wits young artist award ‘22
The Wits Young Artist Award (WYAA) is supported by the point of order and the Wits School of Arts as a platform for both acknowledging and giving exposure to new and provocative work by senior students of the Wits Fine Art Department. This year’s award consists of four prizes: 1st Prize / R12 000, two Merit Awards / R6 500 each, and an Artist’s Discretionary Award (an exceptional award for this year only) / R5000. The 2022 edition of the WYAA will be curated online and at the point of order to which leading local and international curators, artists, scholars and arts organisations will be invited.

The exhibition is curated by Tammy Langtry and is facilitated by Gabrielle Goliath & Reshma Chhiba, under the category: Asymptotic Convergences.

Selection panel:

Tammy Langtry
Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Adjudicators:

Thuli Gamedze
Grace Meadows
Rucera Seethal
Ruth Seopedi Motau