Shortlist revealed for 2022 LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize

10 February 2022

The finalists' work will be exhibited at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art in July

10 February 2022

Work by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV. Photo: courtesy LOEWE Foundation

Judges have narrowed down 3,100 entries from 116 countries to a shortlist of 30 artists who are in the running for the prestigious 2022 LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize. Among them are artists working with ancient techniques and experimenting with new materials and technologies, several of whom have appeared in Crafts magazine or at Collect art fair.

Ceramic artists Andile Dyalvane and Kate Malone, silversmith David Clarke and wood sculptor Eleanor Lakelin are among those on the shortlist who have been interviewed by Crafts, while bamboo artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV and ceramic sculptor Fernando Casasempere will be featured in the upcoming March/April issue.

Cornish Wall by Andile Dyalvane. Photo: Leach Pottery & Southern Guild
Landscape of Memory by Eleanor Lakelin. Photo: courtesy LOEWE Foundation

Lakelin is exhibiting at Collect art fair this month (Somerset House, 25-27 February 2022, previews 23-24 February), alongside ceramic and textile artist Marianne Huotari and collaborative duo Awaré, who work with textiles and wood.

Several LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize finalists from previous years are also exhibiting at Collect 2022, include Simone Pheulpin (cover star of the current issue of Crafts), wood artist Ernst Gamperl (who appeared in Crafts’ September/October 2019 issue), metal artist Adi Toch (Crafts, July/August 2019) and ceramic artist Akiko Hirai (Crafts, July/August 2018).

Work by Kate Malone. Photo: Adrian Sassoon

The fifth edition of the prize, which comes with a €50,000 award, will culminate in an exhibition in South Korea, at the Seoul Museum of Craft Art. The shortlist, which includes artists from 15 countries, was selected by a panel including previous finalists, such as glass artist Jiyong Lee and ceramicist Sara Flynn, and leaders of arts institutions, including the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Korea Craft and Design Foundation. LOEWE creative director Jonathan Anderson, who established the prize, will be among the jury of 12 that picks the winner.

Ananasakaama by Marianne Huotari. Photo: Anna Autio
Work by Awaré. Photo: courtesy LOEWE Foundation

The full list of finalists:

Annika Jarring (Sweden)

Awaré (France)

Beate Leonards (Germany)

Blast Studio (United Kingdom)

Tanabe Chikuunsai IV (Japan)

Dahye Jeong (Republic of Korea)

David Clarke (United Kingdom)

Domingos Tótora (Brazil)

Eleanor Lakelin (United Kingdom)

Fernando Casasempere (Chile)

Fredrik Nielsen (Sweden)

Junsu Kim (Republic of Korea)

Julia Obermaier (Germany)

Kate Malone (United Kingdom)

Konrad Koppold (Germany)

Lu Bin (China)

Madoda Fani (South Africa)

Marianne Huotari (Finland)

Mayumi Onagi (Japan)

Mel Douglas (Australia)

Minwook Kim (Republic of Korea)

Myungtaek Jung (Republic of Korea)

Pao Hui Kao (Taiwan)

Peter T. McCarthy (Cote d’Ivoire)

Sangwook Huh (Republic of Korea)

Soyun Jung (Republic of Korea)

Trinidad Contreras (Spain)

Vera Siemund (Germany)

Yongjin Chung (Republic of Korea)

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