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BRIEF​

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Your entry should demonstrate conceptual thinking and evidence of a developing ethical and critical awareness of sex, sexuality, gender or identity. Your submission can be existing or archival work, or you may produce new work aligned with the prize themes of sex, sexuality, gender and identity. It can be in any visual medium. Your submission will include an artist statement, which will contextualize your submission and explain the meaning of the work. The application is open to artists, filmmakers, and photographers working in any medium and from anywhere in the world, over the age of 18 are invited to apply.

 

WHAT YOU HAVE TO ENTER​

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The judgment for the BARON PRIZE is decided by an industry panel that will judge your work on its merits and conceptual inquiry. Your submission for The BARON PRIZE will include the following mandatory elements:

 

One single work in any medium

Artist Statement

Artist Bio

 

JUDGES

 

Benjamin Fredrickson (b. 1980, Minneapolis, MN, USA) is a New York City-based photographer  and film maker, whose images and films centre around queer fetish subculture. He attended Parsons Paris and attained a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has exhibited work at Daniel Cooney Fine Art (NYC), the Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), the National Arts Club (NYC), Yale School of Art (New Haven, CT), and the Leslie-Lohman Museum (NYC). Fredrickson's work has also been reviewed in publications including i-D, The New Yorker, and Dazed. Wedgies is the artist's first book published by BARON.

 

Gab Bois (b. 1997, Montréal) is a multi-disciplinary artist working primarily as a conceptual photographer. She began posting her photographs on social media, garneringa massive online following. Alongside her impressive digital portfolio, Bois has shown work internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. She has also launched her ready-to-wear capsule collection inspired by previous works, Canapés, and collaborated with brands including Nike, Marc Jacobs, Balenciaga, Valentino, and Jean Paul Gaultier. Gab Bois second book, published by BARON, is out later this year. 

  

Pinar Yolaçan (b.1981, Ankara, Turkey) studied Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins and Fine Art Media at the Chelsea School of Art and Design, before completing a BFA at the Cooper Union School of Art, in 2004. Yolaçan has had solo shows at YKY (Istanbul), The Finnish Museum of Photography (Helsinki), The Centre for Contemporary Art (Lagos) and Wetterling Gallery (Stockholm). Since 1997, reviews about her work have regularly appeared in The New York Times, Art in America, ArtReview, Bidoun, Dutch, Rolling Stone and i-D magazine. Yolacan's work is in the permanent collections of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of Fine Art Boston, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, The International Center of Photography, Saatchi Gallery and The Zabludowicz Collection. Yolacan lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. The artists second book Mother Goddess is published by BARON.

 

Matthew Holroyd (b. 1980 Frankfurt, Germany) is the founder and creative director of BARON, publishing 35 books with BARON from artists, photographers, designers and image makers including Donatella Versace to Yushi Li to forthcoming books with Sunil Gupta to Gosha Rubinchinskiy. He is the founder of the Paradiso Cinema, a film festival ran by BARON,  screening works about sex, sexuality, gender and identity and regularly directs events, book signings and fairs under BARON. His work has been exhibited internationally at design focused exhibitions and institutions including MoMA, NYC, Facing Pages, Arnhem, Les Rencontres d’Arles - SFP Collections, Arles, De Zines – Sala de Exposiciones de Caja, Madrid. He has been invited to talk internationally about his practice at museums, institutes and galleries including Serpentine Gallery, London, HDK, Gothenburg, Photo Month, Krakow, University of Arts, London. His work has been recognised at the Nominee Les Rencontres d'Arles, Arles and as a nominee at The British Young Business Awards. Since 2004 his publishing work has been reviewed in various publications including Vogue, Dazed, Another Magazine and The Guardian.

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WHAT DO I SUBMIT?​

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One work should be submitted either as a single Jpeg (maximum size 5 MB) or as a moving image (Maximum 5 minutes). You will need to provide a web link for the moving image on the application form.

 

Artist statement: should be submitted on the application form and should not exceed 250 words.

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Artist bio: should be submitted on the application form and should not exceed 250 words.

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REQUIREMENTS

 

You must submit one work, meaning it cannot contain multiple works or a body of work. For moving image submissions, you can submit a single film up to 5 minutes long. For applicants working in 3-D, you can submit exhibition views of the work via either photography, scans, or a film (no longer than 5 minutes long).

 

Your work submitted must be conceptual and have meaning.

 

Artist Statement: Your artist statement must contextualize your work. Explain the meaning of your work and how it is aligned with the BARON PRIZE themes: Sex, sexuality, gender and identity.

 

Artist Bio: Your artist bio will give an overview of your current practice and can include your lines of investigation, geographical location, exhibitions, education, and work merits.

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GUIDELINES​​

.Submissions can be previously published or exhibited work.

.One work, which means a single artwork, photograph or film. Production stills of artworks are also accepted.

 

INSTRUCTIONS​​

.A submission form must be completed BELOW.

.The submission form should include an artist statement. Maximum 250 words.

.The submission form should include an Artist Bio. Maximum 250  words.

.You can upload one low res single art work, Maximum 5 MB JPG or a web link to moving image (maximum 5 min)

.Submission fee: £20, which supports the prize and BARON'S independent publishing program.

.Deadline Extension October 31 2024. Winner Announced November 2024.​

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IMAGE RELEASE​​

.If you are chosen as the winner or runner up, the image/film maker shall retain all rights in and to the image/film including without limitation, the copyright thereof and the following.

.All intellectual property rights subsisting in the image/film; and all other rights in and to the images/film of whatever nature whether now known or created in the future.

.The image or film maker shall give Baron a limited license in perpetuity to use the image/film solely in connection with the prize.

.Image/film maker credits: Baron will credit the image/film maker with all use.

.Promotion. All marketing and promotion for the prize, including, without limitation, any materials created in connection therewith, shall be mutually approved by Baron and the applicant.

. The artist has retained all third party rights, before submission.​​

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ENTRY FORM​

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Submission Enquiries head.office@baron-productions.com