Author: Loora Kaubi
Installation and Sculpture Department of EKA announces Young Sculptor’s Award competition for 2024.
The deadline for submitting the works for Award Exhibition is January 14, 2024
The competition will be held in two stages – consultation and final round. We welcome participants from all fine arts students of EKA.
The deadline for submitting the works for Award Exhibition is January 14, 2024
The proposal submitted to the competition must contain the title of the work, a description of the idea (up to 1000 characters) and visual material (design or drawing, if necessary, links to sound or video) with information about the dimensions of the work, the materials used and specifics of execution/installation. Please submit all information in one pdf file.
We accept proposals from individual authors to enter the competition with works completed in 2023 and not exhibited outside EKA or with idea for a new work. Works with shared authorship or group work will not be discussed.
The competition entries can be uploaded here.
Young Sculptor Award exhibition at EKKM, February 29 – March 11, 2024.
Based on the submitted works, the commission will select 8-10 works to be exhibited at the Young Sculptor Award exhibition at EKKM, February 29 – March 11, 2024. The laureate of the Young Sculptor Award 2024 will be announced at the opening of the exhibition. A jury, separate and independent of the organizers, will make the decision in this regard.
Since 2012, The Young Sculptor’s Award and accompanying exhibition aim to highlight and recognize the professional activities of young artists involved in sculpture and installation.
Previous laureates of Young Sculptor’s Award are Hanna Piksarv, Sten Saarits, Anna Mari Liivrand, Johannes Valdma, Rosa Violetta Grötsch, Johannes Luik, Siim Elmers, Sarah Nõmm, Junny Yeung and Mara Kirchberg.