Eric Gyamfi wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2019
Eric Gyamfi (b. 1990, Ghana) was chosen as the winner of the thirteenth Foam Paul Huf Award. The award is presented annually by Foam to a photography talent under the age of 35. The jury selected Gyamfi out of 100 nominees from 24 countries. The prize consists of €20,000 and a solo exhibition at Foam. Additionally the work of the winner will be published in the next prestigious annual Talent Issue of Foam Magazine and be included in the internationally traveling group exhibition.
The members of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2019 jury were:
Tristan Lund (chair, independent art consultant and curator, United Kingdom), Jop van Bennekom (creative director Fantastic Man, the Netherlands), Bruno Ceschel (director Self Publish Be Happy, Italy), Elena Navarro (director Centro de la Imagen, Mexico) and Azu Nwagbogu (chief curator Zeitz Mocaa, South Africa).
An exhibition with the work of Eric Gyamfi will be on show at Foam at the end of 2019.
Since 2007, Foam has organised the Foam Paul Huf Award to support and offer a platform to up-and-coming artists. All artists work in a distinctive and personal style, both formally and conceptually. In the years after receiving the award, the winners have made an international breakthrough, demonstrating that winning this title had a positive impact on their careers. www.foam.org
