Offering a unique opportunity to artists, the Arts Council England 2004 and 2006 deciBel Awards for Artists were open to UK-based artists of Asian, Black African, or Black Caribbean descent. In 2006 the prize fund for artists was the largest of any award in the UK.
The awards recognised critically strong practices by contemporary visual artists of culturally diverse backgrounds, given at a timely point in the artist’s careers, providing a platform for ‘no-strings-attached’ time to research and develop new areas of artistic work.
Recipients
2004 Award Recipients
Faisal Abdu’allah
Samson Kambalu
Johannes Phokela
Keith Piper
Zineb Sedira
Deborah Smith (curatorial fellow)
Alia Syed
2006 Award Recipients
Bernd Behr
Lina Dzuverovic (curatorial fellow)
Rosalind Nashashibi
Harold Offeh
The Otolith Group
Hiraki Sawa
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye