The Nasevo Award was born as a mission to give importance to the sense of smell, teaching to smell through art. The mission of The Ernesto Ventós Foundation is totally linked to the will of its founder. “NASEVO” was the alias of Ernesto Ventós Omedes. The use of the word nose in catalan (nas) as an artistic nickname, accompanying the author’s initials, gives us a first clue to the importance of this appendix to him. For this reason, the Foundation wants to highlight the importance of this sense in our lives through this award. It is a search to generate connections between art, science and technology through olfactory memory. Smell is taken further, being an object and source of creative inspiration. 

The call for this award is open at an international level and aimed at artists, students and artistic groups –or from other disciplines– interested in the world of smell. The general technique of this exhibition is free, always based on an olfactory memory in two-dimensional formats (minimum 50 x 50 cm – maximum 100 x 100 cm). The award seeks to delve into the sense of smell as a tool and instrument to deepen our most intimate self, our emotions and thus connect with memories and lived experiences.