Art² Foundation is proud to announce the shortlisted artists for the 2025 Artist Grant & Growth Program.
Ngozi Akande (Nigeria, project in Nigeria)
Alaa El-bannan (Egypt, project in Egypt)
Barry Iverson (US/Egypt)
Olga Kliukina (Russia/Thailand)
Ryan Montoya (US/Serbia)
Nicolas Blanco Olachea (Mexico)
Sully Johana Romero Ordoñez (Peru/Mexico)
Estif Solomon (Ethiopia)
Mike Ssembiro (Uganda, project in Uganda)
Neil Smith (US, project in Thailand)
Pooja Shinde (India)
Beyza Dilem Topdal-Irez (Turkey)
Vera Tepliakova (Russia/Georgia)
Jingyi Zheng (China)
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Art² Foundation is proud to announce the shortlisted artists/projects for the 2025 Artist Grant & Growth Program.
The program attracted a highly diverse pool of applications from emerging and mid-career artists around the world. After a rigorous review process, our selection committee has shortlisted a group of exceptional candidates or projects whose work demonstrates artistic excellence, strong project proposal, impact to the local art community, and alignment with the grant’s mission. We shortlisted 14 artists and projects, which include 10 individual artist and 4 group projects.