Carnegie Art Award

For the American art award, see: Carnegie Prize
Heikki Marila, winner of First Prize, 2012

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.[1]

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.

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,  Sweden Nina Roos,  Finland Torsten Andersson,  Sweden Jussi Niva,  Finland
1999 Rolf Hansson,  Sweden Silja Rantanen,  Finland Clay Ketter,  Sweden Tal R,  Denmark
2000 Mari Slaattelid,  Norway Hreinn Friðfinnsson,  Iceland Petri Hytönen,  Finland John Kørner,  Denmark
2001 Jan Håfström,  Sweden Carolus Enckell,  Finland Johan Scott,  Finland Jens Fänge,  Sweden
2002 Troels Wörsel,  Denmark Lena Cronqvist,  Sweden Tal R,  Denmark David Svensson,  Sweden
2004 Nina Roos,  Finland Anette H. Flensburg,  Denmark Olav Christopher Jenssen,  Norway Elina Brotherus,  Finland
2006 Karin Mamma Andersson,  Sweden Eggert Pétursson,  Iceland Petra Lindholm,  Finland Sirous Namazi,  Sweden
2008 Torsten Andersson,  Sweden Jesper Just,  Denmark John Kørner,  Denmark Nathalie Djurberg,  Sweden
2010 Kristján Guðmundsson,  Iceland Kristina Jansson,  Sweden Felix Gmelin,  Sweden Marie Søndergaard Lolk,  Denmark
2012 Heikki Marila,  Finland Ann Edholm,  Sweden Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen,  Denmark Klara Lidén,  Sweden
2014 Dag Erik Elgin,  Norway Sophie Tottie,  Sweden A Kassen,  Denmark Davið Örn Halldórsson,  Iceland

References

  1. Carnegie Art Award, Carnegie Investment Bank.

External links

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