History of the prize
Kyiv based PinchukArtCentre presents new works by 16 emerging Ukrainian artists that will be on display from October 31, 2015 till January 10, 2016. Each work was especially produced for the exhibition and forms an independent artistic statement. Combined the works give an insight into themes, concerns and new artistic tendencies of a young generation of artists confronted with life in a country in distress.
The 16 nominees were shortlisted by an independent Selection Committee from about 800 applicants and include: Yevgenia Belorusets (34, Kyiv), Daniil Galkin (29, Dnipropetrovsk), Mykola Karabinovych (26, Odesa), Alina Kleitman (24, Kharkiv), Daria Koltsova (27, Kyiv), Kinder Album(32, Lviv), Sergii Melnychenko (23, China, Chengdu), Roman Mykhailov (25, Kyiv), Sergiy Petlyuk(34, Lviv), Mykola Ridnyi (30, Kharkiv), Ivan Svitlychnyi (26, Kharkiv), Sergiy Yakimenko (27, Kharkiv), Katerina Yermolaeva (30, Kyiv), Anna Zvyagintseva (28, Kyiv) and groups: Melnychuk-Burlaka Group (Ivan Melnychuk (33, Kyiv), Oleksandr Burlaka (33, Kyiv), Open Group (Yuri Bieliey (27, Lviv), Pavlo Kovach (27, Lviv), Anton Varga (25, Lviv).
The exhibition curator Tatiana Kochubinska, junior curator, PinchukArtCentre, said: “Forming the exhibition of 16 nominated artists indeed we were trying to track and show certain relations between some works, but first of all we are talking about 16 independent artistic statements as each project is considered as a self-contained show. There are several general tendencies in artists’ works we discovered which included an idea of interplay in art that requires a viewer’s direct interaction with a work, or in some cases there was needed obligatory engagement of a viewer leading to the art work creation. Also research was a main idea behind many works’ concepts: research of conflicts and social problems, informational wars reflections, thinking stereotypes analysis, self-, individuals and groups identification.”
Seven nominees represent new names of the Ukrainian contemporary art stage whose works have never been on show in the PinchukArtCentre before. Nine shortlisted artists have been nominated for the PinchukArtCentre Prize in 2009, 2011 and 2013, namely: Yevgenia Belorusets (2013), Daniil Galkin (2011, 2013), Alina Kleitman (2011), Sergiy Petlyuk (2011), Mykola Ridnyi (2011, 2013), Ivan Svitlychnyi (2011, 2013), Anna Zvyagintseva (2013), Melnychuk-Burlaka Group (2013), and Open Group (2013). Additionally, Open Group and Daniil Galkin were awarded Special Prizes in the edition of PinchukArtCentre Prize in 2013.
In 2015 the Selection Committee of the PinchukArtCentre Prize was formed by Alisa Lozhkina, chief editor of the ART UKRAINE magazine; Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta, culture expert, curator, senior expert of pro.mova analytical center; Michael Rashkovetsky, art critic and curator; Bjorn Geldhof, Deputy artistic director of the PinchukArtCentre, and Tatiana Kochubinska, junior curator of the PinchukArtCentre.
The Open Group is the Main Prize Winner of the fourth edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize. The artists have been awarded UAH 250,000 (USD 10,000) and one-month residency at a studio of an internationally renowned artist. Additionally, the Main Prize Winner is automatically included in the short list of the Future Generation Art Prize 2016, a worldwide contemporary art prize.
The Winners of the Main Prize and the two Special Prizes have been selected and announced at the award ceremony in Kyiv by the members of the distinguished international jury that in 2015 includes:Bart De Baere, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (M HKA), Belgium; Bjorn Geldhof, Artistic and strategic director of Yarat, Azerbaijan; Martin Kiefer, Curator, contemporary art section, Louvre, France; Yuri Leiderman, artist and writer, Ukraine / Germany, and Anna Smolak, Chief curator, BWA SOKÓŁ Gallery in Nowy Sącz.
Anna Zvyagintseva and Alina Kleitman have been awarded Special Prizes. Anna Zvyagintseva also received Public Choice Prize.
Starting from the first edition in 2009 the PinchukArtCentre Prize attracted about 4000 applicants from all regions of Ukraine.
Shortlist
Age 24
City Kharkiv
Age 28
City Kyiv
Age 29
City Dnipropetrovsk
Age 27
City Kyiv
Age 30
City Kyiv
Age 26
City Kharkiv
Age 32
City Lviv
Age 33
City Kyiv
Age 26
City Odesa
Age 30
City Kharkiv
Age
City Lviv
Age 25
City Kyiv
Age 23
City China, Chengdu
Age 34
City Lviv
Age 27
City Kharkiv
Age 34
City Kyiv
Exhibited works
multimedia environment: audio and visual programming, metal, wood, glass, cardboard, plaster, analog and digital equipment, audio system 6:0, LED lights
multimedia environment: audio and visual programming, metal, wood, glass, cardboard, plaster, analog and digital equipment, audio system 6:0, LED lights
multimedia installation: action, c-print, print run of books, video
multimedia installation: action, c-print, print run of books, video
fragments of destroyed monuments, colour photography, reprints of Soviet magazines, a selection of quotations
fragments of destroyed monuments, colour photography, reprints of Soviet magazines, a selection of quotations
Jury
Anna is an art history graduate of the Jagiellonian University, she also completed a post-graduate course in cultural diplomacy at Collegium Civitas. Presently, she is chief curator of the BWA SOKÓŁ Gallery in Nowy Sącz; collaborates with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw on the development of projects linked to the Eastern Partnership countries, in particular the Caucasus. Anna has participated in a number of programmes. She lives in Krakow.
Bart De Baere is a Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (M HKA) since 2002. He served as chairman of the Flemish Council for Culture, which advises the government on cultural policy. From 1999 till 2001 Bart De Baere was advisor for cultural heritage and contemporary art to the Flemish Minister of Culture. He organized and curated events for several venues abroad including Documenta IX in Kassel; was involved in establishing a biennial in South Africa. Bart was a member of the International Advisory Council for the network of Soros Centres for contemporary art in Eastern Europe.
Martin Kiefer was born in 1974 in Basel. He is the head of contemporary art at the Louvre, Paris and performs several missions there. He is a member of the jury of Contemporary Art of the University Paris-Dauphine-IX from 2015; was engaged in the preparation of future projects of such artists: JR, Eva Jospin, Akram Zaatari and François Mitterrand’s photo exhibition. Martin is also the curator of «Entre eux et moi», «Face à Face», «Love does (nt) exist», «Profil (s) -Interface Photographique», «Les jardins de Gruel» exhibitions.
Yuri Leiderman, Ukrainian artist and writer, was born in 1963 in Odessa. Since 1982 took part in unofficial exhibitions in Odessa and Moscow. In the 80-90s he lived in Moscow, was a member of the so-called "Moscow conceptualism". Yuri is a member of numerous international exhibitions of contemporary art; author of several books of poetry, prose and essays; winner of Russian literary award named after Andrei Bely (2005). He lives in Berlin.
Bjorn Geldhof - Artistic and strategic director of Yarat . He curated various projects and exhibitions, among others the Future Generation Art Prize 2010, 2012, 2014, Future Generation Art Prize@Venice 2011, 2013 and a group exhibition entitled “Hope!”, presenting Ukraine at the 56th International Art Exposition la Biennale di Venezia. Organizer of solo exhibitions with Candice Breitz, Damian Ortega, Olafur Eliasson, Jeff Wall, Gary Hume, Anish Kapoor, Tony Oursler, Chapman brothers, etc. Prior to that, he worked together with the Belgian artist Jan Fabre, curating, coordinating, and organizing exhibitions. From 2004 to 2006, Bjorn Geldhof managed the magazine Janus, devoted to contemporary art, philosophy, theatre, architecture, literature and science.
Selection Committee
Deputy General Director of National art and culture museum complex Mystetskyi Arsenal, editor-in-chief of ART UKRAINE. Lives and works in Kyiv. Studied at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (political science, cultural studies), Moscow Higher courses of Directors and Scriptwriters (fiction film). Work experience includes Marat Gelman Gallery (Art Manager), Kyiv city art gallery "Lavra" (Deputy Director and Chief Curator), TOP10 magazine (Art Editor). In 2010, together with Alexander Solovyov co-authored an art-project “POINT ZERO. Recent history of Ukrainian contemporary art”. Since 2010, Alisa has been leading ART UKRAINE magazine, and since 2013 works at Mystetskyi Arsenal. Most recent projects include: “I am a Drop in the Ocean. Art of the Ukrainian Revolution”, Kunstlerhous, Vienna, Austria (2014), “Codex of Mezhyhiria”, National Art Museum of Ukraine (2014), «Jestem kroplą w morzu. Sztuka ukraińskiej rewolucji», MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland (2014), «Long Path to Freedom. Ukrainian Art Between Revolution and Hybrid War», Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, USA (2014-2015),”Kateryna Bilokur. I want to be an artist!”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, 2015.
- cultural specialist, curator, senior expert of analytical centre pro.mova. From April 2014 to December 2014 worked as First Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the National Committee for UNESCO; was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Presidents of Ukraine and Poland. From March 2008 to April 2014 managed programs and projects on culture at "Development of Ukraine" Charity Foundation; from 2010 to April 2014 was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CSM, Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art. In 2010, 2012 was a member of the board of adjudicators of Malevich Prize for Ukrainian artists, founded by the Polish Institute in Ukraine. Chairwoman of Jury panel at Molodist International Film Festival 2011 and Panorama of Ukrainian Cinema in 2010-2011. In 2010-2014 – member of expert council of the i3 programme (i3 - idea. impulse. innovations), the Dynamic Museum programme under "Development of Ukraine" Charity Foundation, i3 programme scholarship council member, and member of the museum council of the Ministry of Cultur of Ukraine in 2012-2014. Curator of several art projects, in particular: “Great surprise” and “The changing world-narrated time” at the National Art Museum of Ukraine; “Tenderness” at the CSM, Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art; performance by Aleftina Kakhidze “I'm Late For A Plane That Cannot Be Missed” and etc.
– art historian and critic, curator. Born in 1954 in Odesa, where he lives and works. Graduate of the Faculty of Philology of Odesa State University (1978), and Department of Theory and History of Art Institute of Repin Academy of Arts of the USSR (1992, St. Petersburg). Worked as a researcher at Odesa Art Museum, head of exhibition and research-and-education department (1982 - 1996); chairman of the association “New Art” (Odesa, 1993 - 1996); Director of the Soros Contemporary Art Center (Odesa, 1996 - 2000). Since 2002 is a curator at Odesa Jewish Museum, and since 2013 co-curates Odesa Biennale of Contemporary Art.
– junior curator of the PinchukArtCentre. Tetiana was born in 1985 in Kyiv, where she lives and works. In 2007 graduated from the Faculty of Theory and History of Art of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture. From 2006 to 2012 worked in the research and exhibition department of the Kyiv National Museum of Russian Art. In 2010 underwent internship at the Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany (scholarship program of Institut fuer Auslandsbeziehungen). 2012-2014 - participant of the Curatorial Platform at the PinchukArtCentre. Since 2014 she holds a position of a junior curator of the PinchukArtCentre.
Deputy Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre. He curated various projects and exhibitions, among others the Future Generation Art Prize 2010, 2012, 2014, Future Generation Art Prize@Venice 2011, 2013 and a group exhibition entitled “Hope!”, presenting Ukraine at the 56th International Art Exposition la Biennale di Venezia. Organizer of solo exhibitions with Candice Breitz, Damian Ortega, Olafur Eliasson, Jeff Wall, Gary Hume, Anish Kapoor, Tony Oursler, Chapman brothers, etc. Prior to that, he worked together with the Belgian artist Jan Fabre, curating, coordinating, and organizing exhibitions. From 2004 to 2006, Bjorn Geldhof managed the magazine Janus, devoted to contemporary art, philosophy, theatre, architecture, literature and science.
Exhibitions
