PLATFORM PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

PLATFORM centre is excited to announce the 2020 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 Manitoba. Current students are not eligible.

The winner of this award will receive:
– $2000 CAD
– a one-year PLATFORM membership
– one-year access to PLATFORM’s black and white darkrooms
– feature on PLATFORM’s website
– a solo exhibition in PLATFORM’s Gallery 2

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications are due 31 May 2020. Submissions must include a bio, CV, artist statement (500 words max), 10 images of work (if video, total duration of 10 minutes), and image list. Please email submissions to director@platformgallery.org with the subject “2020 PLATFORM Photography Award Submission”. The winner will be chosen by a jury comprised of community members and PLATFORM Board Members.

PLATFORM is an artist-run centre dedicated to considering the expanded role of photography in contemporary art. Through exhibitions, lectures, workshops, production facilities and publications – we are committed to fostering and sustaining a critically engaged community.

PAST RECIPIENTS

2019 Rhayne Vermette, True Stories

2018 Mariana Muñoz Gomez, Recorrer, to wander

2017 Hannah Doucet, I wondered when my body would deflate.