Award

The Officine Saffi Award aims to present the best works by artists, makers, artisans and designers engaged in contemporary ceramics. Officine Saffi Award works proactively to encourage the construction of new connections between artists, institutions and audiences in a perspective of dialogue and intercultural exchange.
The Award's mission is to stimulate the creation of meaningful links between subject areas, practices, geographical settings, and generations, broadening and enriching the ceramics discourse by disseminating its knowledge.
For the 5th edition, applicants were invited to focus on the concepts intrinsic to “(un)Known Territories”.The shortlisted works for the 5th edition were presented in a curated group exhibition in May 2024 at Fondazione Officine Saffi’s new venue. The winners were announced during the exhibition’s opening.

The open call for the 6th edition of the Award will be launched in autumn 2025.