From UKNA Press Release: “From a record breaking 963 submissions, the top 10 entries have been shortlisted for the second edition of the Robert Walters UK New Artist of the Year Award 2021.
The 10 shortlisted artists will have the honour of having their work exhibited at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London on Thursday 4 November 2021, where the overall winner of the £10,000 cash prize will be announced at a VIP awards evening.
The exhibition will remain on view, with free public entry, from Thursday 4 November through Sunday 7 November 2021 at Saatchi Gallery.
The runner up will receive a cash prize of £5,000 to go towards the development of the artists’ future career in the industry.
The award set out to discover and champion exceptional artists who are representative of contemporary Britain, and has brought back together three leading organisations – global recruitment consultancy Robert Walters Group, leading arts charity UK New Artists, and renowned contemporary art platform Saatchi Gallery – to help provide a career springboard for emerging artists.
Within the brief: Where do we go from here? Is there to be a ‘new normal’ judges sought artists and works thatexplored the impact and aftermath of what has been a globally turbulent and trialling time for all – from our relationship to the things we once held close, right through to the pressure and barriers that the pandemic directly presented on our lives. “
Molly Kent has been shortlisted for this exciting New Artist of the Year Award, she has also been selected for the Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, 1st to 23rd of November, the RSA New Contemporaries at the Royal Scottish Academy – Edinburgh, 26th February-March 27th 2022. Now is definitely the right time to invest in Molly’s work – though there are few pieces available – view and buy available work via her page.
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