Carnegie Art Award
- For the American art award, see: Carnegie Prize
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
- ↑ Carnegie Art Award, Carnegie Investment Bank.