BNG Announces Deadline For Biennial Exhibition

The Bermuda National Gallery [BNG] announced that the application forms for the 2014 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Bermuda Art is available, and the deadline is Friday, December 6, 2013.

Sponsored by Bacardi Limited, 2014 marks the eleventh Biennial exhibition, which, this year, is juried by reputable international curators Isolde Brielmaer [Savannah College of Art & Design] and Amanda Coulson [Director, National Gallery of Bahamas].

Isolde Brielmaier is Chief Curator of exhibitions at Savannah College of Art and Design [SCAD] which includes SCAD Museum of Art and the SCAD galleries in Savannah, Atlanta, Hong Kong and Lacoste, France. In 2011, she curated “Stargazers: Elizabeth Catlett in Conversation with 21 Contemporary Artists”, at the Bronx Museum of Art and since 2005, she has curated exhibitions with artists such as, Patrick Hamilton, Wangechi Mutu, Carrie Mae Weems, and Mickalene Thomas, to name a few.

Isolde has written reviews and books, including most recently “Nan Goldin: Scopiphilia” [Art in America, Feb 2012] and “Jose Parla: Painting and Performing the Past and the Present” [2011].  She has also developed contemporary art programs and special events for ARCO Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid, Art Chicago, The Armory Show/Volta NY, Krug Champagne and the fashion house Versace. Isolde holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Amanda Coulson is Executive Director at the National Gallery of Bahamas. Her focus in contemporary art is seen through her practices as a curator, art critic and as a co-founder of the VOLTA fair in Basel, Switzerland, and VOLTA NY. Amanda holds a Masters degree from the Institute of Fine Art, NYU, and started her critical career in various galleries in New York, Paris and London. She has written for a variety of art journals, including Frieze, Frieze d/e. Modern Painters, Contemporary, Lapiz, Art review and ARTnews.

For the first time, the Biennial will have a theme: View from the Edge. The island edge is at once limitless and limited. How do we transcend restriction or embrace limitation? In what ways are we both bounded and connected, living in confinement and paradise, experiencing insularity and resilience? The 2014 Biennial invites artists to address how the physical reality of an island informs one’s identity.

Rules for submission:

• Artists are invited to submit up to five [5] artworks.
• All applicants must be at least eighteen [18] years old on December 31, 2012;
• Applications are open to all Bermudians, resident in Bermuda or overseas, and foreign nationals who have been resident on the island for at least 6 months during the preceding two years [January 1, 2012 through December 2013];
• Artwork must have been completed during the period of January 2011 to December 2013;
• Artwork MUST NOT have been previously exhibited in Bermuda;
• ALL artwork must be available for viewing by the jurors during the week of February 10, 2014;
• NEW this year, project proposals for the Gallery space or within Hamilton’s City limits are accepted. Proposals must include photos of previously implemented pieces of a similar kind, and a clear outline of the concept and detailed plans of the fabrication. Photos should represent the materiality, scope and impact of the submitted piece.

Applications are available online here or can be collected from the BNG, City Hall.

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