Pilar Citoler Competition for Contemporary Photography with €15,000 Award

The 10th edition of the Pilar Citoler International Biennial Award for Contemporary Photography 2019 is now open for those who want to participate. The call is open to contemporary visual artists of any nationality. The 10th Edition of the Pilar Citoler International Biennial Award for Contemporary Photography will particularly take into account the candidates' body of work, their international exposure and their engagement with current themes in contemporary photography.

Terms and Conditions:

1. Participating artists must submit a single photographic work that may consist of a single image, diptych, polyptych or several other formats, as long as the piece is no larger than the measurements indicated in the call (200 × 200 cm for each side).
2. Works must be unpublished and cannot have won any other competitions, independently of the theme, the technique or the way it is exhibited.
3. Proposals can be works already finished (framed or not) or samples to scale printed on high-quality photographic paper that will not exceed the maximum measurements of 70 × 70 cm or a minimum of 30 × 30 cm.
4. Recommended scale: 1/2 or 1/3 of the actual size of the work. The scale sample to be submitted must correspond exactly in all aspects to the original work that it represents. 

Selection Process and Announcement:

1. The jury will shortlist fifteen works from all the entries and then will choose the overall winner of the prize, taking into particular consideration the artistic quality of the entry, the artist’s body of work, their international exposure and their engagement with current themes in contemporary photography. 
2. The jury’s decision will be final and it reserves the right to declare the prize null and void.
3. The names of the fifteen finalists will be published on the website www.premiopilarcitoler.es during the week following the jury’s ruling. The award ceremony will take place in the month of February 2020.
4. Only shortlisted participants and the winner of the prize will be contacted by the organization.

Benefits:

A single prize will be granted consisting of three parts:

•  15,000 Euros: This purse will be subjected to any applicable taxes. The winning work will become part of the art collection belonging to the Universidad de Córdoba. The award ceremony will take place on February 2020.
• Solo Exhibition: The exhibition will showcase the artistic body of work of the winner of the PBIFCPC. The technical characteristics of the exhibition will be determined by the institution organizing the PBIFCPC. The exhibition's production and the framing of the works to be displayed in its entirety will the responsibility of the winning artist.
• Monograph: Publication of a monograph, in 2020-2021, that will analyze the work and career of the winning artist. The technical characteristics of this edition will be the same established for the collection, PBIFCPC, for research and dissemination of contemporary photography. The winning artist will provide the digital images for the book and any other material required for its proper completion. He/she will be able to suggest one or two specialists in contemporary photography or contemporary art to writing a text in that monograph next to the text of the curator of the solo exhibition.

Required Documents:

1. Photocopy of the entrant’s identity card or passport.
2. Specifications of the entry, including the author’s name, name of the work, measurements, date, technique being used and estimated value of the piece. In cases of a presentation by pseudonym or heteronym, or group name, the real names of the artist/s must be included in the registration form.
3. If a photographic sample to scale is presented instead of the finalized work in its real size, it will have to be in a format that the artist considers appropriate, no exceeding the maximum and minimum measurements established at 70 x 70 cm and 30 x 30 cm respectively.
4. In all cases, and for the purpose of publishing the corresponding catalogue, the image of the photograph to be presented will be delivered in a pen drive or SD card, using the following formats: CMYK mode (Cyan Magenta Yellow Black), TIFF format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch) in DIN A4 size.
5. Curriculum vitae (both in digital format as well as in paper) that should include a portfolio with at least ten photographs documenting the artist’s body of work in a size the artist considers appropriate.

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