Mexican artist Andrés Anza has been announced as the winner of the 2024 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize for his ceramic sculpture I only know what I have seen (2023). The five-foot columnar sculpture is covered with densely packed spikes and resembles an organic form. Anza’s work was selected from 30 finalists by an expert panel of artists, curators, and journalists.
Born in 1991 in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico, Anza earned his BA from the University of Monterrey in 2014. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in Mexico, at galleries such as Galería Casa Gotxikoa and Galería Obra Negra, and various group shows across Italy, Denmark, and the United States. Previously, his work was recognized at the 2015 Emerging Art Biennial in Monterrey and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Biennial in 2016, where he received an honorable mention.
The Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, established in 2016 by creative director Jonathan Anderson, aims to celebrate contemporary craft—an homage to the origins of the company, which was founded as a leather workshop in 1846. The annual award includes a €50,000 (around $53,577) cash prize. Anza’s work will be presented, along with that of the other finalists, at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris through June 9th.
In addition to the main prize, the jury also awarded special mentions to Japanese jeweler Miki Asaï, French ceramicist Emmanuel Boos, and South Korean woodworker Heechan Kim .
