2022
THE 2022 SOVEREIGN ASIAN ART PRIZE
Finalists Exhibition
Finalists in the running for this year’s Prize hail from 16 countries and regions across Asia-Pacific, of which Hong Kong has the strongest representation with 5 artists shortlisted. Amongst the finalists, 27 artists have been shortlisted for the first time.
This year, The Prize received 419 entries from 27 countries and regions in Asia-Pacific. A total of 76 independent arts professionals – 11 of them new to the nominating board for 2022 and comprising curators and academics who work closely with artists in their respective regions – nominated 278 artists into The Prize. The 30 finalists were shortlisted by a panel of four world-class art specialists, namely: writer, curator, and museum director, David Elliott; artist, curator, and actress, Karena Lam; artist and winner of The 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Li Binyuan; and Senior Curator, Digital and Heritage at Tai Kwun, Ying Kwok. An additional artwork was also selected as a special inclusion for the exhibition resulting in a total of 31 artists on display this year.
View the artworks at Art Central Hong Kong from 26 - 29 May. Tickets are available via the @artcentralhk website: https://artcentralhongkong.com/programme/
You can also view the artworks online and vote for your favourite on The Sovereign Art Foundation's website: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/art-prizes/2022-edition/
The artist with the most support from the public will be awarded the Public Vote Prize, so please remember to cast your vote!
Finalists in the running for this year’s Prize hail from 16 countries and regions across Asia-Pacific, of which Hong Kong has the strongest representation with 5 artists shortlisted. Amongst the finalists, 27 artists have been shortlisted for the first time.
This year, The Prize received 419 entries from 27 countries and regions in Asia-Pacific. A total of 76 independent arts professionals – 11 of them new to the nominating board for 2022 and comprising curators and academics who work closely with artists in their respective regions – nominated 278 artists into The Prize. The 30 finalists were shortlisted by a panel of four world-class art specialists, namely: writer, curator, and museum director, David Elliott; artist, curator, and actress, Karena Lam; artist and winner of The 2021 Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Li Binyuan; and Senior Curator, Digital and Heritage at Tai Kwun, Ying Kwok. An additional artwork was also selected as a special inclusion for the exhibition resulting in a total of 31 artists on display this year.
View the artworks at Art Central Hong Kong from 26 - 29 May. Tickets are available via the @artcentralhk website: https://artcentralhongkong.com/programme/
You can also view the artworks online and vote for your favourite on The Sovereign Art Foundation's website: https://www.sovereignartfoundation.com/art-prizes/2022-edition/
The artist with the most support from the public will be awarded the Public Vote Prize, so please remember to cast your vote!
The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Finalists
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2022
SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING NEW
Curated by Arshad Faruqui
The emergence of the pandemic has brought overwhelming changes in society and forced humanity to rethink how we live. Until just over a year ago, we took face-to-face human interaction for granted. On one hand, the world was under lockdown, and we were unable to be in the company of our friends and family, but on the other hand, it opened new ways to communicate, reach out to people and stay in touch with those whom one had lost contact with. It opened new avenues to think, share, and create.
Keeping this spirit of resilience in mind, "Something Borrowed, Something New" is a collaboration between myself and artists, architects and designers who have been a part of my journey and who have inspired me. With some, ideas and concepts were exchanged through Zoom, WhatsApp and emails, and with others, an incomplete or an ongoing piece of work or a space was shared and developed.
This exhibition celebrates The Borrowed to create The New.
Arshad Faruqui
The emergence of the pandemic has brought overwhelming changes in society and forced humanity to rethink how we live. Until just over a year ago, we took face-to-face human interaction for granted. On one hand, the world was under lockdown, and we were unable to be in the company of our friends and family, but on the other hand, it opened new ways to communicate, reach out to people and stay in touch with those whom one had lost contact with. It opened new avenues to think, share, and create.
Keeping this spirit of resilience in mind, "Something Borrowed, Something New" is a collaboration between myself and artists, architects and designers who have been a part of my journey and who have inspired me. With some, ideas and concepts were exchanged through Zoom, WhatsApp and emails, and with others, an incomplete or an ongoing piece of work or a space was shared and developed.
This exhibition celebrates The Borrowed to create The New.
Arshad Faruqui
