Future Generation Art Prize
Stjepan Rajko
From: John Spiak <JOHN....@asu.edu>
Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Subject: Keeping Our Artists Informed - Open to Artists
To: jds...@mainex1.asu.edu
The
Future Generation Art Prize is a world-wide art
prize of 100,000 USD.
Open to all artists up to the age of 35.
Online application starts from 18 January till 18 April 2010
at the website, http://www.futuregenerationartprize.org.
The prize is established to discover and provide long-term support for a generation
of emerging artists, wherever they may live and work, this unique
artist-focused prize aims to make a major contribution toward the production of
new work by young artists.
The biennial Prize is distinguished by:
• its global dimension;
• its focus on a young generation of artists;
• its open and democratic Internet application process;
• the long-term commitment of leading artists of our time;
• a distinguished Board, Jury and Selection
Committee;
• an exhibition of shortlisted artists at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev,
one of the largest and most active new contemporary art
institutions in Europe;
• and an award of 100,000 USD, to be conferred by a respected
international jury.
The jury will select one main Prize winner, who will receive a total of 100,000
USD (60,000 USD as a cash award, and 40,000 USD toward the production of new
work). An additional 20,000 USD will be allotted to fund artist-in-residency
programs for up to five other special prize winners.
Images of works by all the shortlisted artists will be posted on the PAC
website, and members of the public will be invited to vote via the Internet for
People's Choice Prize.
To encourage the assistance of one generation of artists to the next, a group
of renowned Mentor Artists has committed its long-term participation in the
Prize and will provide in-person counsel and support to the Prize winners. The
Mentor Artists are Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons
and Takashi Murakami.