The PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) presents an exhibition of the 20 artists shortlisted for the sixth edition PinchukArtCentre Prize, a nationwide prize for Ukrainian artists aged 35 or younger. Featuring new and recent works, the show brings together a representative selection of artists and artist collectives from all over Ukraine including artists living abroad.
The artistic approaches of the 20 nominees vary considerably, yet they reflect the vision and thinking of the post-Maidan generation of Ukrainian art. Many of the artists are united by an intensive reflection on social problems and a critical view of archaic power structures. Prominent themes include the value of labor in the post-industrial era, media manipulation that affects political actions both in Ukraine and around the globe, and a celebration of gender identities that stand opposed to physical brutality, which is still a driving force in social processes. Whereas direct activism has been a leading practice, we are starting to see its substitution with gestures that aim to transform the experience and functionality of common urban space.
The 20 nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2020 were shortlisted by an independent selection committee from more than 1100 applicants. The shortlist includes: AntiGonna (32, Kyiv), Katya Вuchatska (32, Kyiv), Uli Golub (29, Kharkiv/Wroclaw), Pavlo Grazhdanskij (28, Kharkiv), Ksenia Hnylytska (35, Kyiv), Alexandra Kadzevich (26, Odessa), Nikolay Karabinovych (30, Odessa/Ghent), Anton Karyuk (31, Kyiv), Oksana Kazmina (35, Kyiv), Iryna Kudrya (32, Kyiv), Larion Lozovoy (31, Kyiv), Timothy Maxymenko (24, Kyiv), Elias Parvulesco (34, Kyiv), Valentina Petrova (34, Prague/Kyiv), Anna Scherbyna (31, Zaporizhzhia/Kyiv), Alina Sokolova (23, Uzhhorod/Vienna), Dmytro Starusiev (34, Makiivka) and the groups: 12345678910 Studio (Obraztsov Evgeniy, 25, Dnipro/Kyiv; Omelich Anastasiya, 23, Dnipro/Kyiv; Momot Mikita, 24, Dnipro), Yarema Malashchuk (26, Kolomiya/Kyiv) and Roman Himey (27, Kolomiya/Kyiv), Daniil Revkovskiy (26, Kharkiv) and Andriy Rachinskiy (29, Kharkiv).
This exhibition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2020 is curated by junior curator Alexandra Tryanova and co-curated by the artistic director of the PinchukArtCentre Bjorn Geldhof.
The winners of the Prize will be announced at an award ceremony in March 2020. A distinguished international jury will award the Main Prize of UAH 250 000 and two Special Prizes of UAH 60 000 each. In addition, the winners will be offered internships at the studios of the world’s leading artists. A Public Choice winner will be chosen by the visitors attending the exhibition of the shortlisted artists and awarded UAH 25 000.
The winner of the Main Prize will be automatically included in the shortlist of the
Future Generation Art Prize 2021 – an international art prize for young artists, established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009. Also his/her art will be presented in PinchukArtCentre and as a part of “The Future Generation Art Prize @ Venice 2021” exhibition at the 59th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
The exhibition will be open from February 9 to May 2020 in the PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine. Opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 9 pm. Admission is free.
The PinchukArtCentre Prize is a biannual prize awarded to the best Ukrainian artists aged 35 and younger. It was launched in 2008. Funded by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, its goal is to foster, support and develop a new generation of young Ukrainian artists.
Winners of the previous editions of the PinchukArtCentre Prize:
Main Prize winners:
2018: Anna Zvyagintseva (Kyiv),
2015: Open Group (Lviv),
2013: Zhanna Kadyrova (Kyiv),
2011: Mykyta Kadan (Kyiv),
2009: Artem Volokitin (Kharkiv).
Special Prizes winners:
2018: Nikolay Karabinovych (Odessa), Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Himey (Kolomiya),
2015: Anna Zvyagintseva (Kyiv), Alina Kleitman (Kharkiv),
2013: Open Group, Lada Nakonechna (Kyiv), Daniil Galkin (Dnipro),
2011: Zhanna Kadyrova (Kyiv), Serhiy Radkevych (Lutsk),
2009: Oleksii Salmanov (Kyiv), Masha Shubina (Kyiv).
Public Choice Prize winner:
2018: Alina Kleitman (Kharkiv),
2015: Anna Zvyagintseva (Kyiv),
2013: Anatoly Belov (Kyiv),
2011: Mykyta Shalennyi (Dnipro),
2009: BLUMOLOKO.
