Upcoming award
WOMEN. IRAN. The second edition of the BEHNAM-BAKHTIAR AWARD focuses on the role, life and identity of Iranian women both inside and outside the country. Women have always played fundamental, crucial, and representative roles in the country’s history. We invite artists to explore the life of the modern Iranian woman and to use their creative skills to examine this subject.
We leave it to the artists to interpret WOMEN. IRAN. and to portray their vision, hopes and dreams. Artists are free to use any medium in developing a body of works for submission.
The Award is open to every artist of Iranian descent living in or outside of Iran. The submissions will be accepted from 11th of December 2020 to 30th of June 2022.

The application must include:
A comprehensive document outlining proposed project / body of works, with a short description for each work
Body of work consisting of a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 10 works focusing on the theme of the award
Images submitted should be in .jpg or .png format with a minimum resolution of 1500 x 1500 pixels
A Curriculum Vitae – age, contact details, training/education, exhibition and auction list, publications (if applicable)
A profile picture with a minimum resolution of 1500 x 1500 pixels
Applicants must have a minimum age of 18 years of age
Applicants must name their files in the following format: artistname.title.series.medium.dimension.year.gallerypriceineuro
Submissions should be sent to award@fondationbehnambakhtiar.org with artist name as the subject.
Open call from 11th of December 2021 until 31th of June 2022
Fondation Behnam-Bakhatir committee choses eight winning artists by end of June 2022
- Group exhibition at the Galerie Maria Behnam-Bakhtiar in the Principality of Monaco held in 2021
Publication of a book
Press Publication
The application must include:
A comprehensive document outlining proposed project / body of works, with a short description for each work
Body of work consisting of a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 10 works focusing on the theme of the award
Images submitted should be in .jpg or .png format with a minimum resolution of 1500 x 1500 pixels
A Curriculum Vitae – age, contact details, training/education, exhibition and auction list, publications (if applicable)
A profile picture with a minimum resolution of 1500 x 1500 pixels
Applicants must have a minimum age of 18 years of age
Applicants must name their files in the following format: artistname.title.series.medium.dimension.year.gallerypriceineuro
Submissions should be sent to award@fondationbehnambakhtiar.org with artist name as the subject.
Open call from 11th of December 2021 until 31th of June 2022
Fondation Behnam-Bakhatir committee choses eight winning artists by end of June 2022
- Group exhibition at the Galerie Maria Behnam-Bakhtiar in the Principality of Monaco held in 2021
Publication of a book
Press Publication