Submission deadline for Celeste Prize 2016 is 15th July, discover what’s new!
There’s more prize money 23,000 €, and more artists will be invited to the final exhibition in London, The Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, 7-10 October.
Celeste Prize is an international contemporary arts prize which every year awards rewarding benefits to emerging and mid-career artists:
Deadline for entry is 30th June:
http://www.celesteprize.com/celesteprize2016/
Ellen Blumenstein, director, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, is chief-curator of the prize and leads this year’s super-jury of international art critics and curators:
Juliana Bardolim, writer and art critic, Moscow
Moritz Wesseler, director, Kölnischen Kunstverein, Cologne
Chiara Ianeselli, independent curator, Italy
Marc Bembekoff, director, La Halle des bouchers, Vienne
Chris Fitzpatrick, director of Muenchen Kunstverein, Munich
Felix Hoffmann, curator, C/O Berlin Foundation, Berlin
Marianna Liosi, curator, Italy
Barbara Piwowarska, independent curator, Warsaw
Alya Sebti, independent curator, Morocco
Sandro Droschl, director, Künstlerhaus Graz, Austria
Zane Onckule, director, kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga
The 53 finalist artists themselves, chosen by the jury, will vote the prize money at the final exhibition in London.
23,000 € prize
Project Prize 4,000 €
Painting & Drawing Prize 4,000 €
Photography & Digital Graphics Prize 4,000 €
Video & Animation Prize 4,000 €
Installation, Sculpture & Performance Prize 4,000 €
NEW Super-Young Prize 3,000 € (under-26 years)
Entry fees:
50 € for a single work
90 € for a project (up to 10 works)