Prestigious glass award now open for artists world-wide to participate.
The Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award is granted to artists worldwide who make significant use of glass in their work.The Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation supports artists worldwide who show outstanding talent and make significant use of glass in their work. The 2019 award is now open for application. The foundation‘s main instrument is the award of prizes every two years. The Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award is endowed with 10,000 Euro. Additionally, two talent prizes are awarded, each with an endowment of 1,500 Euro. Awards, as well as a number of Honorary Diplomas, are granted every two years.
Jutta Cuny was one of the most distinguished protagonists of European glass sculpture from the mid-1970s to her early tragic, accidental death. Shaped by sand-blasting from solid glass blocks, her sculptures opened new paths into glass art. Her cubic, polished blocks gained shape through their complex, matted interior.
The Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award was founded by Ruth-Maria Franz (1910–2008) to keep the memory of her daughter and artist Jutta Cuny (1940–1983).
Ruth-Maria Franz established the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation in Vienna in 1984. By her request, the seat of the foundation was transferred in 1994 to the city of Dusseldorf. The foundation‘s tasks are being managed by the Glasmuseum Hentrich, Museum Kunstpalast.
Past recipients include Anjali Srinivasan, C. Matthew Szösz, Alexandra Mureşan, Rui Sasaki, among others.
For further information about participation in the 2019 award, please visit the award site.
Image: Anjali Srinivasan, “Inflorescence (Arch),” 2015, glass, flameworked, 335 x 150 x 100 cm. Foto: Chochoma Studios
