EMMA HART WINS SIXTH MAX MARA ART PRIZE FOR WOMEN

Max Mara has awarded London-based artist Emma Hart its sixth annual prize for women, reports Artinfo. UK-based female visual artists who have not yet had a solo survey show are eligible for the prize, which has been awarded biennially since 2005. The winner receives a six-month residency in Italy to produce work that will then be featured in a major solo show at the Whitechapel Gallery. Hart’s show will feature there in 2017.

Hart received her BFA at Central Saint Martins, and proposed to work on clay or ceramic sculptures that will be exhibited as well as objects, photos, and video. For her residency she will work in artist Alighiero Boetti’s studio.

“The jury were impressed with the depth and breadth of references in [her] approach, from the Milan System’s Approach of family psychotherapy to the novels of Elena Ferrante, to the Italian tradition of Maiolica ceramics,” said Iwona Blazwick, director of the Whitechapel Gallery.