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21st April 2011

More than 1100 young Ukrainian artists aspire to win second PinchukArtCentre Prize

On April 17 the PinchukArtCentre closed application process for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 - the first private nationwide contemporary art prize awarded to young Ukrainian artists. During three months more than 1100 artists from all regions of Ukraine and foreign countries have been submitting their works of art for the Prize contest. All art works were accepted strictly online via the respective site of the Prize. Following initial selection of the applications with a view to their conformity to the Prize regulations, nearly 1000 candidates were admitted to participate in the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011.

Contest participants submitted for consideration almost 5 000 works covering all possible media: painting (1714), graphics (716), installation (225), sculpture (188), photography (873), video (94), mixed technique (606) and others (512).

Over 80% of the artists who applied for the contest are under 30 years old, with an almost equal gender proportion.

Additionally this year, citizens of Ukraine living abroad were allowed to apply for the contest: Austria (2), England (1), Belgium (1), Belarus (1), Denmark (1), Israel (3), India (3), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (1), Canada (1), Macedonia (1), Netherlands (2), Germany (6), Northern Ireland (1), Poland (2), Russia (4), Romania (1), USA (6), France (1) and Japan (1).

Eckhard Schneider, General Director of the PinchukArtCentre: «For the second time round we receive over 1000 applications and this stunning result demonstrates that contemporary art is very much in demand in Ukraine and that we are moving in the right direction, supporting development of young artists. Revealing for us is the fact that the list of the countries where we have received applications from, expanded substantially, for it means that the PinchukArtCentre Prize has reached yet another level, if the Prize is known not only to Ukrainians living in Ukraine, but also to those residing far beyond its borders».

The shortlisted names selected by the Expert Committee of the Prize will be announced in May 2011. The Expert Committee will include PinchukArtCentre representatives and specially invited Ukrainian experts. Names of the Expert Committee members are to be announced soon.

Artworks of the nominees will be presented at an exhibition in the PinchukArtCentre on 22 October 2011. Winners of the Main and Special Prizes will be nominated by the International Jury in December 2011 in Kyiv. Jury members, including world renowned contemporary art experts, will be announced at the opening of the exhibition of shortlisted Prize nominees. Winner in the People’s Choice nomination will be selected by the PinchukArtCentre visitors voting.

Statistic data on the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 application results

Overall number of applications:

• Individual   1044
• Group   48

Total: 1092

Sex (here and below is data based on individual applications):

• Male   46,55 %
• Female   53,45%

Age:

• 16-20   15,42%
• 21-25   40,33%
• 26-30   27,59%
• 31-35   16,67%

Regions (Oblasts):

• Vinnytsia Oblast - 12
• Volynska Oblast - 11
• Dnipropetrovsk Oblast - 57
• Donetsk Oblast - 27
• Zhytomyrska Oblast - 7
• Zakarpatska Oblast - 18
• Zaporizhzhia Oblast - 22
• Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast - 20
• Kyiv Oblast - 440
• Kirovohrad Oblast -16
• Luhansk Oblast - 20
• Lviv Oblast - 81
• Mykolaiv Oblast - 11
• Odesa Oblast - 43
• Poltava Oblast -19
• Rivne Oblast - 5
• Sumy Oblast - 10
• Ternopil Oblast - 15
• Kharkiv Oblast - 70
• Kherson Oblast - 17
• Khmelnytsk Oblast - 14
• Cherkasy Oblast - 10
• Chernivtsi Oblast - 11
• Chernihiv Oblast  - 14
• AR Crimea - 31

Countries:

• Ukraine - 1001
• Austria - 2,
• England - 1
• Belgium - 1
• Belarus - 1
• Denmark - 1
• Israel - 3
• India - 3
• Italy - 4
• Kazakhstan - 1
• Canada - 1
• Macedonia - 1
• Netherlands - 2
• Germany - 6
• Northern Ireland - 1
• Poland - 2
• Russia - 4
• Romania - 1
• USA - 6
• France - 1
• Japan – 1

Number of represented countries: 21

Media:

• Painting - 1714
• Photography - 873
• Graphics - 716
• Mixed technique – 606
• Installation - 225
• Sculpture - 188
• Video - 94
• Other -512