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20 artists shortlisted for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 have been announced

On 4 July 2011 the names of the 20 shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011, a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists, have been announced. The short list has been formed by the Expert Committee based on the results of the selection among more than 1 000 applications submitted by young artist from all regions of Ukraine and foreign countries.

The PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 short list includes: Daniil Galkin (26, Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Halashyn (31, Ternopil), Dobrynia Ivanov (23, Kyiv), Mykyta Kadan (28, Kyiv), Zhanna Kadyrova (30, Kyiv), Taras Kamennoy (26, village of Vysoky, Kharkiv Region), Olesia Khomenko (30, Kyiv), Alina Kleitman (20, Kharkiv), Volodymyr Kuznetsov (35, Kyiv), Lada Nakonechna (30, Kyiv), Serhiy Petlyuk (30, Lviv), Serhiy Radkevych (23, Lutsk), Mykola Ridnyi (26, Kharkiv), Stepan Riabchenko (24, Odesa), Mykyta Shalennyi (29, Dnipropetrovsk), Masha Shubina (31, Kyiv), Natasha Shulte (36, Odesa), Ivan Svitlychnyi (22, Kharkiv), Hamlet Zinkovskyi (25, Kharkiv) and Salmanov-Kornienko group (Oleksiy Salmanov, 35, Kyiv; Dmytro Kornienko, 28, Kyiv).

Information about shortlisted nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011

Eckhard Schneider, General Director of the PinchukArtCentre: “The selection procedure for the second edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize was a really encouraging process, seeing the growing artistic strength of more than one thousand applicants especially those of the 20 shortlisted. Having for the first time similar to the Future Generation Art Prize the expertise of external experts representing different regions and wide artistic experience.”

The PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 Expert Committee:

• Bjorn Geldhof, Artistic Manager of the PinchukArtCentre;
• Maria Khruschak, art critic and Chief Editor of “Ukrainian Culture”.
• Pavlo Makov, artist; 
• Eckhard Schneider, General Director of the PinchukArtCentre;
• Victor Sydorenko, artist and Director of the Modern Art Research Institute.

Pavlo Makov, artist: “We didn’t have serious contradictions while forming the shortlist. It can be proved by the fact that almost all the nominees received the maximum number of votes. While voting first of all we followed two principals – works have to be objectively interesting and of high artistic quality.”

The works by the shortlisted young artists will be presented at the exhibition to be opened in the PinchukArtCentre on 29 October 2011.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. 

The winners of the Main and two Special Prizes, besides cash awards of UAH 100 000 and UAH 25 000 respectively, will have one month residence in studios of internationally renowned artists. Additionally, the winner of the Main Prize will be automatically included in the short list of the Future Generation Art Prize - international prize for young artists. Winner in the category "Public Choice Prize” will be awarded UAH 10 000.