The Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation has announced the names of three selected artists for the 2017 Drawing Prize. Charles Avery was selected as one of the artists alongside Ciprian Muresan and Didier Trenet. The selected artists will have an exhibition in Paris at the Salon du Dessin from 22 to 27 March 2017 at the Palais Brongniart. The jury will meet on 23 March 2017 and the winner will be announced on the same day. The winner will be awarded 15,000 EUR and the two other artists will be awarded 5,000 EUR each. A work by the winner is offered to a French institution by the Foundation.
The prize is reserved for French and foreign artists, whether live in France or not, but who sustain a privileged cultural link with France, and for whom drawing constitutes a significant part of their work. The candidates are selected by a committee composed of the two founders, Daniel and Florence Guerlain, and of four members chosen for their competence in contemporary art. Following a working meeting with the artists, visits to studios and analysis, the committee selects three artists whose work is presented to a jury that changes with each prize and chooses the winner.
Award Ceremony: 23 March 2017, 1pm
Salon du Dessin
Palais Brongniart
75002 Paris
France
Image: Charles Avery, Untitled (Inner Circle, Onomatopoeia Zoo), 2016. Pencil, acrylic, gouache, watercolour and ink on paper, 203.5 x 338 cm