Pinchuk Future Generation Art Prize Shortlist Announced

The PinchukArtCentre announced the 21 nominees for the third edition of the Future Generation Art Prize on Tuesday. The international art prize, open to artists up to 35 years of age, was established by the Victor Punchuk Foundation in 2009. The winner of the main prize will be awarded $100,000 at the Award Ceremony in December.

The shortlist of the Future Generation Art Prize is as follows:

Neïl Beloufa, 29 (France/Algeria), Rossella Biscotti, 35 (Italy), James Bridle, 33 (UK), Kudzanai Chiurai, 33 (Zimbabwe), Cécile B. Evans, 31 (USA/Belgium), Aslan Gaisumov, 23 (Russia), Ximena Garrido-Lecca, 34 (Peru), He Xiangyu, 27 (China), Jia Aili, 34 (China), Nikita Kadan, 31 (Ukraine), Zhanna Kadyrova, 32 (Ukraine), Mauricio Limón, 34 (Mexico), Adrian Melis Sosa, 28 (Cuba), Nástio Mosquito, 32 (Angola), Carlos Motta, 36 (Colombia), Jon Rafman, 32 (Canada), Cally Spooner, 31 (UK), Pilar Quinteros, 26 (Chile), Allyson Vieira, 35 (USA), GCC (Arabian Gulf region) and Public Movement (Israel).

The 21st nominee is Zhanna Kadyrova, winner of the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2013, a contemporary art prize given to Ukrainian artists up to 35 years old.

The 20 nominees were chosen from an application pool of 5,500 artists from 148 countries. The exhibition of the shortlisted artists will open at the PinchukArtCentre on October 25, 2014.