Future Generation Art Prize, Open Call

3rd edition of the Future Generation Art Prize
deadline: April 12, 2014

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the PinchukArtCentre open the application procedure for the third edition of the Future Generation Art Prize 2014. Young artists up to 35 wherever they live and work can apply starting from January 13 till April 12, 2014 at the competition’s website: futuregenerationartprize.org.

To encourage the artists from all over the world to apply, starting from 2014 the Future Generation Art Prize will accept applications in ten different languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.

20 shortlisted artists will be announced in June 2014 and will receive an exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev, Ukraine from October 2014 to January 2015. The winner will be announced in December 2014.

Launched by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009, the Prize is open to all artists up to the age of 35 with the aim of acknowledging and giving long-term support to a future generation of artists from all over the world. The Prize is unique because of its global reach and highly democratic form of application via the Internet.

The winner receives a total of 100,000 USD: 60,000 USD as a cash award, and 40,000 USD towards the production of new work. An additional 20,000 USD is allocated to fund artist-in-residency programmes for up to five special prize-winners.

Traditionally supporting young artists from Ukraine where the PinchukArtCentre is located, Zhanna Kadyrova, the winner of the national prize for young artists in 2013 will also be included into the shortlist of the Future Generation Art Prize 2014, bringing the maximum number of artists in the exhibition to 21.

Jury consisting of prominent curators, directors of museums, artists and experts will be publically announced along with names of 20 artists shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize in June 2014.

From its launch the Future Generation Art Prize and its idea to develop a network of young artists worldwide has been supported by its Patron Artists including Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky and Takashi Murakami. Besides providing advice and support for the winning artist, Patron Artists also present a solo show in the PinchukArtCentre parallel to the exhibition of shortlisted artists for the Prize. In 2010 and 2012 there were solo shows by Takashi Murakami and Damien Hirst.

A distinguished international Board oversees the Future Generation Art Prize. In addition to chairman Victor Pinchuk and the four Patron Artists, the Board’s membership includes Eli Broad, Dakis Joannou, Elton John, Miuccia Prada and art museum directors Richard Armstrong (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum), Glenn D. Lowry (The Museum of Modern Art),  and Alfred Pacquement (Musée nationale d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou).

50 Partner Platforms representing more than 38 countries will support the application process and the Prize in 2014. It shows how successfully the Prize has extended its global network and range to involve artists from different regions around the world, especially reaching growing regions such as South America, Australia, Africa and Oceania.

Partner Platforms in 2014
Timeline of the Prize
- 13 January 2014            
Artists may begin submitting applications online at www.futuregenerationartprize.org.
-12 April 2014                  
Application deadline
-April–June 2014          
Selection Committee to review applications and decide on a shortlist of up to 20 artists
-June 2014                      
Announcement of shortlisted artists
-October 2014–January 2015        
Exhibition of works by shortlisted artists to open at the PinchukArtCentre, Kiev. The winner of the national PinchukArtCentre Prize will also participate in the exhibition.
-December 2014
Future Generation Art Prize 2014 Award Ceremony
-May–September 2015
Like in 2011 and 2013, it is planned to present Future Generation Art Prize@Venice 2015—exhibition of the shortlisted artists as a Collateral Event program of the 56th Venice Biennale


Contact details for media enquiries:
T +38 044 494 1148 / press@pinchukartcentre.org
General enquiries:
T +38 044 590 0858 / info@pinchukartcentre.org
The press release in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian is available here.