The annual Young Painter’s Prize has been awarded for the fifteenth time. On Friday 10 November 2023, the Young Painter’s Prize art competition (YPP) has marked its fifteenth anniversary and held the award ceremony which was followed by the opening of the YPP finalists’ group show in the Museum of Applied Art and Design. This year, the main prize went to the Lithuanian artist Agata Orlovska . In his address to the participants of the competition, the YPP jury member Mr. Laurent Le Bon – art historian, the President..
This year – for the fifteenth time already – the Young Painter Prize (YPP) competition invites the young artists from around the Baltic States to showcase their work. This year, as last year, as an exception, young Ukrainian artists who currently reside in Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia can apply for the competition. Young artists from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine (residing in Baltic countries) are invited to apply to the competition..
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Young Painter Prize 2011
- In 2011 the project “Young Painter Prize” is expanding. This year the project welcomes the participation of young artists from three Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia). The main aim of the project stays unaltered - to present the brightest and most promising painters of the younger generation and to create an opportunity for public access to such dynamic new art. Moreover, this projects aims to help its target audience in both Lithuania and abroad – art collectors, managers, curators – discover new talent in Lithuania and Baltic States. This project is focused solely on artists under 30 years old from all disciplines who have acquired (or are in the process of acquiring) a diploma in art. The age limit has been imposed deliberately as the organisers wish to concentrate only on those very young artists who have just graduated (or are graduating) universities and have not yet had the opportunity to appear in public. This category of young artists is most vulnerable and has the largest need for support.
- Since 2009 the project „Young Painter Prize“ (further on referred to as YPP) aims at opening new ways to publicity for the young artists: to help them be noticed, visible and encouraged. Yet the first project YPP that was organized in 2009 answered the expectations of the organizers. The major part of the artists that have participated in the project YPP were noticed by art curators, collectors and gallerists. As a result of these competitions, YPP finalists and winners have been invited to participate in a number of group and personal exhibitions afterwards.
- The most important thing is that talented artists should be appreciated and gain possibilities to improve. Therefore partners capable of providing conditions for artists to live, create and improve in residences are being search for. Together with a solid monetary prize fund, established by the project patrons Dali Van Rooij Rakutyte, Mindaugas Raila and the family of Nicolas Ortiz, the project “Young Painter Prize” also presents two residences. Nida’s Art Colony, a subdivision of Vilnius Academy of Arts, grants the main prize winner with a two months’ residence in Nida, Lithuania, while the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (BMUKK), joining the project for the second year already, presents a three months’ residence "Artist-in-Residence" in Laudon, Austria, including a scholarship of 2.100 EUR. By the decision of BMUKK this residence is exclusively appointed to a Lithuanian artist, who is elected by the BMUKK commission from the group of Lithuanian artists, selected for the final. It is another unexpected possibility for those that might not occupy the highest positions on YPP’11 evaluation scale comprised as a result of the international commission vote.
- Prize fund – support of private art sponsors.
- „Young Painter Prize 2011“ patrons:
- Dali Van Rooij Rakutyte, Mindaugas Raila and the family of Nicolas Ortiz
- The Main Prize of "Young Painter Prize 2011” – 2.500 EUR and two months’ residence in Nida’s Art Colony in Nida resort, Lithuania;
- BMUKK prize for a Lithuanian artist: three months’ residence "Artist-in-Residence" in Laudon, Austria (the prize is devoted for the Lithuanian artist selected from ten finalists. The winner of the prize is selected by BMUKK).
- Encouraging Prizes:
- II nd place winner’s prize: 500 EUR;
- III rd place winner’s prize: „DAILU - VISKAS DAILININKAMS IR MĖGĖJAMS“ presents a cheque of 1000 Lt, for shopping in a store of artists’ resources
- Public Prize – DELFI prize.
- Conditions of participation in the project:
- 1. All artists that have a degree in art or are studying it, as well as senior art students can participate in the project „Young Painter Prize 2011“;
- 2. Applications for participation should be submitted by the young artists under the age of 30;
- 3. The painting submitted for the competition should be created during the period of 2010/2011 (one artwork must be provided for the competition, selected by the artist at his/her own discretion);
- 4. By September 1, 2011, the due information should be submitted in e-variant (by e-mail: jtp.ypp@gmail.com) or CD form (by regular mail. Adrress: Jaunojo tapytojo prizas / Klaipėdos g. 7-19 / LT-01117 Vilnius / Lithuania), including:
- • Application of the participant;
- • 5 artwork photos of a good quality (1 photo of the artwork devoted for the competition (it should be marked as the main competitive artwork in order to distinguish it from others) and 4 photos of accompanying works). It is essential to indicate the registers of each artwork: the title of the artwork, the size, its accomplishment technique and date. The top of the painting should be clearly indicated as well;
- • Creative biography;
- • The descriptive conception of the competitive artwork (up to 1 page);
- 5. The artist who has presented his/her painting for the competition, accepts the condition that the artworks of winners become property of the project organizers (this concerns the Main Prize of „Young Painter Prize 2011“ as well as the Public Prize winners);
- 6. The artist who has presented his/her painting for the competition, accepts the condition that the project organizers have a right to use the creation for information dissemination purposes without the author’s agreement and without any copyright payment.
- 7. Former YPP Main Prize winners cannot participate in the project.
- Stages of participation in the project (including time schedule and deadlines):
- 1. Applications of participants must be submitted by Sep 1, 2011;
- 2. The work of international evaluation commission will take place on e-format till Oct 1, 2011 (due to the reason mentioned, it is very important to provide a photo of a competitive artwork of a very good quality);
- 3. Finalists must present their works to the project organizers by Oct 17, 2011;
- 4. Online voting will take place on Oct 17 – 28, 2011;
- 5. On Oct 20 – Nov 12, 2011, the exhibition of project finalists’ works will take place in the Titanikas’ exposition hall of Vilnius Academy of Arts;
- 6. Oct 28, 2011 – the award evening of the project „Young Painter Prize 2011“.
- APPLICATION FORM
- Due to any further information and application forms, please contact: jtp.ypp@gmail.com, www.ypp.lt
