Deadline: November
15, 2019
The Goethe-Institut has announced that the Henrike Grohs Art Award 2020
open call launches on October 15, 2019.
The prize is awarded biennially to an artist or arts collective living
and working on the African continent, and practicing in the field of visual
arts. The main prize is awarded by an international jury after a shortlist is
compiled by a selection committee.
The winning individual artist or collective will receive a cash prize of
20.000€ and a publication produced to the value of 10.000€ on their work. Two
artists or collectives will be selected as runners-up and will receive a cash
prize of 5.000€ each.
The award aims to support emerging artists in their careers, responding
to the challenges of practicing on the African continent. Artistic quality is
the most important criteria for the award. Cameroonian intermedia artist Em’kal
Eyongakpa was the recipient of the inaugural award in 2018 with the
international jury of Koyo Kouoh (Artistic Director, RAW Material Company,
Dakar), Laurence Bonvin (artist and representative of the Grohs family,
Berlin), Raphael Chikukwa (Chief Curator, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare)
and Simon Njami (Curator, Paris).
The Henrike Grohs Art Award is a roving biennial art prize conceived by
the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs family in memory of the former Head of
Goethe-Institut in Abidjan, Henrike Grohs.
The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute,
active worldwide. Its mandate is to promote the study of German abroad and to encourage
international cultural exchange. Today, it is represented in 98 countries and has
some 3,300 employees. It contributes widely to the promotion of artists, ideas and
works.
Henrike Grohs studied ethnology and was Head of the Goethe-Institut in
Abidjan from 2013–2016. She co-founded the project Next-Intercultural Projects
at the Hausder Kulturender Welt in Berlin. Between 2002 and 2009, she worked as
Project Manager in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s Education programme. In
2009, she was appointed Advisor on Culture and Development at the Goethe-Institut
in South Africa. Henrike Grohs passed away at the age of 51 in a terrorist
attack in Côte d’Ivoire in March 2013 along with 17 other people.
Applications to the 2nd Henrike Grohs Art Award will open October 15 and
close on November 15, 2019, with the prize being awarded at a ceremony in
conjunction with Dak’Art - Biennial of Contemporary African Art in May 2020.
Online applications will open on October 15, 2019, at www.henrikegrohsartaward.africa
All applications must be made via the online entry form.
For more information, contact info@henrikegrohsartaward.africaor Jonas
Radunz, PR Officer at the Goethe-Institut South Africa at
Jonas.Radunz@goethe.de
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