UK - London: The Cartier Award 2009: Call for Entries

Frieze Art Fair London, announced today the call for entries to The Cartier Award 2009. The Cartier Award is open to artists living outside of the UK, up to five years from graduating from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or under thirty years of age.

This ongoing award is organised by Frieze Projects, sponsored by Cartier and presented in collaboration with Gasworks.The winner will have the unique opportunity to present their work at Frieze Art Fair 2009, guaranteeing a major international audience. In addition, the prize will cover production costs of up to £10,000, an artist's fee, per diems, travel expenses and a studio residency at Gasworks in London from August to October 2009.

Into its fourth year, The Cartier Award has proved to be an important milestone in the development of young artists' careers. The inaugural winner in 2006, Mika Rottenberg, who went on to show at the Whitney Biennial in 2008 and the 2007 winner, Mario Garcia Torres, who received a solo exhibition at White Cube, London in 2008.

The winner of The Cartier Award 2008 is Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto. Prieto, based in Barcelona and Havana, is a young conceptual artist whose work often takes the form of site-specific installations. His proposal was chosen from over 400 applications submitted by artists from across the world.

Submissions for work can take the form of site-specific installations; performance; film; video or print work. Applicants will be judged on the innovative nature of their proposal and its suitability for realisation at Frieze Art Fair.

Application forms will be available from 1 October 2008 and the deadline for applicants is 5 January 2009. For full details of the award and an application form please visit

www.friezefoundation.org/cartier