Artist Kent Chan (b.1984, lives and works in Singapore and The Netherlands) has been awarded the 2021 Foundwork Artist Prize, alongside London-based multidisciplinary artist Onyeka Igwe, both of whom will receive unrestricted $10,000 grants and studio visits with each of the esteemed jurors.
In addition to the two honorees, three artists were named to Foundwork’s 2021 Short List: Chicago-based sculptor and installation artist Selva Aparicio; Hong-Kong-based video artist and sculptor Law Yuk Mui; and Los Angeles-based sculptor Bri Williams. Chan, Igwe, and the three shortlisted artists will also each participate in long-form interviews as part of Foundwork’s ongoing Dialogues program.
“The artists we had the pleasure to review for the Foundwork Prize were incredibly inspiring—the level and quality of the work was amazing and made our jobs difficult as jurors. The finalists had deeply thoughtful, boldly executed practices centered around urgent issues,” says Carlos. “Kent Chan, who we selected as one of the two honorees, works primarily in film, though his dynamic practice also spans many different forms and mediums. His work explores the complex relations between colonialism, politics, and identity through engaging and playing within narrative, history, subjectivity and metaphor.”
