Jameel Prize finalists on show in Singapore

Source: V&A website.

The Jameel Prize is an international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. Its aim is to explore the relationship between Islamic traditions of art, craft and design and contemporary work as part of a wider debate about Islamic culture and its role today.

Worth £25,000, the prize was first awarded in 2009 and is held every two years, when work by the finalists is shown in an international touring exhibition. Both the Prize and the exhibition are organised by the V&A Museum in partnership with Art Jameel.

While the Jameel Prize is open to artists and designers from any ethnic, religious or cultural background, entry for the Jameel Prize is by nomination. The V&A invites a growing band of specialists around the world with knowledge of contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition to list artists and designers whose work they consider eligible. The artists and designers so nominated are invited to submit an application based on work produced in the previous five years. An independent panel of judges then meet to choose a shortlist.

Each finalist for the Jameel Prize is selected for a particular body of work, and they are invited to show examples of this work in a group exhibition, held at the V&A or another prominent venue. The judges then view the exhibition, from which they select the winner of the Prize.

Each edition of the Jameel Prize exhibition includes an international tour. Jameel Prize 3 received more than 140,000 visits at the V&A in 2013 and 2014 before being shown in Russia and in Sharjah, the UAE. The exhibition is currently in Singapore.

Interested?

The Jameel Prize exhibition runs from 9 October 2015 to 3 November 2015 at the Level 10 Gallery, National Library Board (NLB) Building.