Han Nefkens, Founder of the Han Nefkens Foundation said: ”I am particularly pleased that for this Award - in collaboration with the Fundació Joan Miró - we have found international partners of exceptional artistic standing. Musquiqui Chihying receives $15.000 funding for the production of a new work which will be presented at the Fundació Joan Miró in November 2020 to coincide with Loop Barcelona 2020.Īt a later stage, the work awarded will be presented also at Art Sonje Center in Seoul, at Inside-Out Art Museum in Beijing, at the MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art of Tapei, Taiwan and at Ilham in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The jury therefore believes that he would benefit most from the Award at this moment in his career.Įstablished by the Han Nefkens Foundation in collaboration with Loop Barcelona and the Fundació Joan Miró in 2018, the annual award aims to increase contemporary artistic production in the video art field by supporting artists of Asian origin or nationality. He does so in a distinctive style that celebrates complex narratives delivered through a dead-pan sense of humor. Musquiqui Chihying (*1985 Taipei) wins the Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Production Award 2019, in collaboration with the Fundació Joan Miró.īarcelona, 18 November 2019: Musquiqui Chihying is the winner of the Han Nefkens Foundation - Loop Barcelona Video Art Production Award 20119, in collaboration with the Fundació Joan Miró, recognising his geopolitical perspective which utilizes the historical past to examine contemporary politics in an increasingly illiberal world, attempting to connect world histories together. Valentine Willie and Rahel Joseph, Creative Director and Gallery Director of Ilham, Kuala Lumpur Haeju Kim, Deputy Director-Art Sonje Center, SeoulĬarol Yinghua Lu, director of the Inside Out Art Museum, Beijingĭirk Snauwaert, Director of WIELS, Brussels Marko Daniel, Director of the Fundació Joan Miró
Emilio Alvarez, Founding co-director of LOOP Barcelona