The deadline for submitting nominations for the BKF award Artist-run Exhibition Venues of the Year 2017 has now expired.
BKF has received nominations from a total of 47 artist-run exhibition venues across the country. This is an increase compared to last year, when 36 places were nominated for the award.
"We are really happy that even more exhibition locations have been selected this year. The list of this year's nominees reflects the wide range, the strong commitment and the high level of quality that characterizes the artist-driven environment here at home," says Nis Rømer, chairman of the Association of Visual Artists.
The jury chooses
On the basis of the submitted nominations, a jury selects the winners of the BKF prize Artist-run Exhibition Venues of the Year 2017, which consists of three awards of 25.000 each.
The jury this year consists of:
Nis Rømer, visual artist, chairman of the Association of Visual Artists
Kirsten Astrup, visual artist, graduate from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 2017
Mathias Kryger, visual artist, curator, critic at the daily newspaper Politiken and visiting professor at the Funen Art Academy.
The winners will be announced at a festive gathering on 13 October in Carlsberg Akademi's Pompejisal. Everyone is welcome!
Nominees for Artist-run Exhibition Venues of the Year 2017:
- Astrid Noack's Atelier
- BETON
- CAMP – Center for Art on Migration Politics
- Ceresbyen 1A
- Country Town
- c4 projects
- D7
- DANCE atelier
- The Nordic Embassy
- Diachronic
- yet
- ET4U
- The publisher Gestus
- Future Suburban Contemporary
- GrafikGalleriet in Næstved
- Hospital Prison University Archive
- Hygum Art Museum
- Instant Herlev Institute (IHI)
- Jir Sandel
- KIKssh
- Koldinggade 12
- Square 16
- Kunsthal Ulys
- Art gallery Next door
- Meter
- Mogens Otto Nielsen's exhibition container
- OKCorral
- Warehouse 64
- Pool
- Project room K 19
- Ringsted Gallery
- room46
- ESCAPE
- Silkeborg Art Gallery
- Sixty-eight Art Institute
- Skagen Art Gallery
- Skovsnogen Deep Forest Artland
- Selde sculpture village
- The summer exhibition Masnedø Fort
- Black Square
- Spain 19C
- Svend's Library
- Sydhavn Station
- For wall
- TONENTON
- Exhibition center Pirpa
- Vermilion Sands
Read the report from last year's awards ceremony and see the motivations for awarding the awards to last year's winners, click here...