WINNERS OF THE CARNEGIE ART AWARD 2008!
We are happy to announce the prize winners of the Carnegie Art Award 2008. The first prize of 1 million Swedish kronor will go to Torsten Andersson from Sweden. Danish Jesper Just will receive the second prize of SEK 600.000 and John Kørner, also from Denmark will receive the third prize of SEK 400.000. The scholarship to a young artist of SEK 100.000 will go to Nathalie Djurberg from Sweden.
The award ceremony will take place at the opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki on 25 October 2007.
The artists participating in the Carnegie Art Award 2008 have now been selected!
Out of 143 nominated Nordic artists 26 artists have now been chosen. In the end of June 2007 the jury will gather for their second meeting to compile the exhibition and select the prize winners. The recipients of the awards will be announced on June 29 2007.
The 26 artists of the Carnegie Art Award 2008
Out of 143 nominated Nordic artists 26 artists were chosen by the Jury to participate in the touring exhibition.
Thordis Aðalsteinsdóttir (IS), Torsten Andersson (SE), Nathalie Djurberg (SE), Gardar Eide Einarsson (NO), Anette H. Flensburg (DK),
Jens Fänge (SE), Else Marie Hagen (NO), Ellen Hyllemose (DK), Jarl Ingvarsson (SE), Kristina Jansson (SE), Jesper Just (DK),
Pertti Kekarainen (FI), Jukka Korkeila (FI), Ferdinand Ahm Krag (DK), John Kørner (DK), Tor-Magnus Lundeby (NO), Jussi Niva (FI),
Fie Norsker (DK), Allan Otte (DK), Vesa-Pekka Rannikko (FI), Silja Rantanen (FI), Kirstine Roepstorff (DK), Thorbjørn Sørensen (NO),
Anna Tuori (FI), Thór Vigfússon (IS), Karin Wikström (SE).
Preliminary exhibition tour 2008
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki: 26 October 2007 - 6 January 2008
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo: 1 February 2008 - 30 March 2008
Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen: 18 April 2008 - 25 May 2008
Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur / Reykjavík: 18 June 2008 - 10 August 2008
Konstakademien, Stockholm: 5 September 2008 - 26 October 2008
Royal College of Art, London: 15 November 2008 - 23 November 2008
Göteborgs konstmuseum: 5 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
The Jury of the Carnegie Art Award 2008
Tuula Arkio, Counselor for Cultural Affairs, honorary PhD in Visual Arts, Helsinki (Chairman)
Gunnar J. Árnason, Lecturer at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and art critic, Reykjvik
Ina Blom, Associate Professor, IFIKK - Dept. of Art History, University of Oslo
Mikkel Bogh, Rector of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
Maaretta Jaukkuri, Senior curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Lars Nittve, Museum Director, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
María de Corral, Art critic and independent curator, Madrid
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The award ceremony will take place at the opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki on 25 October 2007.
The artists participating in the Carnegie Art Award 2008 have now been selected!
Out of 143 nominated Nordic artists 26 artists have now been chosen. In the end of June 2007 the jury will gather for their second meeting to compile the exhibition and select the prize winners. The recipients of the awards will be announced on June 29 2007.
The 26 artists of the Carnegie Art Award 2008
Out of 143 nominated Nordic artists 26 artists were chosen by the Jury to participate in the touring exhibition.
Thordis Aðalsteinsdóttir (IS), Torsten Andersson (SE), Nathalie Djurberg (SE), Gardar Eide Einarsson (NO), Anette H. Flensburg (DK),
Jens Fänge (SE), Else Marie Hagen (NO), Ellen Hyllemose (DK), Jarl Ingvarsson (SE), Kristina Jansson (SE), Jesper Just (DK),
Pertti Kekarainen (FI), Jukka Korkeila (FI), Ferdinand Ahm Krag (DK), John Kørner (DK), Tor-Magnus Lundeby (NO), Jussi Niva (FI),
Fie Norsker (DK), Allan Otte (DK), Vesa-Pekka Rannikko (FI), Silja Rantanen (FI), Kirstine Roepstorff (DK), Thorbjørn Sørensen (NO),
Anna Tuori (FI), Thór Vigfússon (IS), Karin Wikström (SE).
Preliminary exhibition tour 2008
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki: 26 October 2007 - 6 January 2008
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo: 1 February 2008 - 30 March 2008
Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen: 18 April 2008 - 25 May 2008
Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur / Reykjavík: 18 June 2008 - 10 August 2008
Konstakademien, Stockholm: 5 September 2008 - 26 October 2008
Royal College of Art, London: 15 November 2008 - 23 November 2008
Göteborgs konstmuseum: 5 December 2007 - 1 February 2008
The Jury of the Carnegie Art Award 2008
Tuula Arkio, Counselor for Cultural Affairs, honorary PhD in Visual Arts, Helsinki (Chairman)
Gunnar J. Árnason, Lecturer at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and art critic, Reykjvik
Ina Blom, Associate Professor, IFIKK - Dept. of Art History, University of Oslo
Mikkel Bogh, Rector of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
Maaretta Jaukkuri, Senior curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Lars Nittve, Museum Director, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
María de Corral, Art critic and independent curator, Madrid
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