The PinchukArtCentre Prize is a nationwide contemporary art prize awarded every two years starting from 2009 to Ukrainian artists up to and including 35 years of age. This is the first private award in Ukraine aimed at discovering, supporting, and developing a new generation of young Ukrainian artists.
Thanks to the Prize, the art center strives to ramp up the interest in contemporary art in Ukraine and, by supporting the creation of new works, to form a community of young artists who will be working on the national and international art scenes. In addition, the Prize aims to facilitate Kyiv becoming one of the leading cultural centers of the world.
Awards
UAH 400,000 and a budget for creation of a new work or support of participation in an art residence. The winner of the Grand Prize is automatically put on the list of nominees for Future Generation Art Prize — an international award for young artists.
UAH 100,000 each and a budget for creation of a new work or support of participation in an art residence.
UAH 40,000.
Timeline
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Shortlist
Age 22
Country Kramatorsk/Kyiv
Age 29
Country Dnipro/Kyiv
Age 35
Country Brovary/Kyiv
Age 34
Country Sumy/Kyiv
Age
Country Valerie Karpan (Kyiv) and Maryna Marynychenko (Kyiv/Zaporizhzhia)
Age 34
Country Kyiv/Amsterdam
Age 34
Country Kyiv
Age 34
Country Gurzuf
Age 32
Country Ivano-Frankivsk/Odesa
Age 23
Country Vienna/Kyiv/Bila Tserkva
Age 34
Country Kyiv/Vienna
Age 25
Country Kyiv
Age 34
Country Kharkiv
Age
Country Kharkiv
Age 30
Country Kyiv/Melitopol
Age 29
Country Mariupol
Age 27
Country Chervonohrad
Age 28
Country Kyiv/Berlin
Age 34
Country Kyiv/Oslo
Age 25
Country Kyiv/Luhansk
Jury
curator and writer, curator at Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
Artistic Director of the PinchukArtCentre;
artist; laureate of the Kazimir Malevich Award (2008) and Women in Arts Award (2023)
artist, co-founder of the R.E.P. group and the Hudrada collective
art historian, independent curator and critic, curator of the Polish Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024
Selection Committee
Artist, Laureate of the PinchukArtCentre Prize (2013); Special Prize winner of the Future Generation Art Prize (2014)
Program and Executive Director of Jam Factory, Cultural Manager
Сurator and Cultural Manager, co-founder of the memory culture platform Past/Future/Art
Сurator, Cultural Manager, Researcher and Executive Director of the Kyiv Biennial
Curator of the PinchukArtCentre
Participation regulations
PinchukArtCentre Prize
Founded
By the Viktor Pinchuk Charitable Foundation “Contemporary Art in Ukraine” (hereinafter PinchukArtCentre)
Prize organizer:
PinchukArtCentre
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Competition
The PinchukArtCentre Prize competition has been held every two years since 2009. Citizens of Ukraine of the age up to and including 35 are eligible. One artist or artistic group can submit 3 to 7 works for the competition.
For an art group to be eligible to participate, it must meet the following requirements:
- All participants of the group are citizens of Ukraine.
- All participants of the group meet the age criteria under the terms of the Prize.
When filling out the application form, the artist must indicate at least one work or idea which they believe can be presented at the exhibition of the nominees at PinchukArtCentre.
Applications shall be filed in line with the existing procedure of the PinchukArtCentre Prize. Applications are accepted within the period specified in the timeline of the Prize.
The initial selection of works is carried out by the Selection Commission consisting of contemporary art experts. The Commission may reject a candidate if the application fails to meet the requirements of the competition.
From the submitted applications, the Commission selects a short list of 20 artists who become participants of the exhibition and compete for the Prize. The names of shortlisted nominees are announced on the website of the Prize and of PinchukArtCentre.
The exhibition of works by Prize nominees takes place at PinchukArtCentre during the period indicated in the timeline of the Prize.
The International Jury determines the winner of the Grand Prize and two Special Prizes. The decision is made by a simple majority of votes of the International Jury. The winners are announced at the Award Ceremony at the time specified in the timeline of the Prize.
At the same time, attendees of the exhibition vote for the nominees to award the Public Prize. The winner is the artist whose work received the most votes.
Application Procedure
The application to compete for the PinchukArtCentre Prize shall be filed within the period specified in the timeline of the Prize.
Only works by the author (or the artistic group) can be included in the application.
If the work of art is owned by a third party, the application should include a notarized permit of the owner to use this work at the competition and the exhibition of works by shortlisted nominees.
At the time of submitting an application, the applicant consents to the processing of personal data in line with the Law “On Personal Data Protection” and must guarantee in writing the right of PinchukArtCentre to free use of the artistic work and free transmission of the image of their work for participation in the competition and exhibition project.
Applications are accepted online via the website of the PinchukArtCentre Prize.
The terms of participation are the main regulatory document, and consenting to them is mandatory to apply.
