Zafar’s works have been featured in several national and international exhibitions including 08 solo shows and numerous group shows. Currently, he is represented by FOST Gallery, Singapore & AAN Gandhara-art Space, Karachi-Hong Kong. Zafar serves as a faculty member of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi. Zafar is also acting as a nominator from Pakistan for the Sovereign Art Prize. One of his nominees Ahmed Javed was awarded SAAP in 2019. www.adeeluzzafar.com

 

 

Amra Ali
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Amra Ali

Art Critic and Curator

Amra Ali is an art critic and curator from Pakistan.

Philippines/
Lara Acuin
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Lara Acuin

Cultural Worker

Lara Acuin is a Cultural Worker based in the Philippines.

Rica Estrada

Rica Estrada

Victoria Boots Herrera

Victoria Boots Herrera

Cid Reyes

Cid Reyes

Regional/
Shormi Ahmed

Shormi Ahmed

Sofia Coombe
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Sofia Coombe

Independent Curator

Sofia is an independent curator, researcher and art advisor who holds a Masters of Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths University of London through LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. She spent over a decade in Southeast Asia, working in both the institutional and commercial realms of the regional arts ecosystem. Sofia is now based in London where she co-founded Art World Database, an online platform for Southeast Asian contemporary art, whilst also curating exhibitions with Peruke Projects, an art consultancy presenting curatorial projects for international contemporary artists. www.perukeprojects.com, www.artworlddatabase.com

Naima Morelli
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Naima Morelli

Arts Writer

Naima Morelli is an arts writer and journalist specialized in contemporary art from Asia-Pacific and the MENA region.

She has written for the Financial Times, Al-Jazeera, The Art Newspaper, ArtAsiaPacific, Internazionale and Il Manifesto, among others, and she is a regular contributor to Plural Art Mag, Middle East Monitor and Middle East Eye as well as writing curatorial texts for galleries.
She is the author of three books on Southeast Asian contemporary art. www.naimamorelli.com

Sheida Ghomastani
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Sheida Ghomastani

Curator

Born and raised in 1980,Tehran, Iran, Sheida Ghomashchi works as an independent curator in Milan, Italy. She has been part of various projects including: Co-curator of “Dixit Algorizmi, The Garden of Knowledge”, the fisrt natioonal pavilion of Uzbekistan in Venice Biennale of Art, 2022.

Co- Curator of “ Dixit Algorizmi”, International exhibition, CCA, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021. Fellow at Floating University, Forensic Architecture Group, Berlin, Germany. Curator of “Archive Alive!”, Exhibition of Ramak Fazel, Kandovan, Pejman Foundation, Tehran, Iran. Fellow of “Ideas City – Detroit”, New Museum of New York, USA. Researcher in Urban Research program, BAUHAUS, Dessau, Germany.

Tanya Michele Amador
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Tanya Michele Amador

Curator

Tanya is a curator, writer, and researcher who holds a Masters in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths University of London through LASALLE College of the Arts Singapore. She has written for several contemporary art publications while curating exhibitions with Peruke Projects in London, focusing on artists living in the diaspora. She also continues her work with Peruke on www.artworlddatabase.com, an online platform that specialises in Southeast Asian contemporary art. www.perukeprojects.com

Lisa Botos
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Lisa Botos

Curator and Art Advisor

Lisa Botos is a curator, art advisor, and cultural strategist with international experience in both traditional and new media art. She has spearheaded influential projects and advised across Asia, North America, and Europe, serving diverse clients such as Swire Properties, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, RH, and the Kingdom of Bhutan. Lisa meaningfully contributed to Hong Kong’s art ecology through her role as the first advisor for the WYNG Foundation’s visual arts platform WMA, and as co-founder of what was in 2008 an avant-garde gallery OOI BOTOS. Lisa is a Founding Partner of MMBP Private Partners, a cultural capital advisory, and a Partner at MMBP & Associates, a creative office. Read more here.

Singapore/
Seet Yun Teng
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Seet Yun Teng

Curator

Seet Yun Teng is a Singapore-based curator, producer and writer. A keen alignment to the material world and embodied processes underlies her approach. With an interest in alternative formats of exhibition-making and interdisciplinary collaborations, she has curated and produced across a range of exhibitions, events and platforms. These include Appetite, Arts-Business x Business-Arts Residencies, Feelers, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Supernormal and Constance Howard Gallery and Goldsmiths Textile Collection London, amongst others. She received an Honourable Mention (Curator Category) in the 2021 IMPART Awards.

Daryl Goh
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Daryl Goh

Entrepreneur

Daryl Goh is an avid art appreciator and has been nominating for the Prize for a decade. The professional judge juries for awards including The Global Art Prize, NTU Global Digital Art Prize, ViART Green Awards, NOISE Singapore Awards to name a few. Daryl is also the designer behind Asia’s first-ever phy-gital retail experience – Zhuang: Home of Singapore Designers that kickstarted an industry trend towards digital retail spaces in 2016. The technopreneurship & fashion scholar also holds a Master of Fine Art and has exhibited globally across prestigious venues including the Carrousel Du Louvre at Paris’ Louvre Palace, Sale del Bramante in Italy and Melbourne’s premiere light festival. www.darylgoh.com

Milenko Prvacki
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Milenko Prvacki

Artist, Senior Fellow, Office of the President, University of the Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Milenko Prvački was born in 1951 in (former) Yugoslavia. He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (Painting) from the Institutul de Arte Plastice “Nicolae Grigorescu” in Bucharest, Romania. He is one of the Singapore’s foremost artist and art educators, having taught at LASALLE College of the Arts since 1994. He was Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts for 10 years, and is currently Senior Fellow, Office of the President at the College. He also founded Tropical Lab, an annual international art camp for graduate students and ISSUE Art Journey. He was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2011, and Singapore’s Cultural Medallion for Visual Arts in 2012. www.milenko.prvacki.com

South Korea/
Yoon Sub Kim

Yoon Sub Kim

Tcheon Nahm Park

Tcheon Nahm Park

JeongMee Yoon
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JeongMee Yoon

Photographer and Professor

Born in Seoul, South Korea. With an interest in classification and sociocultural aspects, she continues to work in a documentary-like, cultural anthropological method that focuses on the tastes and possession of contemporary people.

Through the classification of objects and colors in her photographs, Yoon creates a visual aesthetic that examines modern consumer culture in her ongoing work ‘Pink and Blue Project’, offering a sociological document about material possessions and peoples’ connections to them. Yoon’s projects, ‘It Will Be a Better Day_Korean Modern Short Stories’ and ‘Animal Companions’, ‘The Collector Project’, ‘are also ongoing. www.jeongmeeyoon.com

Gun Soo Choi
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Gun Soo Choi

Photographer, Image Critic and Professor

For 40 years, Gun Soo Choi has been an image critic, photographer, and university professor. he has published 12 photographic books and held 10 individual exhibitions.

Sri Lanka/
Godwin Constantine
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Godwin Constantine

Professor

Godwin Constantine is a professor and Chairman of the Theertha International Artists Collective.

Taiwan/
Huatzu Chan

Huatzu Chan

Chia-Wei Hsu
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Chia-Wei Hsu

Artist

Chia-Wei Hsu(b.1983, Taiwan) graduated from Le Fresnoy National Studio for Contemporary Arts in Fr. Chia-Wei Hsu’s work as an artist, filmmaker, and curator merges the languages of film and contemporary art and unearths the complex mechanisms behind the production of images. Through his artistic practice, Hsu weaves connections between humans, materials and places that have been overlooked or omitted in conventional historical narratives. Hsu held solo exhibitions at the Museum of National Taipei University of Education and Mori Art Museum and has participated in group shows at Aichi Triennale, Asia Pacific Triennale, Eye Filmmuseum and Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media.

Li-Chen Loh
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Li-Chen Loh

Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei

Loh Li-Chen is the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei. Prior to this, she was the CEO of the Taipei Digital Art Center. Loh specializes in new media art and has been exhibiting in several prestigious art spaces and events in Taiwan, including VT Artsalon and Frees Art Space of the Association of the Visual Arts in Taiwan Artist Festival. She also curated the 12th and 14th Taipei Digital Arts Festivals in 2017 and 2019 and was the director of the Taiwan Contemporary Art Archive project. Loh currently teaches at National Taiwan University. She has a Ph.D. from the Institute of Applied Art, National Chiao Tung University. www.mocataipei.org.tw

Nobuo Takamori
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Nobuo Takamori

Curator

Nobuo Takamori is a curator.

Thailand/
Tom Van Blarcom

Tom Van Blarcom

Brian Curtin
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Brian Curtin

Art Critic and Lecturer

Brian Curtin is an Irish-born art critic and lecturer. From 2007-18 he worked as an independent curator of contemporary art and now works on commission. He holds a Ph.D. in studio art from the University of Bristol and has been based in Bangkok since 2000. Brian’s work explores dialogues between contemporary art, Queer theories and studies in visual and material cultures. His commentary, essays, interviews and reviews have been published in Art Journal, Artforum, Art Asia Pacific, Circa, Craft Research, Flash Art, Frieze, Journal of Curatorial Studies and Parachute, amongst others. His monograph Essential Desires: Contemporary Art in Thailand was published by Reaktion Books in 2021. www.brianacurtin.com

Vietnam/
Sàn Art
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Sàn Art

Founded in 2007 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as an artist-led platform, Sàn Art has since grown into a leading independent arts organization in Vietnam and the region. Maintaining a commitment to grassroots support for local and international artists and cultural work, Sàn Art is also a site for critical discourse with regular educational initiatives.

Aside from its regular exhibition programme, Sàn Art’s past projects include the artist-residency Sàn Art Laboratory (2012-2015) and Conscious Realities (2013-2016), a series of publications and events, inviting writers, artists, thinkers and cultural workers with a focus on the Global South. In 2018, Sàn Art launched Uncommon Pursuits, a curatorial training school, and a new gallery with a focus on dialogues between modern and contemporary art in Vietnam and the region. That same year it also launched A. Farm (2018-2020), an international artist residency programme co-founded with MoT+++ and the Nguyen Art Foundation.

Opening a new chapter in the organization’s history, Sàn Art is expanding as a community hub to support and foster innovative and experimental practices and perspectives.

Website: http://san-art.org

Testimonials

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Alisa Chunchue | 2023 Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize Winner

“Staying true to oneself and fearlessly facing physical and mental challenges have been fundamental to my practice. This award marks a memorable moment in my career. I wholeheartedly dedicate this Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize to all incredible women who exhibit unwavering dedication to artistic pursuits and achieve in every role we undertake.”

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Parul Gupta | 2023 Grand Prize Winner

“It is a moment of great pride and honour for me to receive this award, which in the past has nominated and awarded artists who have distinct and inspiring practices… I would like to add here that I do not come from an art background, and I started practising art much later in life. I took many detours before I realised that it’s only through art that I can live a life I desire for myself – a life that is truly independent.”

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Cop Shiva | 2023 Public Vote Prize Winner

“I’m thrilled to be this year’s Sovereign Asian Art Prize Public Vote Prize Winner. I am very proud to be part of this great platform for the region’s art and artists, and grateful for the opportunity to engage with the Asian art community in Hong Kong – the heart of the continent.”

FAQ

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What are the benefits to participating artists?

There are numerous benefits to participating artists, including:

  • Three cash prizes available: US$30,000 Grand Prize, US$5,000 Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize, and USD1,000 Public Vote Prize.
  • Inclusion in public exhibition in high-profile venue in Hong Kong.
  • Increased profile through multi-channel marketing campaign.
  • Artwork included in charity sale and promoted to art buyers, with artist receiving 50% of sale proceeds.
  • Opportunity to network with fellow artists across the region.
  • Opportunity to contribute to a meaningful project that raises funds for an important charitable cause.
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As an artist, how can I enter the Prize?

Entry to the Prize is by nomination only. If you wish to enter, we recommend you connect with one of our regional nominators and ask them to consider nominating you.

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Are their any specific artwork requirements?

In order to be eligible for the Prize, we require that artworks adhere to the following:

  • 2D artworks cannot exceed 150cm x 150cm.
  • 3D artworks cannot exceed 150cm x 50cm x 50cm.
  • We do not accept purely audio, video or other time-based media art or performance art. Multi-media works which contain a video or media component will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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How can I become a nominator?

We are always looking to expand our network of nominators. Nominators should have a certain expertise in art from Asia-Pacific, and have no commercial affiliation with their nominees. To apply to be a nominator, please get in touch.

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Is it free for artists to participate?

It is free for artists to enter the Prize online. Once shortlisted, artists are responsible for any production costs associated with their shortlisted artwork. Artists are also responsible for their own shipping costs to Hong Kong. For details, please read section 6.2 of our T&Cs.

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Where do artwork sales proceeds go?

Proceeds from artwork sales are spilt equally between the artist and The Sovereign Art Foundation. We use our portion to help fund our expressive arts programmes for children from low-income backgrounds and with special educational needs. Learn more about our mission here.

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Prize Winners and Previous Finalists

2023

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Parul Gupta
India
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Cop Shiva
India
Cop Shiva art
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Alisa Chunchue
Thailand
Alisa Chunchue art

2022

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Azin Zolfaghari
Iran
Azin Zolfaghari art
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Faezeh Baharloo
Iran
Faezeh Baharloo art
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Marium Agha
Pakistan
Marium Agha art

2021

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Li Binyuan
China
Li Binyuan art
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Imtiaj Rasel
Bangladesh
Imtiaj Rasel art
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Rithika Merchant
India
Rithika Merchant art

2020

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Alex Seton
Australia
Alex Seton art
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Made Wiguna Valasara
Indonesia
Made Wiguna Valasara art
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Saba Qizilbash
Pakistan
Saba Qizilbash art

2019

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Ahmed Javed
Pakistan
Ahmed Javed art
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Munawar Ali Syed
Pakistan
Munawar Ali Syed art
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Fuxiaotong
China
Fuxiaotong art

2018

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Halima Cassell
Pakistan
Halima Cassell art
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Onaiz Taji
Pakistan
Onaiz Taji art

2017

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Hongbo Li
China
Hongbo Li art
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Yogie Achmad Ginanjar
Indonesia
Yogie Achmad Ginanjar art

2016

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Baptist Coelho
India
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Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
Philippines
Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan art

2014

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Anida Yoeu Ali
Cambodia
Anida Yoeu Ali art
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Alia Bilgrami
Pakistan
Alia Bilgrami art

2013

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Wong Adrian
Hong Kong
 Wong Adrian art
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Chong-Il Woo
Korea
Chong-Il Woo art

2012

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Gutierrez + Portefaix
Korea
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Mark Salvatus
Philippines
Mark Salvatus art

2011

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JeongMee Yoon
Hong Kong
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Chong-il Woo
Korea
Chong-il Woo art

2010

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Somapala Pothupitiye
Sri Lanka
Somapala Pothupitiye art
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Anthony Del Castillo
Philippines
Anthony Del Castillo art

2009

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Debbie Han
Korea
Debbie Han art
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Miguel Payano
China
Miguel Payano art

2008

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Chow Chun Fai
Hong Kong
Chow Chun Fai art
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Mor Mor
Myanmar
Mor Mor art

2007

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Kumi Machida
Japan
Kumi Machida art
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Haris Purnomo
Indonesia
Haris Purnomo art

2006

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Grand Prize Winner
Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew
Thailand
Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew art
Schoeni Prize Winner
Lam Tung Pang
Hong Kong
Lam Tung Pang art

2005

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Tsang Kin Wah
Hong Kong
Tsang Kin Wah art
Schoeni Prize Winner
Yip Siu Ka
Hong Kong
Yip Siu Ka art

2004

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Jeffrey du Vallier d’Aragon Aranita
Hong Kong
Jeffrey du Vallier d’Aragon Aranita art
Schoeni Prize Winner
Simon Birch
Hong Kong
Simon Birch art