Submission of applications for the PinchukArtCentre Prize begins on 17 January

On 17 January 2011 the PinchukArtCentre opens an application procedure for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 – a nationwide prize in contemporary art for young Ukrainian artists. The PinchukArtCentre Prize is the first privately funded award in Ukraine, aimed at creating, supporting and developing a new generation of young Ukrainian artists.

Submission of works for the competition shall only be performed on-line via Internet site of the programme: prize.pinchukartcentre.org from 17 January to 17 April 2011.

The PinchukArtCentre Prize is awarded to the best Ukrainian artists aged 16 to 35, every two years starting from 2009. Artists working with any genre of contemporary art, including painting, photography, video, sculpture, installation, documents and etc., may apply for the competition.

The Main Prize, two Special Prizes and the "Public Choice Prize" shall be awarded within the framework of the PinchukArtCentre Prize:

• The Main Prize is UAH 100 000 and includes internship in the studios of the world leading artists;
• Two Special Prizes is UAH 25 000 each and include internship in the studios of the world leading artists;
• The Public Choice Prize is UAH 10 000. The winner of the Public Choice Prize shall be determined by voting of the visitors, attending the Prize nominees exhibition.

The winner of the Main Prize will be automatically included in the shortlist of the Future Generation Art Prize 2012 – an International Art Prize for young artists.

Individual artists, as well as groups of artists are allowed to participate in the competition. One artist (or a group of artists) may submit 3 to 7 works for the competition. The applications should be submitted according to the PinchukArtCentre Prize Rules. The primary selection shall be performed by the Expert Committee consisting of art centre curators and contemporary art experts. The shortlist of 12 PinchukArtCentre Prize 2011 nominees will be announced by the Expert Committee on 20 July.

Exhibition of the 12 shortlisted PinchukArtCentre Prize nominees will open on 22 October 2011.

The winners of the Main and Special Prizes will be named by the International Jury of PinchukArtCentre Prize in December 2011. The names of the Jury members - the world’s leading contemporary art experts - will be announced at the opening of the exhibition of the shortlisted Prize nominees. The winner of the Public Choice Prize will be determined by voting of the visitors, attending the exhibition.

Finalists of the first edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize were selected in December 2009. Artem Volokitin won the Main PinchukArtCentre Prize and Oleksii Salmanov and Masha Shubina became the winners of two Special Prizes. In addition to the cash prizes, the finalists had a chance to train at the studios of the internationally renowned artists: Artem Volokitin and Masha Shubina trained in the art studio of Antony Gormley in London and Oleksii Salmanov in the studio of Olafur Eliasson in Berlin.

Also, the works by Artem Volokitin were presented at the exhibition of 21 shortlisted nominees for the Future Generation Art Prize 2010. Artem Volokitin was included in the shortlists of this international art prize for young artists as a winner of the Main PinchukArtCentre Prize.