30 Selected Artist at LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2020

The finalists, hailing from 18 different countries, ranging from newly emerging artists to esteemed leaders in their fields. This year’s finalists were chosen by a panel of experts from 2,920 total submissions - a 15% increase since last year. The Craft Prize 2020 recognises the shortlisted artists as having made fundamentally important contributions to the development of the contemporary craft. 

Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, Executive Secretary of the Craft Prize Experts Panel, stated: We are seeing works of the highest cultural and aesthetic ambition, inspired by themes that reflect the state of the world. For all this, the plurality and openness of the Prize promise so much today and into the future.

The list of the finalists are:
Afsaneh Modiramani (Iran), Anthony Marsh (United States), Bodil Manz (Denmark), Carla Garcia Durlan (Spain), Darshana Raja (Kenya), David Corvalán (Chile), Despo Sophocleous (Canada), Edu Tarín (Germany), Fanglu Lin (China), Hyejeong Kim (Republic of Korea), Jack Doherty (Ireland), Jess Tolbert (United States), Jessica Loughlin (Australia), Jiyong Lee (United States), Joël Andrianomearisoa (Madagascar), Kevin Grey (United Kingdom), Kohei Ukai (Japan), Kyeok Kim (Republic of Korea), Marc Ricourt (France), Naama Haneman (Israel), Peter Bauhuis (Germany), Sukkeun Kang (Republic of Korea), Sungho Cho (Republic of Korea, Sungyoul Park (Republic of Korea), Takayuki Sakiyama (Japan), Tobias Møhl (Denmark), Veronika Beckh (Germany), Waqas Khan (Pakistan), Xavier Toubes (Spain), Yang Gao (China).

From the shortlist, a jury composed of 12 leading figures from the world of design, architecture, journalism, criticism and museum curatorship, including Genta Ishizuka, winner of the 2019 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, will select the winner of the 2020 Craft Prize.

Rules of Entry LOEWE Craft Prize 2020
FAQ's LOEWE Craft Prize 2020
 
 
The LOEWE FOUNDATION
The LOEWE FOUNDATION was established as a private cultural foundation in 1988 by Enrique Loewe, a fourth-generation member of LOEWE’s founding family. Today, the Foundation continues to promote creativity, organise educational programs and protect cultural heritage in the fields of poetry, dance, photography, design and craft. The Foundation was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts by the Spanish government in 2002.
 
About the Craft Prize
The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans of any age (over 18) or gender who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value. By identifying work that reinterprets existing knowledge to make it relevant today while reflecting its maker’s personal language and distinct hand, the LOEWE FOUNDATION aims to highlight the continuing contribution of craft to the culture of our time.

All entries should
- fall within an area of applied arts, such as ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, paper, wood, etc.
- be original work, handmade or partly handmade.
- have been created in the last five years.
- be one-of-a-kind.
- have won no prizes previously.
- demonstrate artistic intent.

The Prize for the winning entry is 50,000 euros. The winning work selected by the Jury, as well as the works of the finalists selected by the Experts Panel will be included in an exhibition and accompanying catalogue “LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2020”, on view in Paris.