Soma Surovi Jannat has been announced as the winner of the 5th Samdani Art Award. Working with illustration, drawing and painting, Jannat turns these media into installations. The award is held in partnership with Goethe Institut (Bangladesh) and Delfina Foundation (UK). Jannat was chosen from a short list of 12 Bangladeshi artists between the ages of 22 and 40, by an international jury consisting of: Adrián Villar Rojas (artist), Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (director, Castello di Rivoli), Julie Mehretu (artist) and Eungie Joo (curator, SF MoMA), chaired by Aaron Cezar (director, Delfina Foundation). She has been awarded a residency at Delfina Foundation.
7 February 2020
