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We are pleased to announce Marta Stysiak as winner of the Biennial Competititon for New Works 2020
Following a selection process by Charlotte Jansen, editor-at-large at Elephant, Hermione Wiltshire, BRC associate artist and lecturer at the Royal College of Art and BRC Curator, Helen Knowles. Selected artists are;
Aimee Gilmore, Alison Flora, Anna Perach, Cassie Arnold, Franciszka Jagielak & Aleksandra Klimek-Lipnicka, Helen Benigson, Hollie Miller, Isabelle Zumbrink, Jennifer Long, Katherine Lovett, Marta Stysiak, Michelle Hartney, Ruby Bateman Stillyana Minkovska & Ukhona Mlandu.
The work was premiered during the Birth Rites Collection Summer School as an open online screening free to attend via ZOOM and VIMEO. This was an opportunity for one work by an artist from the shortlist to become a permanent part of the Birth Rites Collection. Their work will be featured as a constant on the Birth Rites website, and installed at Guys campus, King's College, London.
In addition, the winning artist will receive a stipend of £250 and the chance to undertake a residency with the midwifery department at KCL.