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PinchukArtCentre has announced the names of the Expert Committee members who will shortlist candidates for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011

The PinchukArtCentre has decided on the list members of the Expert Committee who are to form a shortlist for the PinchukArtCentre Prize for 2011 – the first privately funded nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists.

The Expert Committee, including Eckhard Schneider, General Director of the PinchukArtCentre; Bjorn Geldhof, Artistic Manager of the PinchukArtCentre; Victor Sydorenko, artist and Director of the Modern Art Research Institute; Pavlo Makov, artist; Maria Khruschak, art critic and Chief Editor of “Ukrainian Culture”, will consider all submitted applications and select nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize. The names of the potential winners will be announced on July 4, 2011.

The works of art by shortlisted nominees will be presented at the exhibition in the PinchukArtCentre on 29 October 2011.

Eckhard Schneider, General Director of the PinchukArtCentre: “The Expert Committee consists of five experts from different areas of art - curators, art critics and, of course, artists representing even different regions of Ukraine and not only Kiev. This, together with the fact that we received over 1,000 applications, will allow us to select emerging artists. This is a really encouraging further step to support a future generation of Ukrainian artists.”

The winners of the Main and Special Prizes will be named by the International Jury of PinchukArtCentre Prize in December 2011 in Kyiv. The Members of the International Jury will include the world leading contemporary art experts, whose names will be announced at the opening of the exhibition for the shortlisted participants’ works. The winner of the "Public Choice Prize" shall be determined by voting of the PinchukArtCentre visitors.

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