The BKF award pays tribute to the artists' own exhibition venues
"Artists' own exhibition venues and projects are driven by an admirable commitment and are often financed by the artists' own funds. They play an important role in the development of the entire artistic life, and deserve far more recognition and visibility.'
The winning statuette Artist Run Space was created by sculptor Anders Bonnesen.
That's what Nis Rømer, chairman of the Association of Visual Artists (BKF), who, together with the association's board, is behind the BKF Artist-run Exhibitions of the Year award.
Artist-run Exhibition Venues of the Year 2021 consists of three awards of DKK 25.000 each, which this year were awarded at the new fair for artist-run projects Juxtapose Art Fair.
It happened on Godsbanen in Aarhus, Friday 20 August 2021.
Read: Here are the winners of the BKF prize Artist-run Exhibition Places of the Year 2021...
See an overview of all 31 nominees for the BKF award 2021 here....
Read the interview with the people behind Juxtapose Art Fair here…
Everyone could nominate favorite places
Until 1 AUGUST 2021
everyone has been able to nominate one or more places by sending an email with a short explanation mk@bkf.dk
Criteria
This year's Artist-run Exhibition Venues can be both permanent and temporary, physical and virtual. The criterion is that the place is run by visual artists (possibly in collaboration with other professional groups). Exhibitions by individual artists are not considered. The award is intended for new initiatives and exhibitions in the future.
See BKF's overview of artist-run exhibition venues throughout the country here...
Jury chooses
This year, the jury consisted of curator and art advisor Mette Woller, visual artist Sofie Thorsen and BKF's chairman Nis Rømer.
Together, the jury members choose three winners from among all the nominees. The winners were revealed at the award ceremony at the Juxtapose Art Fair on 20 August 2021.
Meet the 2021 nominees
Over the summer, we have published articles about several of the nominated exhibition venues:Platform BUNKER: From war to a new space for contemporary art...
Operations office: Passionate people create a new art space in an old factory...
KRÆ / the Syndicate of creatures: Art that disrupts petrified mindsets...
LOCAL: Artist collective with a focus on collaboration...
Radar Contemporary: New platform for sharp digital contemporary art…
Skjold Contemporary: Contemporary art in the football club...
SIMIAN: Underground art in Ørestad...
OXER: The ship is loaded with contemporary art...
Kunsthal Thy: He opened an art gallery in his own conservatory...
The Sol exhibition: They test artistic boundaries on Bornholm...
Top: The healing. Artistic performance of the exhibition platform Til Vægs, which was among the winners of the BKF prize 2020. Photo: Marina Castagna.
See BKF's overview of artist-run exhibition venues here...
Previous winners of the BKF prize Artist-run Exhibition Center of the Year
Winners 2020
Winners of the BKF prize 2021. Photo: Rine Rodin.
Skovsnogen – Deep Forest Artland
Read: Here are the winners of the BKF prize Artist-run Exhibition Venues of the Year 2020
Read: Here is the jury's shortlist for the BKF award 2020...
Read: Here are all the nominees for the BKF award 2020...
Watch videos about the winners 2020 on BKF's Vimeo channel:
Video: Til Vægs – Lundtoftegade
Video: Skovsnogen – Deep Forest Artland
Video: The exhibition platform e.g.
Video: Report from the award ceremony 2020
BKF award 2018
Winners of the BKF award 2018. Photo: BKF.
Winners 2018
Hospital University Prison Archive
Watch videos about the six nominated exhibition sites on the jury's shortlist here...
See the jury's shortlist for Artist-run Exhibition Places of the Year 2018 here...
See all the nominees for Artist-run Exhibition Places of the Year 2018 here...
"Artist-run exhibition spaces create professional opportunities for other artists and contribute with critical thinking, experiments and new forms of visual culture. It is a special form of collegial collaboration that often experiments with the framework and form of how art can be displayed. They all contribute to renewing and developing the art scene. With the award, BKF wants to recognize the significant artistic development work carried out in these projects.'
We hope that many will nominate artist-run places this year as well. In this way, we all help to make visible and celebrate the work of colleagues.
The money for the Artist-run Exhibition Venue of the Year award comes from BKF's share of Copydan's collective funds, which thus benefits the entire stand.
Winners 2017
The winners of the Artist-run Exhibition Venues of the Year 2017. Photo: Katrine Møbius.
Read the report from the 2017 awards ceremony and the jury's motivations here...
Watch a video about the BKF award Artist-run Exhibition Venues of the Year 2017 here...
See all the nominees for Artist-run Exhibition Places of the Year 2017, click here...
Winners 2016
Read the report from the 2016 awards ceremony and the motivations for awarding the awards...
Read Fagbladet Biledkunstneren #4 2016 with the theme of artists' self-organization...