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FUTURE GENERATION ART PRIZE
Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
www.futuregenerationartprize.org

WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINATION OF CLEMENS HOLLERER FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION ART PRIZE.

Clemens Hollerer
Someday we will forsee obstacles
2010
Enamel paint on wood
Dimensions variable
Installation view: With your eyes only, organized by CCNOA Team, YUM, Brussels, BE [MORE]

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FUTURE GENERATION ART PRIZE

PinchukArtCentre today announced 21 young artists nominated for the Future Generation Art Prize 2010.
The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a major new international competition for artists up to 35 to discover and provide long-term support for a generation of emerging artists, wherever they may live and work.

Following by the open, free and democratic application procedure via Internet the 7 members of the Selection Committee, competent and global art-professionals, selected 20 artists from more than 6 000 applications coming from 125 countries and divided over all continents.

The 21st nominee for the Future Generation Art Prize is Artem Volokytin, the winner of the first PinchukArtCentre Prize 2009, a contemporary art prize awarded to young Ukrainian artists under 35.

The shortlist of the Future Generation Art Prize 2010 includes:
Ziad Antar, 32 (Lebanon), Fikret Atay, 34 (Turkey), Fei Cao, 32 (China), Keren Cytter, 32 (Israel), Nathalie Djurberg, 32 (Sweden), Simon Fujiwara, 27 (United Kingdom), Nicholas Hlobo, 34 (South Africa), Clemens Hollerer, 34 (Austria), Runo Lagomarsino, 32 (Sweden), Cinthia Marcelle, 35 (Brazil), Gareth Moore, 35 (born in Canada), Mircea Nicolae, 30 (Romania), Ruben Ochoa, 35 (United States), Wilfredo Prieto Garcia, 32 (Cuba), Katerina Seda, 32 (Czech Republic), Guido van der Werve, 33 (Netherlands), Nico Vascellari, 33 (Italy), Jorinde Voigt, 33 (Germany), Artem Volokytin, 29 (Ukraine), Emily Wardill, 32 (United Kingdom), Hector Zamora, 35 (Mexico)

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The Future Generation Art Prize established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation is a worldwide contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. The Prize will be a major contribution to the open participation of younger artists in the dynamic cultural development of societies in global transition.

The Prize is an innovative new international award for artists up to 35 years of age, investing in the artistic development and new production of works. Awarded through a competition, judged by a distinguished jury, the Prize is founded on the idea of generosity, a network of outstanding patron artists and institutional partners, and a highly democratic application procedure.

Organized by the PinchukArtCentre, an exhibition of 20 shortlisted artists in October 2010 gives the opportunity to discover a future generation.

Upon the completion of the application procedure for the Future Generation Art Prize, the PinchukArtCentre announces the members of the Selection Committee that will be considering the applications submitted for the competition. They have been chosen by the members of the Jury of the Prize, internationally renowned professionals in contemporary art.

Selection Comitee:
Björn Geldhof (Ukraine)
Jens Hoffmann (USA)
Ranjit Hoskote (India)
Charles Merewether (Singapore)
Peter Pakesch (Austria)
Kim West (Sweden)
Carla Zaccagnini (Brazil)

International Jury:
Daniel Birnbaum (Sweden)
Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria)
Yuko Hasegawa (Japan)
Ivo Mesquita (Brazil)
Eckhard Schneider (Germany)
Robert Storr (USA)
Ai Weiwei (China)