Kandinsky Prize
| Kandinsky Prize | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Russia |
| Presented by | Deutsche Bank |
| First awarded | 2007 |
| Website | kandinsky-prize |
The Kandinsky Prize, named after
It was first given out on December 4, 2007, hosted at the
The award has been evolving over the years. "One of the distinctive features of the prize is that artists are able to nominate themselves."[3] Now the categories are 'Project of the Year', 'Young Artist. Project of the Year' and 'Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art'. Every year the venue changes, the finalists' projects being shown in different cities.
Background
On September 20, 2007,
"This is a natural progression. In the last two years, we have had the Biennale, art fairs and many exhibitions. With all these events, there comes growth in numbers of art critics, art investors, art foundations and institutes, and so we decided there should also be an art prize," Nikolai Molok, the editor of ArtKhronika.[4]
Kandinsky Prize 2007
Jury
Jean-Hubert Martin, Valerie Higgins, and Andrey Yerofeyev.
Nomination
Project of the Year
Anatoly Osmolovsky, AES+F, Yuri Albert, Yuri Avvakumov, Katerina Belkina, Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky, Dmitri Vrubel and Victoria Timofeeva, Dmitry Gutov, Larisa Zvezdochetova, Alain Kirtsova, Vitaly Kopachev, Oleg Kulik, Konstantin Latyshev, Anton Litvin, Rauf Mamedov, Irina Nakhova, Nikola Ovchinnikov, George Pervov, Alexei Politov and Marina Belova, Alexander Sauko, Sergei Saigon, Sumnina Maria, Olga and Alexander Florensky, Gor Chahal, Yuri Shabelnikov.
Young Artist (aged up to 30)
Vladlena Gromova, Catherine Belyavskaya, Lyoha Garikovich, Peter Goloshapov, Bashir Borlakov, Ekaterina Gavrilova and Petr Zhukov, Oleg Dou, Diana Machulina, Alexei Stepanov, Sergei Uryvaev and Alexei Stepanov, Gregory Yushenko.
Media Art Project of the Year
Vladislav Mamyshev Monroe, Anton Litvin, Vladimir Logutov Alexei Buldakov and Petr Bystrov, Philip Dontcov, Oleg Kulik, Provmyza Victor Freudenberg, Marina Chernikov, Aristarchus Chernyshev.
Winners
- Young Artist (aged up to 30) — Vladlena Gromova[5]
- Media Art Project of the Year — Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe[5]
- Artist of the Year — Anatoly Osmolovsky[5]
- People's Choice Award — Peter Goloschapov[5]
Kandinsky Prize 2008
Jury
Jean-Hubert Martin, Valerie Higgins, Andrei Erofeev, Friedhelm Hütte, Catherine Bobrinskaya, Alexander Borovsky
Nomination
Project of the Year
Alexey Belyaev-Gintovt, Dmitry Gutov, Boris Orlov, Victor Alimpiev, Peter White, Alexander Vertinsky, Sergei Vorontsov,
Young Artist (aged up to 30)
Diana Machulina, Anna Gholud, Grigory Yushchenko, 3 ART, MAKE, Andrei Blokhin and Georgy Kuznetsov, Ilya Gaponov and Cyril Koteshov, Alexander Gronskiy, Alina Gutkina, Oleg Dou, Alexander Klymtsov, Lera Matveeva, Misha Most, Nikolai Rykunov, Anna Titova.
Media Art Project of the Year
Group "PG", Vladimir Logutov, Group "Blue Soup", Maria Andre, Hope Anfalova, Vladlen Gromov, Marina Zvyagintsev, Anton Litvin, Ksenia Peretrukhina, Group PROVMYZA, Programme ESCAPE, Thanatos Banionis, Alexander von Busch, Svetlana Hansemann, Marina Chernikov.
Winners
- Young Artist (aged up to 30) — Diana Machulina[6]
- Media Art Project of the Year — PG Group (Ilya Falkovsky, Alexey Katalkin and Boris Spiridonov)[6]
- Project of the Year — Alexey Belyaev-Gintovt[6]
Kandinsky Prize 2009
Nomination
Project of the Year
Konstantin Batynkov, Peter White,
Young Artist
Eugene Antufiev, Lyoha Garikovich, Ivan Lungin, Stepan Subbotin, Dmitry Teselkin, Alexander Frolov, ART 3, Makeev, Milk & Vodka, Recycle.
Media Art Project of the Year
Thanatos Banionis, Julia and Alexander Devlyashova Toschevikova, Alexandra Dementieva, Vadim Zakharov, Marina Zvyagintsev, Elena Kovylina Alexander Lavrov, Alexei Politov and Marina Belova PROVMYZA Olga Tobreluts and Dmitry Sokolenko, Aristarch Chernyshev and Alexei Shulgin.
Winners
- Young Artist (aged up to 30) — Evgeny Antufiev[7]
- Media Art Project of the Year — Electroboutique (Aristarkh Chernyshev and Alexey Shulgin)[7]
- Project of the Year — Vadim Zakharov[7]
Kandinsky Prize 2010
Winners
- Young Artist — Taisia Korotkova for Reproduction (2009), Recycle (Andrei Blokhin and Georgy Kuznetsov) for Reverse
- Media Art Project of the Year — Andrei Blazhnov for Cost?
- Project of the Year — Alexander Brodsky for The Road[8]
Kandinsky Prize 2011
Winners
- Young Artist — Polina Kanis for Eggs
- Media Art Project of the Year — Anastasia Ryabova for Artists' Private Collections
- Artist of the Year — Yuri Albert for Moscow Poll[9]
Kandinsky Prize 2012
Nomination
- Art Collective Pussy Riot was nominated,[10] but not included on the shortlist, causing a number of nominees to retract their names in protest.[11]
Winners
- Young Artist — Dmitry Venkov for Mad Mimes
- Main category — Grisha Bruskin for H-HOUR Sculpture project and AES+F Allegoria Sacra
Kandinsky Prize 2013
Winners
- Young Artist — Evgeny Granilshchikov for Positions and Tim Parchikov Times New Roman Episode III: Moscow
- Main category — Irina Nakhova for The project Untitled
Kandinsky Prize 2014
Winners
- Young Artist — Albert Soldatov for the project Baltus
- Main category — Pavel Pepperstein for the project Holy Politics
- Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art — Mihail Yampolskii for the work Gnosis in Images
Kandinsky Prize 2015
Winners
- Young Artist — Olya Kroytor for the project Fulcrum
- Project of the Year —Filippov Andrey for the project The Wheel in the Head
- Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art — Podoroga Valeriy for the project The Second Screen: S. Eisenstein and the Cinematography of Violence
Kandinsky Prize 2016
Winners
- Young Artist — Super Taus
- Project of the Year — Andrey Kuzkin
- Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art — Victor Misiano
Kandinsky Prize 2017
Winners
- Young Artist — Sasha Pirogova
- Project of the Year — ZIP Grouping
- Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art — Alexander Borovsky
Kandinsky Prize 2019
Winners
- Young Artist — Albina Mokryakova
- Project of the Year — Evgeny Antufiev
- Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art — Andrey Khlobystin
Kandinsky Prize 2021
Winners
- Young Artist — Albina Mokryakova
- Project of the Year — Andrey Kuzkin
- Scholarly Work. History and Theory of Contemporary Art — Roman Osminkin
See also
References
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- ^ "Kandinsky Prize - Deutsche Bank sponsors first Russian prize for contemporary art". Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
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- ^ "Anti-Putin Punk Group Nominated For Prestigious Russian Art Award". Radio Free Europe. Aug 10, 2012.
- ^ "Congratulations to Kandinsky Prize winners Dmitry Venkov, AES+F and Grisha Bruskin". Baibakov Art Projects. Dec 12, 2012.