The evaluation board of nctm e l’arte: Artists-in-residence met last 25 June and picked Juan Sandoval and Alessandro Quaranta as the XI edition’s scholarship winners. Such decision was endorsed by the Comitato Arte of Nctm Studio Legale.
nctm e l’arte: Artists-in-residence is a bi-annual scholarship programme reserved for visual artists residing in Italy, who have already been admitted to international artists-in-residence programs and are globally recognised by the art world. Award criteria are focused on artistic profile, the relevance of previously-developed projects, the training opportunities offered by the awarded city of residency and the quality of the projects submitted.
The evaluation board includes Gabi Scardi, the artistic director of nctm e l’arte, as a permanent member and, from time to time, some of the foremost contemporary art critics of the Italian art landscape, in addition to one or more artists who were awarded the scholarship in previous editions. In the context of the XI edition of nctm e l’arte: Artists-in-residence, the board responsible for evaluating the projects submitted included, inter alia, critic-and-curator Simone Menegoi and artists Franco Ariaudo and Fabrizio Bellomo.
The scholarship scheme was introduced in the context of nctm e l’arte, the project of Nctm Studio Legale dedicated to contemporary art. Born in 2011, nctm e l’arte involves supporting artistic projects, cooperating with the Italian cultural institutions concerned and creating a collection.
Juan Sandoval (Medellin, 1972)
The evaluation board awarded him the scholarship for residency at Four Corners, London.
The board especially welcomed the quality of the project and its relevance to the awarded city of residency.
The artist indeed gives his own interpretation of the building issues arising from the recent city and real estate development. The project reveals a strong relationship between poetic vision, rooting in reality and the influence of the artist’s Colombian origin, on one hand, and a great ability to interact with others, on the other.
Alessandro Quaranta (Torino, 1975)
The evaluation board awarded him the scholarship for residency at CAIRN Centre d’Art, Digne-les-Bains.
The board intended to reward the artist’s poetic sensitiveness, relational approach and desire to develop a true and deep knowledge of the place where he works and its inhabitants, while appreciating his ability to manage the length of time involved with the project.
The scholarship was aimed at allowing Alessandro Quaranta to develop his undergoing project at CAIRN Centre d’Art.
The next scholarship programme nctm e l'arte: Artists-in-residence will be launched in October 2018.
