ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR THE 2023 ESTERHÁZY ART AWARD

The independent jury of the Esterházy Art Award has nominated 18 artists for the prize. For the eighth edition of the competition, 262 artists applied. Entries were open to paintings and site-specific installations (or plans) in the field of painting.

From the entries submitted, 18 candidates were selected by an independent international jury of experts – Dr Julia Fabényi, Dr Ulrike Groos, Barbara Horvath, Dr István Ottrubay, Gábor Rieder, Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák and Vitus Weh – and were shortlisted for the second round of the prize.

The shortlisted entries will be presented in an exhibition at the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art from 15 December 2023.

Artists nominated for the Award:

Bede Kincső, Bernáth Dániel, Birkás Mona, Ember Sára, Gallov Péter, Horváth Gideon, Király Gábor, Kis Róka Csaba, Kristóf Gábor, Lőrincz Áron, Mendreczky Karina és Kortmann-Járay Katalin, Oláh Norbert, Pap Gábor, Pintér Gábor, Süveges Rita, Tollas Erik, Trapp Dominika, Vékony Dorottya

The winners of this year’s prize will be decided at the beginning of December and announced at the award ceremony and exhibition opening on 14 December.

Established in 2009, the aim of the Esterházy Art Award is to empower young talented Hungarian artists and promote international dialogue. The prize of €5,000 per person is awarded every two years to a minimum of two and a maximum of three Hungarian artists under the age of 45 by an independent, international jury.

Laureates of the previous years are Horváth Dániel, Siegmund Ákos, Borsos Lőrinc (2009), Király András, Szabó Ábel, Karácsonyi László Attila (2011), Csató József, Kaliczka Patrícia, Kovács Olívia (2013), Makai Mira Dalma, Kaszás Tamás, Tibor Zsolt (2015), Keresztes Zsófi, Ezer Ákos, Nagy Imre (2017), Győri Éva Andrea, Nemes Márton, Puklus Péter (2019), Rózsa Luca Sára, Tranker Kata, Ulbert Ádám (2021), whose work is being followed by the Foundation.

Jury members:

Dr Julia Fabényi, Director of the Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art

Dr Ulrike Groos, Director of Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, member of the Board of Trustees of the Camille Graeser Foundation, Zurich, member of the QUIVID art-in-architecture Committee, Munich

Barbara Horvath, curator, art historian, Artistic Director of Kunstverein Eisenstadt, curator of Kunsthaus Wien

Dr István Ottrubay, Founder of the Award, Director General of the Esterházy Foundation, Kismarton

Gábor Rieder PhD, freelance art historian, curator, editor, Budapest

Zsuzsanna Szegedy-Maszák PhD, art historian, curator, Chief Museologist of the Historical Photographic Collection of the Hungarian National Museum, Visiting Professor at Indiana University, Budapest

Vitus Weh, exhibition organiser, curator, researcher in cultural studies, Contemporary Art Consultant of the Esterházy Foundation, Eisenstadt