Chaiya Art Awards, the UK’s biggest art awards illuminating spirituality is bigger and better than ever. With a first prize of £10,000, this third biennial competition, is now hosting over 100 artists in a unique exhibition entitled AWE+WONDER.
Savour this rare but affordable art collection over 14 rooms across 2 galleries. Engage with the artists as they respond to the theme of AWE+WONDER. Their work expresses itself in diverse mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, textiles, ceramics and installations. Immerse yourself in its multi-faceted spirituality. Give yourself time – to hover, to breathe, and let its contents kiss your space with the unexpected. Make space for uninhibited, magical journeying.
Reaching out far and wide to solely UK artists Chaiya Art Awards invited thousands to participate and over 700 submitted. Founder, Katrina Moss comments “We know that art helps us to gain a fresh perspective in times of crisis and conflict, but can also be genuinely transformative, taking the artist and the viewer on journeys of discovery. Each year’s competition is underpinned by the theme of spirituality and we invite and engage people of all faiths to enter; those with none and everyone in between. When setting each year’s competition brief, we give artists the opportunity to explore and express their response to spirituality and to the theme through their creativity.”
Joining Katrina on the judging panel for 2023 were Kaffe Fassett, Favour Jonathan, Alastair Adams, Dr Christo Kefalas, Marcus Lyon, Ann Clifford, and Alastair Gordon. The public are also invited to vote for their favourite artwork with the winning artist receiving a £1000 prize.
Alongside the exhibition is ‘AWE+WONDER’ the book which includes all the finalists’ work alongside vibrant poetry and prose. It allows profound engagement with the theme viewed through the eyes of both artists and writer.
7-16 April 2023 at gallery@oxo and The Bargehouse on London’s Southbank
Bargehouse Street, London. SE1 9PH
11-6pm (last day till 4pm)
FREE ADMISSION
Art for sale £150 - £25,000
more info at https://chaiyaartawards.co.uk
The exhibition includes several artists I know and have worked with in various ways: Deborah Harrison; David Millidge; and Ali Mulroy. David Millidge's 'The Last Supper' was included in several commission4mission exhibitions including 'Reconciliation', the exhibition I organised at Coventry Cathedral. My Artlyst interview with Chaiya Art Awards founder Katrina Moss and other pieces on the Chaiya Art Awards can be found here, here, here and here.
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Gordon Gano (featuring Mary Lou Ward) - Oh Wonder.
