An Icelandic artist Kristján Guðmundsson was awarded the first prize in the Nordic art prize, Carnegie Art Award 2010. The jury awarded Guðmundsson first prize for his exceptional sound-absorbing paintings in which he combines materials and concept into an artwork filled with content.
Second prize went to the Swedish artist Kristina Jansson for her seductive, distinctive and psychologically charged paintings. Yet another Swedish artist Felix Gmelin was awarded third prize for his installation "Ambiguous Gestures". The grant to a young artist goes to Marie Søndergaard Lolk from Denmark.
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HM Queen Margrethe will award Gudmundsson and the other prize winners in a ceremony at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen on 17 September 2009. After this the exhibition, the art works will tour the Nordic capitals, London, Beijing and Nice.
Carnegie Art Award was established in 1998 to promote Nordic contemporary painting and to support distinguished artists born or living in the Nordic countries. Carnegie Art Award is one of the world’s biggest art prizes, 2,1 million Swedish crowns, divided between the prizewinners. A total of 148 artists were nominated for the prize this year.
For further information see: www.carnegieartaward.com