The ENNOVA Emerging Art Power Annual Programme

The ENNOVA Emerging Art Power Annual Programme is open to young artists, curators, and other practitioners around the world, featuring two annual exhibition projects, “Young Artists Nomination Exhibition” and “Young Curators Project”. With curators or scholars actively engaged in the art world with extensive influence, and with their rich experience and strict academic standards, the “Young Artists Nomination Exhibition” will discover, develop, and support promising young artists around the world, in order to present cutting-edge and diverse perspectives of contemporary art, showcase the multidimensionality of new-generation artists’ creation, and infuse energy and creativity into their works. The “Young Curators Project” is open to young curators around the world, which collects proposals through an open call and provides funding and venues for selected ones to be realized. This project aims to encourage young curators to address experimental themes of contemporary and critical awareness that reflect the development of modern and contemporary art and society through exhibitions, with the expectation of helping young curators expand their visions and accumulate experience in the process of exhibition curating and realization, to nurture future leaders in the art industry. In addition, the ENNOVA Emerging Art Power Annual Programme will present a young artist residency project that integrates local resources to provide young artists with space for creation, exchange, and exploration, and encourages artists to engage in cross-cultural, cross-regional, and cross-disciplinary artistic practices and thinking.

As a non-profit organization that highlights the experimental and public nature of art, as well as corporate social responsibility, ENNOVA Art Museum considers ENNOVA Emerging Art Power Annual Programme a significant initiative to cultivate and support young art practitioners, and also an embodiment of its social responsibility and cultural mission. As a professional art institution, ENNOVA Art Museum adheres to its academic mission, taking the responsibility to inherit and develop art while actively engaging in social education and cultural construction, cultivating and supporting more young art talents of cultural literacy and creativity for society. ENNOVA Emerging Art Power Annual Programme aspires to develop together with young art practitioners, breaking down the boundaries of art and promoting the integration of art and society.

The inaugural “ENNOVA Emerging Art Power Annual Programme: Young Artists Nomination Exhibition” is open to the public from April 29th to July 28th, 2024. Panelists for the exhibition include art historian and critic Karen Smith, international curator and art historian Andrea Del Guercio, and independent curator and critic Feng Boyi. Adhering to principles of experimentation, academia, and engagement with society, seven young artists are nominated by the panel to the exhibition, including Bian Yunxiang, Liao Wen, Ou Ming, Su Yongjian, Emma Scarafiotti, Tong Wenmin, and Yin Changzhi. The first “Young Curators Project” is scheduled for August 2024, and the open call will be released soon.