Artists shortlisted for the 8th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize
PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) announces the names of the artists shortlisted for the 8th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. Selected from 12,488 entries across more than 170 countries, the final list includes 21 artists and an artist collective, spanning five continents. Established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009, the Future Generation Art Prize is a biannual global contemporary art prize to discover, recognize, and give long-term support to a future generation of artists all over the world.
Shortlisted artists are Yussef Agbo-Ola (36, USA), Maxwell Alexandre (36, Brazil), Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (31, United Kingdom), Simnikiwe Buhlungu (31, South Africa), Nile Harris (31, USA), Ange-Frédéric Koffi (30, Côte d’Ivoire / France / Switzerland), Natalia Lassalle-Morillo (35, Puerto Rico), Jota Mombaça (35, Brazil), Wynnie Mynerva (34, Netherlands), Nazanin Noori (34, Germany), Christelle Oyiri (34, France), Selma Selman (35, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Rae-Yen Song 宋瑞渊 (33, United Kingdom), Yehwan Song (31, South Korea), Miguel Teodoro (29, Portugal), Thato Toeba (36, Lesotho), Hitesh Vaidya (31, Nepal), Lesia Vasylchenko (36, Ukraine), Dominique White (33, United Kingdom), Liao Xuan-Zhen (33, Taiwan), and artist collective from Palestine, Osprey V (Raji Aljaro, 34, Saed Aljaro, 34, Moamin Aljaro, 34, and Ash Moniz, 34).
The artist Lesia Vasylchenko is included as the winner of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2025—a national contemporary art prize awarded to Ukrainian artists aged 35 or younger. All other artists were chosen by an international selection committee, which includes: Nicolás Cuello, Curator at Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, art historian and archivist; Hana Halilaj, Сurator at the National Gallery of Kosovo and Commissioner of the Kosovo Pavilion for the 61st La Biennale di Venezia; Melanie Keen, Curator and cultural leader, former director of the Wellcome Collection, an award-winning museum and library; Eva Lin, Independent curator and Director of mt.project; Oleksandra Pogrebnyak, Curator at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, Ukraine; David Riley, Senior Production Manager at The Kitchen in New York, curator and multimedia artist; Rory Tsapayi, Independent curator, co-curator of the SADC* Biennale (2025, 2027).
The selection committee was appointed by the Future Generation Art Prize’s distinguished international jury which includes: Antonia Carver, Director of Art Jameel, Dubai/Jeddah; Freya Chou, Curator and writer, co-curator of the 2027 Henie Onstad Triennial of Photography and New Media in Oslo; Björn Geldhof, Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, Ukraine; Catherine Nichols, internationally acclaimed arts and literary scholar, curator and writer; Victoria Noorthoorn, Director of Museo Moderno in Buenos Aires; Marie Helene Pereira, Senior Curator (Performative practices) at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Legacy Russell, Executive Director & Chief Curator оf The Kitchen, New York.
Shortlisted artists will be commissioned to create new works to be presented in the exhibition. The jury will determine the winners of the main prize and special prizes during the Future Generation Art Prize exhibition organised by the PinchukArtCentre.
The main prize winner receives a 100,000 USD split between a 60,000 USD cash prize and a 40,000 USD investment in their practice. A further 20,000 USD is awarded as a special prize/s between up to five artists at the discretion of the jury for supporting projects that develop their artistic practice.
