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ARTISTS AWARD THE FIRST CELESTE ART PRIZE
£15,000 PRIZE MONEY
Sunday, 28th May 2006
The Well, Old Truman Brewery, London
Natasha Kidd wins the Professional Artist category (£10,000)
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Shaan Syed the Student section (£5,000) |
The sixty finalists voted for the fellow artist they considered pre-eminent in the exhibition at the Old Truman Brewery.
So often subject to the opinions of others, the artist finalists have had the opportunity to decide who deserves the award money amongst their peer group.
Over 2,000 visitors came to view
the week long exhibition (23rd-28th May)
The exhibition catalogue is available to purchase
(£17.69 inclusive of postage)
Please contact info@celesteartprize.co.uk
If you would like to contribute to the discussion started by the curators please e-mail info@celesteartprize.co.uk
The Celeste Art Prize 2007
will be launched in September 2006
if you would like to receive further information
please contact info@celesteartprize.co.uk
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| WINNERS DETAILS |
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Natasha Kidd
"Overflow"
Site specific painting machine.
Copper pipe, industrial pump,
emulsion paint, timer & aluminium panel.
Date: 2006 -
Size: 200x200cm
STUDENT ARTIST
Shaan Syed
Goldsmiths College
"Halls (Rockstar)"
Oil on canvas - Date: 2005
Size: 152x183cm |
CELESTE ART PRIZE 2006
Names of finalist and shortlisted artists |
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS
(Finalists 30 - Works) |
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS
(Shortlist 170) |
STUDENT SECTION
(Finalists 30 - Works)
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STUDENT SECTION
(Shortlist 70) |
Images of the finalist works are now viewable
in the above sections. |
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THE FIRST CELESTE ART PRIZE
2006
A new prize to promote painting in its widest sense in the UK
£15,000 prize money
The prize has been established to promote painting in the UK with the widest survey of techniques including new media.
The Celeste Painting Prize is open to anyone living and working in the UK and UK citizens living and working abroad at the time of the submission.
There is no age limit to the applicants.
There will be an exhibition in London for the 60 finalists works plus an accompanying 200 page catalogue containing 400 colour images of all the short listed and finalists' works with critical texts.
The short listed artists will be selected by the Curatorial Programme at Goldsmiths College, London.
The 60 finalists will then vote for the overall winners in 2 sections:
| Artist - £10,000 |
Student - £5,000 |
Application deadline 31st January 2006
CELESTE ART PRIZE 2006
SHORT LISTED & FINALIST ARTISTS |
The Celeste Art Prize is delighted to announce the finalists & the short listed artists for the 2006 prize.
The response to the prize in its first year has been extremely positive (1,120 artists) and we would like to thank everyone who has entered and supported the prize.
Submissions came in from all over the country and from UK artists living and working abroad as far a field as Australia and New Zealand representing a wide variety of artistic styles and media.
Our special thanks go to the Goldsmiths College Curatorial Programme for their enthusiasm and hard work in the selection of the artists.
Dr Andrew Renton,
Director, Curating, Goldsmiths College comments:
"It has been an amazing experience for the Curatorial Programme at Goldsmiths. Our encounter with the work of over a thousand artists confirms, despite age-old suggestions to the contrary, that painting is alive and kicking."
Whilst submissions in the Professional Artists’ category were of a quantity and quality to make an interesting & competitive selection process, the number of submissions in the Student category was disappointingly low.
After much discussion between the Curators & the Organisers it was decided to restructure the Student Artist section to take this into account.
There will be 70 short listed & 30 finalist students alongside the 170 short listed artists & 30 finalists in the Professional Artist category.
Steps will be taken to improve the Student category for 2007 and it is hoped that the amendments to the entry requirements will raise the number of Student submissions next year.
The 60 finalists will exhibit at The Well, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London from Tuesday, 23rd May until Sunday 28th May 2006. The exhibition will be open daily 10am-7pm.
During the exhibition the finalists will vote to award the prize money to the artist & student artist. The award ceremony will take place on Sunday 28th May 2006.
The short listed artists & finalists will have their submitted work published in the accompanying catalogue to the exhibition. |
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The Organisers:
Celeste Art Prize Ltd
Sara Pearce
28 Vestry Road - London SE5 8NX
Tel. & Fax 0207 7016679
E-mail: info@celesteartprize.co.uk
Web site: www.celesteartprize.co.uk |
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