Call for applications: Henrike Grohs Art Award 2024

The Henrike Grohs Art Award is a roving biennial art prize conceived by the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs’ family in memory of the former head of Goethe-Institut in Abidjan, Henrike Grohs, who was killed along with 18 others during a terrorist attack in Grand-Bassam in 2016. 

Grohs was instrumental in setting up the Music In Africa project in 2011. She served as a board member of the Music In Africa Foundation for two years and stepped down to focus on her responsibilities as the director of Goethe-Institut in Abidjan. She was 51 years old at the time of her death.

Who can apply?

The call is open to contemporary visual artists from various disciplines living and working on the African continent.

The winning individual artist or collective will receive a cash prize of €20 000 (about $22 000) and €10 000 towards the production of a publication on their work. Two artists or collectives will be selected as runners-up and will be awarded a cash prize of €5 000 each.

The prize aims to support outstanding artistic practices and contribute to cultural dialogue on the African continent. Since its inauguration in 2018, the prize has established itself as an outstanding opportunity to promote exceptional African contemporary art practice.

Interested artists should complete the application form here before 31 August.

Requirements

To complete the application form, applicants need to upload a PDF portfolio including the following:

• Artist bio (200 words max).
• Artist statement about your work (750 words max).
• A maximum of three recent bodies of work, consisting of at least five works of art each.
• Applicants can upload only one file (10MB max).

Note: By submitting the application, you agree to pass to the organisers all rights to use an image of your artwork(s) and images of the award event for publication and communication without any payment, should they be shortlisted.

Applicants should read the prize rules and conditions here before applying.

For more information about this call, email info@henrikegrohsartaward.africa.

View the original call here.