The 2026 Sovereign Asian Art Prize
About this grant
Jiandyin, interdisciplinary duo artists and curators, live and work in Ratchaburi, Thailand. They are Asian Cultural Council New York fellowship grantees, 2009. Exhibitions include: 2024,2025 FutureOurs Art2030, New York, Nomadic, Jim Thompson Art Center, Thailand, 2021 Jakarta Biennale, Indonesia, 2021 Busan Sea Art Festival, South Korea, 2019 Asian Art Biennial: The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan. They are founders of Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture, a [...] Jameel Arts Centre, and SAVVY Contemporary. They received the Lorenzo Bonaldi Prize (2019) and the Bikuben Vision Award (2022), and featured in Apollo’s 40 Under 40 Asia Pacific. [...] from Pakistan for the Sovereign Art Prize. Two of his nominees Ahmed Javed & Sameen Agha were awarded SAAP in 2019 & 2024.
Eligibility
- ✓ Contemporary artists
- ✓ Artworks for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize
- ✓ Asia-Pacific
How to apply
Artists are nominated by a board of independent art professionals and can enter up to three artworks online.
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Last verified: 29 March 2026