The Tomie Ohtake Institute and EDP, with the support of the EDP Institute, announce the 10 selected artists, among the 456 registered, coming from 21 Brazilian states and the Distrito Federal, in this seventh edition of the EDP in the Arts Award. They are: Arivanio Alves, Quixelô – CE; Davi de Jesus do Nascimento, Pirapora – MG; Emerson Munduruku - Uyra Sodoma, Manaus – AM; Érica Storer de Araújo, Curitiba – PR; Felipe Rezende, Salvador – BA; Gu da Cei, Ceilândia – DF; Hariel Revignet, Goiânia – GO; Luana Vitra, Contagem – MG; Talles Lopes, Anápolis – GO and Yná Kabe Rodríguez, Brasília – DF.

Of the total enrollment, 20 names were pre-selected, through portfolio analysis, performed by a jury composed by the artists Arthur Chaves, Dora Longo Bahia and Elilson and by the curators Amanda Carneiro and Theo Monteiro. After individual video call interviews, the list of 10 selected was defined. The group will receive personalized assistance from the judging team for the process of carrying out the respective works. This follow-up, a rare opportunity for young artists, implements the criteria for choosing the three winners.

The award is completed with an exhibition of the works of the 10 artists at the Tomie Ohtake Institute. The opening of the exhibition and the announcement of the three winners with international residencies, should take place on October 1st of this year, a date to be confirmed due to the sanitary and governmental guidelines regarding the control of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aimed at stimulating contemporary artistic production, the EDP in the Arts Award is dedicated to young artists from all over Brazil, born or resident in the country for at least two years, aged between 18 and 29 years. The initiative, in addition to the award, includes a series of activities throughout the year, such as courses, lectures, lives and workshops in Brazilian regions where access to contemporary art is more restricted.

In the previous edition, in 2018, the three winners with international artistic residencies were Marie Carangi (Recife - PE, 1989); Elilson (Recife - PE, 1991) and Iagor João Barbosa Peres (Rio De Janeiro - RJ, 1995).

About IEDP

Since it was founded in 2009, the Instituto EDP has invested more than R$ 100 million in social cultural projects, which have benefited about three million people, in about 400 programs throughout the country. Only in 2019, the initiatives supported by the organization favored 82,000 residents of the communities surrounding the Company's areas of operation. The Instituto EDP is responsible for structuring EDP's investments and social initiatives on fronts related to the valorization of the Portuguese Language, education, local development with income generation, entrepreneurship and volunteering, by means of sports, culture and health. 

About Tomie Ohtake Institute

Inaugurated on November 28, 2001, the Tomie Ohtake Institute has become a reference in the visual arts circuit for the quality of its programming. In addition to holding national and international exhibitions of fine arts, architecture and design, it promotes awards in these three areas. It develops a wide and creative work of education through art and an unprecedented accessibility program aimed at audiences that do not have their social rights guaranteed. 

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