When the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen was founded in 1989, also the »Linocut today« prize has
been inaugurated. Since then the city of Bietigheim-Bissingen has been awarding it every three years, in 2022 it will be awarded
for the 12th time. The »Linocut today« prize has become one of the most important graphic arts prizes. Its aim is to support
contemporary artists working in the linocut technique and to encourage others to use this technique rich in tradition. “Linocut
today” has made an essential contribution to the fact that the linocut technique has established itself next to woodcut as
a relief printing technique of equal importance.
»Linocut today« is endowed with three prizes of 5000 €, 3000 €
and 2000 €. The prizes are awarded by a high level jury of five persons newly formed for each competition. All award-winning
works will be purchased for the linocut collection of the Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen. Furthermore, the jury decides
on the purchase of three further works and determines the exhibits for the exhibition at Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen.
An exhibition catalogue will be published. Each artist can submit a maximum of three works. The submitted works must have
been produced between 2019 and 2021 and may not have been entered for any other competition. Only works created exclusively
or mainly using the linocut technique can be submitted.
The conditions of entry and the participation forms
are available on:
https://galerie.bietigheim-bissingen.de/deutsch/wettbewerb-grafikpreis-linolschnitt-
heute/anmeldeformulare-zum-download
