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LONGLIST announced: 30 APRIL

53 artists have been long-listed, from around 2000 entries by 403 artists.
Apatina, Uliana
Armitage, Joshua
Bang, Emma
Barnett, Mark
Bermingham, Helen
Carins, Miranda
Chambers, Amanda
Collison, Thomas
Denyer, Lisa
Ekins, Andrew
Ellison, Theo
Flood, Damien
Franklin, Charlie
Geccelli, Martina
Gilbert, Bert
Gregson, Andrea
Harris, Kirsty
Hasler, Andrea
Hodge, Nicky
Hopes, Paul
Jackson, Mark
Jones, Judith
Kalpaxi, Elisavet
Kippax, Will
Laas, AJ
Locke, Lana
Love, Jacob
Loxton, Ashley
Lyons, Lucy
Mapes, Lindsay
Maple, Sarah
Marguet, Antonio
Noble, Alex
Parfitt, Anne
Perach, Anna
Sarnthein, Claudia
Saye, Ed
Sheehan, Stephen
Shepherd, Simon
Storr, Rhea
Suh, Shinuk
Surridge, Katie
Surti, Srinivas
Swift, Matthew
Ten Doornkaat, Hanna
Theobald, David
Thomas, Elly
Tweed, Charlie
Valtierra, Jaime
Walden, Romily Alice
Waterman, Sally
Yoon, Ilkwon
Zeiss, Richard

WINNER ANNOUNCED: 29 May

WINNER: ILKWON YOON
​HIGHLY COMMENDED: JAIME VALTIERRA

Shortlist ANNOUNCED: 8 MAY 

12 artists have been short-listed; their work is exhibited 30 May - 7 June
Flood, Damien
​Harris, Kirsty
​Marguet, Antonio
​Perach, Anna

Sarnthein, Claudia
​Saye, Ed
​Suh, Shinuk
Swift, Matthew
​Thomas, Elly

Tweed, Charlie

Valtierra, Jaime
Yoon, Ilkwon

FINALISTS EXHIBITION: 30 MAY - 7 JUNE 2018

preview and prize-giving: Tuesday 29 May 6-9pm, The Cello Factory, 33-34 Cornwall Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8TJ

WINNER'S EXHIBITION: Jan 2019

16 - 20 January 2019, Art Projects, The London Art Fair.

PRIZE
+ SOLO exhibition @ London Art Fair 2019
+ £1000 cash
+ support & mentoring

+ GROUP exhibition for shortlisted finalists 30 May - 7 June 2018 (PV Tuesday 29 May 6-9pm) 
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@ Chiara Williams Contemporary Art @ The Cello Factory, London
JUDGES
+ Sarah Martin 
(Head of Exhibitions
, Turner Contemporary)
+ Alistair Hicks (Writer, Curator, former Senior Curator at Deutsche Bank)
+ Sarah Monk (Director London Art Fair)
+ Chiara Williams (Chair & Director Chiara Williams Contemporary Art)


SELECTION PANEL
+ Kyung Hwa Shon 
(winner SOLO Award 2015)
+ Enzo Marra (painter)

+ Shaun Stamp (artist)
+ Chiara Williams (Chair & Director Chiara Williams Contemporary Art)


ELIGIBILITY | open to artists of all ages 18+, working in all media, of all nationalities, but must be based in the UK or ROI (i.e. living or working or studying). View full list of Guidelines.

ABOUT
The SOLO Award™ is an annual contemporary art prize open to artists of all ages, working in all media. The finalists are exhibited in a group show each spring and the overall winner receives a cash prize and a solo exhibition at the London Art Fair each January.
The SOLO Award is an entirely not-for-profit project, now in its 7th year. Aimed at supporting the careers of emerging and mid-career artists, the award broadens audiences by presenting the winners' ambitious and creatively risk-taking solo projects within the established commercial context of the London Art Fair, which attracts an annual 30K+ visitors. By bridging the non-profit and commercial art worlds, and involving a respected selection panel of art world professionals, the SOLO Award is a unique, independent prize for artists who feel they are demonstrating strong potential or are at a pivotal point in their careers. 
​Each year, the SOLO Award invites an independent panel of art world professionals to choose their winner. Previous judges have included: Sarah Monk, Robin Klassnik, Lisa Le Feuvre, Francesco Pantaleone, Gordon Cheung, Danielle Arnaud, Fedja Klikovac, Kate Brindley, Cherry Smyth, Lisa Milroy, Alison Wilding, Charlotte Mullins, Ceri Hand, Gill Saunders, Sheila McGregor, Helen Sumpter, Kate Davis, Deb Covell.

The annual call for entries launches at the London Art Fair each January alongside a presentation of the latest winner of the award. Read more about last year's 2017 winner Frances Richardson and her new project 'in times of brutal instability', which launches at the London Art Fair 17-21 January 2018.
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Interested but missed the deadline?...sign up below for timely reminders of the 2019 call for entries:

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For further information about the 2018 SOLO Award, please contact
​Chiara Williams: 
thesoloaward@gmail.com / +44 (0)7519646508
 
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