Deadline: 15 March 2024
For the 2024 Misk Art Grant, Misk Foundation invites emerging and mid-career artists from the Middle East and North Africa to explore phenomena shaped by modern technology like constant connectivity, data analytics, and algorithmic systems.
Expanding beyond traditional gallery spaces, they are seeking various forms of multimedia outdoor artworks such as video, virtual reality, sculptures, and installations. They seek artworks that investigate both the opportunities and limitations that media and technology impose, and welcome works critiquing technology’s capacity to exploit or alter human behavior as well as pieces investigating its potential for novel social formations.
The selected artworks will shed light on the interplay between technological progress and underlying social dimensions while encouraging critical reflection on the tools and processes that shape perception today.
Note: Recipients are offered one-on-one sessions with mentors. The overall program aims to help enhance the artist’s skills, inspire them, and develop an art community.
Misk Art Grant Objectives
- The Grant champions artistic research by providing funding and access to mentorship. Grant recipients are able dedicate time and effort to creating works that tackle the chosen thematic focus while also expanding ongoing dialogs.
- In short, the Grant:
- Provides funding opportunities for emerging and mid-career Saudi and Arab artists
- Provides technical and conceptual advice and support from mentors
- Aims to enhance the quality of local creative production
- Provides the opportunity for recipients to engage with and become a part of the regional art scene
- Looks to encourage the production of regional artworks
- Allows artists to experiment with novel and innovative ideas
Who’s it for?
- Emerging and mid-career visual artists from the MENA who have previously participated in solo or group exhibitions, residencies, and/or participated in international galleries.
For more information, visit Misk Foundation.
