SET TO take place in New York next year, LOEWE are proud to present the sixth edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2023. After receiving over 3,100 entries from 115 different countries for this year’s competition, the 2023 round will be accepting applications from the talented hopefuls until 25 October 2022.
Launched back in 2016 by Creative Director Jonathan Anderson, the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize is designed to showcase and celebrate the excellence, artistic merit, and originality in contemporary craftsmanship. By acknowledging international artists that portray a remarkable sense of ability, the prize supports the contenders by offering a grand prize of 50,000 euros to the winner.
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: Andile Dyalvane, South Africa, ‘Cornish Wall’, 2019
This prize seeks to lay the steppingstones for artistic talents and visions for the future. By boasting the levels on innovative standards to the globe, Loewe hope to inspire the next generations to follow and evolve into new creatives. Truly keeping the passion alive, the incentive for the prize goes back to Loewe’s humble beginnings as a collective craft workshop in 1846. A legacy of artists, essayists, curators, and designers make up a noteworthy panel to consider all submitted works, and a shortlist of up to 30 submissions will be curated.
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: Dahye Jeong, Republic of Korea, ‘A Time of Sincerity’, 2021
New faces to the skilful panel this year include, Andile Dyalvane, ceramist and finalist of the Craft Prize 2022, Myungtaek Jung, furniture artist and finalist of the Craft Prize 2022, Wolfgang Lösche, Head of Exhibition and Fairs at the Chamber of Skilled Trades, Munich, and Mary Savig, Curator of Craft at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The shortlisted entries will be based on a series of key criteria including; originality, clear artistic vision and merit, precise execution, material excellence, innovative value, and a distinct authorial mark.
Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: Julia Obermaier, Germany, ‘Verborgen’, 2021
Once determined, these works will form an exhibition set to display in New York from which the Prize’s jury will crown the winning piece – along with the newest member being Dahye Jeong, the winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2022.
by Alicia Tomkinson
Andile Dyalvane, South Africa, ‘Cornish Wall’, glazed stoneware clay, 340 x 340 x 450 mm, 2019
Dahye Jeong, Republic of Korea, ‘A Time of Sincerity’, horsehair, 375 x 290 x 270 mm, 2021
Julia Obermaier, Germany, ‘Verborgen’, rock crystal, resin, pigment and stainless steel, various dimensions, 2021