2024 PLATFORM PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
PLATFORM centre is excited to announce the 2024 PLATFORM Photography Award. This yearly award aims to assist the recipient in their creation of new lens-based work (photography and video). To be eligible for this award you must be based in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba. Current students are not eligible. Please review our mandate before submitting.
The winner of this award will receive:
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$3000 CAD
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a one-year PLATFORM membership
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one-year access to PLATFORM’s black and white darkrooms
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feature on PLATFORM’s website
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travel support for out of province applicants
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a solo exhibition in PLATFORM’s Gallery 2
Applications are due 31 May, 2023 at midnight CST. Submissions must include a bio, CV, artist statement (500 words max), 10 images of work (if video, total duration of 10 minutes, screening links are preferred), and image list. Your submission must be one single PDF*. The winner will be chosen by a jury composed of community members, PLATFORM Board Members and PLATFORM staff.* To ensure accessibility in our calls, we accept alternative forms of submission. Please contact programming@platformgallery.org for assistance with the application process.
PAST RECIPIENTS
2023 Taylor McArthur, circles of existence
2022 Glodi Bahati, Notes on Self Invention
2021 Elise Dawson, The Ideal Make Body
2021 Alyssa Bornn, Soft Ceiling
2021 Charles Venzon, Balikbayan Boxes-The Remittance Project-Hereforu
2020 Jean Borbridge, Hypermarket Rupture
2020 Christina Hajjar, Don’t Forget to Count Your Blessings
2020 Iyunade Judah, Transcension
2019 Rhayne Vermette, True Stories
2018 Mariana Muñoz Gomez, Recorrer, to wander
2017 Hannah Doucet, I wondered when my body would deflate.