Joyeros Argentinos

Gallery Funaki has been promoting international contemporary jewellery to Australian audiences for over 12 years. In 2006 the inaugural Gallery Funaki International Jewellery Award, titled Connect, showcased the work of 28 jewellers from 12 countries.

The gallery invites you to participate in the second Award, titled Transformation.

Your approach to this theme can be process based (for instance the transforming of materials from one state to another, encouraging us to see them in a new way) or it can be conceptual (an investigation of the ideas the word transformation invokes).

This is a non-acquisitive award. AU$5000 will be awarded to the first prize recipient.

A jury including Mari Funaki, award sponsors Leo & Vivienne Donati and two practitioners from the contemporary jewellery field will select the works for exhibition.

Gallery Funaki will exhibit the selected work in a major exhibition in June 2008. The work must be available until January 2009, unless an agreement has been made with the artist.

Application deadline: April 15
Selection announced: April 30
Work delivered by: May 23
Exhibition dates: June 3 – 28

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

· Only jewellery will be accepted, and must have been made after January 2007. It may be a single piece or a series of no more than five pieces. If the work is presented as a series, Gallery Funaki reserves the right to select from this series for exhibition. The work must be by the person submitting the application.

· Two images of the work must be submitted on CD. Images are non-returnable. Please do not send images by email – email applications will not be accepted.

· Applications must be postmarked no later than Tuesday 15 April 2008. Successful applicants will be notified by email, and work must be received at Gallery Funaki no later than 23 May 2008.

· All submissions MUST be accompanied by the following information:
o name of artist and a brief CV (one page max.)
o postal address and phone number (if in Australia)
o email address
o title of work/s
o year made
o materials
o dimensions in mm
o artist price in Australian dollars
o is the work flexible (ie. does it have movement?)
o can you resize or remake the work?

· The work submitted for exhibition must be the same as the images sent in the application.

· The person submitting the application is responsible for the cost of the application and transportation of the work to Gallery Funaki, including any customs costs incurred. Gallery Funaki will not be liable for any loss or damage to the work incurred during transport.

· The work will be insured by Gallery Funaki from its receipt until its return to the artist.

· The work can be made with any material. Please note however, that the work must withstand transportation by post. The weight and scale of the work should allow for normal parcel postage below 1kg.

· All works must be for sale. The Gallery will take 40% commission of the selling price.

This project is supported by Vivienne and Leo Donati.

Please post your application to:

Gallery Funaki
PO Box 581
Carlton North
Victoria 3054
Australia

If you have any queries, please email galleryfunaki@iinet.net.au

Please read the conditions of entry carefully before submitting your application.
Applications must be postmarked no later than 15 April 2008.