2021 AHL – T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards Application Guidelines

Overview

The AHL Foundation is pleased to announce the open call for the 2021 AHL – T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards. These awards recognize the work of exemplary young emerging contemporary artists of Korean descent in the United States and provide them with a monetary prize and the opportunities to have their work presented at a group exhibition in Chelsea, Manhattan in Winter 2021 and participate in a mentoring program with the award jurors in Spring 2022.

The AHL Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 to support Korean artists based in the United States and promote exposure of their work in today’s highly competitive contemporary art scene. In 2017, the award was renamed to the AHL – T&W Foundation Contemporary Visual Art Awards, as an appreciation of the beneficial support and funding provided by the T&W Foundation to continue the Contemporary Visual Art Awards.

Please read the application guidelines carefully before starting your online application. We recommend having all your information ready to input and upload before starting the online application since applicants must finish the application in one sitting. 

**Award recipients must attend the Benefit Gala & Awards Ceremony**

Application Deadline:  April 30, 2021 (11:59pm EST)

Notification of Result: June 30, 2021 

Eligibility

  • Must be a visual artist of Korean heritage based in the U.S. (Commercial photographers, filmmakers, and dancers are not eligible for this award. However, fine art photographers, video artists, interdisciplinary artists and performance artists may apply.) 
  • Selected winners of the Contemporary Visual Art Awards from the past 3 years are not eligible for the 2021 Awards.

Awards

  • Gold Prize: $5,000 / Silver Prize: $4,000 / Bronze Prize $3,000
  • Group Exhibition in New York City

 Application Requirements

  • Artist Statement
  • Work Samples from the past 5 years (Up to 10 work sample images or 3 video links. If you wish to submit both, please upload up to 5 images and 2 video links.)
  • Full curriculum vitae of education, professional experience, honors, awards, and publications