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YICCA 2013 Young International Contest of Contemporary Art

The competition's aim is to promote the enrolled artist, giving them chance to join the international market of contemporary art.

This aim will be pursued by taking advantage of the opportunities that the contest offers:

Euro 3000,00 (three thousand/00) money prize to the first selected
Euro 1000,00 (one thousand/00) money prize to the second selected
exhibit of the selected artworks in a exhibition space, determined by competition.
improvement of the relationship between finalists and critics, curators, gallery owners, public and private art institutions that will have access to this important exhibition.
maximum visibility access through the advertising campaign that will follow the competition and all its stages
the works of selected artist will be published on "YICCA 2013" catalogue which will be distributed free of charge to the finalist and will be available for professionals and institutions invited during the inauguration of the event.
the finalists of the competition will have the possibility to stay in city of the exhibition for free during the opening day, as well.

12 (twelve) artists will participate in the final exhibition.

Jury's final decision will lead to a selection of 10 artists that will participate in the final exhibition, together with other two artist, selected form the OpenContest.

From the final 12 artists participating in the exhibition will be announced first and second ranked who will win a prize of 3000 (three thousand/00) and 1000 (one thousand/00) euro.

The names of those two artists will be published on the official website www.yicca.org in the last day of the exhibition.

There are three ways to subscibe an artwork to the contest:

1) Subscribers not registered in YICCA communty:

The registration form must be fill out with:

artist name and surname, pseudonym or name of artist group
e-mail address,
title of work (or word "untitled"),
brief description of the work (technique, year, features etc.- max 1500 types),
image of the work in jpg or gif format. Video must be uploaded as picture frame type (still video) requiered for submission;
the video have to be uploaded through vimeo.com

2) Subscriber already registered in YICCA community:

Community users can submit their artworks (already inside the communty) to the contest by clicking "ADD TO CONTEST" button placed in the upper right area inside the chosen artworks page.

3) Third parties

Third parties can submit to the contest only artworks already inside the communty by clicking "ADD TO CONTEST" button placed in the upper right area inside the chosen artworks page.

Before forwarding of registration it will be necessary to choose a method of entry fee payment equal to EUR 30.00 (thirty).

Sent registration will be held in stand-by by the system until payment of the quote is made.

After submitting the registration form, it can't be changed.

The available payment methods are:

credit card, prepaid credit card or PayPal circuit card
Publication of the registration on the official website www.yicca.org will occur only after verifying that the transaction is done. Usually it may elapse from few hours to few working days, it depends on the credit card or PayPal circuit used.
bank transfer on the IBAN : IT89T0760112300000095291837
SWIFT-BIC euro zone : BPPIITRRXXX
SWIFT-BIC not euro zone : POSOIT22XXX
payable to: associazione artistica A.p.s. MOHO

Remember to indicate in the section “reason for payment” the same name and surname of the artist or the same group name that was used for registration of the bank account, and the reference number given by the system.

The registration on the official website www.yicca.org occurs only upon receipt of the copy of payment transfer by fax or email. Copy of transfer payment can be sent by:
fax: 00390236215913
or
e-mail at: check@yicca.org
by postal order (Italy only) :
Postal account number 95291837 payable to: associazione artistica A.p.s. Moho
Remember to indicate in the section “reason for payment” the same name and surname of the artist or the same group name that was used for registration of the bank account, and the reference number given by the system.

The registration on the official website www.yicca.org occurs only upon receipt of the copy of payment transfer by fax or email. Copy of transfer payment can be sent by:
fax: 00390236215913
or
e-mail at: check@yicca.org