Carnegie Art Award
Encyclopedia
The Carnegie Art Award is a Swedish
art award event established in 1998 by Swedish financial group Carnegie Investment Bank
to recognize and promote Nordic
contemporary painting
and artist. With a total prize sum of SEK 2.1m, the Carnegie Art Award is one of the world’s largest art awards.
The event takes place every second year since 2003 and consists of four parts, an exhibition on tour in all Nordic countries, a book and a film presenting the artists and their work, and the awards proper to the three winning artists. Further, one young artist is awarded a scholarship
.
In order to participate, artists have to be born or living in Nordic countries. They can then be nominated by one of about 30 experts on contemporary arts, and may then submit up to five works for the award, among their production of the last 2 years, as the award is meant to be representative of the most recent trends in painting. A jury then selects the works to be included in the exhibition and the award winners.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
art award event established in 1998 by Swedish financial group Carnegie Investment Bank
Carnegie Investment Bank
Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking....
to recognize and promote Nordic
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
contemporary painting
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
and artist. With a total prize sum of SEK 2.1m, the Carnegie Art Award is one of the world’s largest art awards.
The event takes place every second year since 2003 and consists of four parts, an exhibition on tour in all Nordic countries, a book and a film presenting the artists and their work, and the awards proper to the three winning artists. Further, one young artist is awarded a scholarship
Scholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
.
In order to participate, artists have to be born or living in Nordic countries. They can then be nominated by one of about 30 experts on contemporary arts, and may then submit up to five works for the award, among their production of the last 2 years, as the award is meant to be representative of the most recent trends in painting. A jury then selects the works to be included in the exhibition and the award winners.
Laureates
| Year | First Prize SEK 1,000,000 | Second Prize SEK 600,000 | Third Prize SEK 400,000 | Scholarship SEK 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Ulrik Samuelsson, | Nina Roos, | Torsten Andersson Torsten Andersson Torsten Andersson was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party and a member of the Swedish parliament 1953-1956 and 1957-1968 . He was county governor of Gotland County 1968-1974.-References:... , |
Jussi Niva, |
| 1999 | Rolf Hansson, | Silja Rantanen, | Clay Ketter, | Tal R Tal R Tal R is an artist based in Copenhagen.Tal R studied at Billedskolen, Copenhagen, 1986–1988 and at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 1994–2000.... , |
| 2000 | Mari Slaattelid, | Hreinn Friðfinnsson, | Petri Hytönen, | John Kørner, |
| 2001 | Jan Håfström, | Carolus Enckell, | Johan Scott, | Jens Fänge, |
| 2002 | Troels Wörsel Troels Wörsel Troels Wörsel is a Danish painter, currently based in Cologne and Pietra Santa."Troels Wörsel is self-taught and since the 1970s.In the 1970s he was interested mostly in Pop art and conceptual art... , |
Lena Cronqvist, | Tal R Tal R Tal R is an artist based in Copenhagen.Tal R studied at Billedskolen, Copenhagen, 1986–1988 and at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, 1994–2000.... , |
David Svensson, |
| 2004 | Nina Roos, | Anette H. Flensburg, | Olav Christopher Jenssen, | Elina Brotherus, |
| 2006 | Karin Mamma Andersson, | Eggert Pétursson, | Petra Lindholm, | Sirous Namazi, |
| 2008 | Torsten Andersson Torsten Andersson Torsten Andersson was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party and a member of the Swedish parliament 1953-1956 and 1957-1968 . He was county governor of Gotland County 1968-1974.-References:... , |
Jesper Just Jesper Just Jesper Just is a Danish artist, and living and working in Copenhagen and New York, NY. From 1997 to 2003 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.... , |
John Kørner, | Nathalie Djurberg Nathalie Djurberg Nathalie Djurberg is a Swedish video artist who lives and works in Berlin.- Life and work :Djurberg is best known for producing claymation short films that are faux-naïve, but graphically violent and erotic... , |