Visit Chaiya Art Awards Winners Exhibition at the OXO gallery
where 50 artists examine the premise God is…The world has changed and caused many of us to search out ways to refocus our lives. A year on from the start of the pandemic, Google revealed that in 2020 searches for ‘prayer’ soared. This questioning after the divine is the inspiration behind the second £10,000 Chaiya Art Awards prize and exhibition God is….’
Commenting on the awards and this year’s theme, author Ann Clifford says: “Our understanding of life is individual, but we all cry out in pain and pleasure, we all crave connection and something more… Grasping the opportunity to explore spirituality will enrich, sustain and offer adventurous hope.”
Selected from over 700 entries, the 50 visual artists featured in this juried and curated exhibition God is …’ a mystery explored through canvas and paper, photographs and video, others cloth and stitch; 3D metalwork and pottery; bronze and stone sculpture; glass and pipework; a movement sensitive robot alongside an interactive sign with sonic sensors. Hosted from 14 - 23 May 2021 at the prestigious oxo@gallery on London’s South Bank, the exhibition will create a liminal space where life’s pain and pleasure dissolve, where questions and answers fade into shadow, and where the indefinable lies, a treasure waiting to be found.
The Chaiya Art Awards is the UK’s largest awards exploring spirituality through the visual arts, an inclusive competition for artists, whatever their faith or views on God. The panel of five judges, all well respected experts in the arts arena, will choose the winner of the top prize of £10,000 along with other prizes. But visitors will also have their say, in voting for public prize from the artwork on display during the exhibition.
EVENT: Chaiya Art Awards, Affordable Art Fair, Winners Exhibition
DATES: Fri 14 May – Sun 23 April 2021
OPEN: 11am – 6pm every day (till 4pm on last day)
VENUE: Gallery@OXO, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street,
South Bank, London, SE1 9PH
Entrance is free. Artwork for sale, prices from £50 - £20,000
10% of all artwork sold goes to our Charity partner UNSEEN
- working to end human trafficking and modern slavery.
THE EXHIBITION WILL ALSO BE ONLINE SIMULTANEOUSLY from 14-May to 31 July 2021,
to allow access from all over the world.
For more information visit: chaiyaartawards.co.uk
Or linktr.ee/chaiyaartawards
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Natalie Bergman - Your Love Is My Shelter.
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