Oto Holgers Ozoliņš
Helen Scott Lidgett Award
2025
Oto Holgers Ozoliņš' artistic practice, rooted in process-based sculpture, explores themes such as personal growth and countering idleness. During the lockdown, Oto carved one wooden spoon a day for 400 consecutive days, which resulted in his first solo show. This habit-building approach not only led him to attempt to build a boat, quit smoking, running a marathon, and training for a triathlon, but also reshaped the meaning of applying form to traditional materials.
Now, his work centers around decision-making and mapping out his own limitations, forging new links between materiality and performativity.
Helen Scott Lidgett Award
The Helen Scott Lidgett Award is a partnership between Acme, Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London), Art Academy of Latvia and the family of Helen Scott Lidgett. Aiming to provide a bridge between art school and professional practice, the award includes a generous bursary, rent-free studio space and a mentoring programme. Recipients of Acme’s Early Career Awards Programme work from shared studios in order to encourage an environment of peer support and critical dialogue.
