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21 Shortlisted Artists of the Future Generation Art Prize Group Exhibition
30 October 2010 - 9 January 2011

The PinchukArtCentre has the honour to present an exhibition of the 21 artists shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize 2010. The group show features works submitted for the competition as well as brand new works specially made for the show. It will open on October 30 and will last till January 9, 2011. 

Following an open, free and democratic application procedure via Internet a Selection Committee of seven competent and global art-professionals selected a shortlist. Out of more than 6 000 applications from 125 countries on all continents, 20 artists were chosen. The 21th nominee is Artem Volokytin, the winner of the first PinchukArtCentre Prize 2009, a contemporary art prize awarded to Ukrainian artists younger than 35 years.

The shortlist of the FGAP 2010 includes: Ziad Antar, Lebanon; Fikret Atay, Turkey; Fei Cao, China; Keren Cytter, Israel; Nathalie Djurberg, Sweden; Simon Fujiwara, United Kingdom; Nicholas Hlobo, South Africa; Clemens Hollerer, Austria; Runo Lagomarsino, Sweden; Cinthia Marcelle, Brazil; Gareth Moore, Canada; Mircea Nicolae, Romania; Ruben Ochoa, United States; Wilfredo Prieto, Cuba; Katerina Seda, Czech Republic; Guido van der Werve, Netherlands; Nico Vascellari, Italy, Jorinde Voigt, Germany; Artem Volokytin, Ukraine; Emily Wardill, United Kingdom; Hector Zamora, Mexico.

Future Generation Art Prize 2010 Award Ceremony Film

An international jury will chose and announce the winner of the main prize on December 10, 2010 in Kiev. The jury includes Daniel Birnbaum (Sweden), Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria), Yuko Hasegawa (Japan), Ivo Mesquita (Brazil), Eckhard Schneider (Germany), Robert Storr (USA) and Ai Weiwei (China). The winner will receive a generous prize of $60,000 in cash and $40,000 to be invested in the production of new work.

An additional $20,000 will be allotted by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation to fund artist-in-residency programs for up to five other special prize winners. Votes for the People’s Choice Prize can be casted on the PinchukArtCentre’s website.

The main prise winner
Cinthia Marcelle, 36, Brasil

Cinthia Marcelle was born 1974 in Brazil. She graduated in fine arts from the Uni- versidade Federal de Minas Gerais and lives and works in Belo Horizonte. Her work has been commissioned for significant group exhibitions including the Biennal de la Habana, Cuba (2006), Biennale de Lyon (2007), Panorama da Arte Brasileira in São Paulo (2007) and Madrid (2008). She was awarded the International Prize for Performance in Trento, Italy (2006), and the annual TrAIN artist in residency award at Gasworks, London (2009).

Artist's works and video profile

The Special Prize and People's Choice Prize winner
Mircea Nicolae 30, Romania

Mircea Nicolae was born 1980 in Romania. He studied at the University of Bucharest, where he earned a degree in European Cultural Studies from the Department of Literature, with a final thesis on the House of the People. Afterwards, he enrolled into an MA on the Anthropology of Space within the Ion Mincu Institute for Architecture, Bucharest. Nicolae currently lives and works in Bucharest.

Artist's works and video profile