Selections for Celeste Prize 2011, 3rd Edition, New York

This year's 50 finalist and 75 shortlisted works for Celeste Prize 2011 have been announced today by our international selection committee of critics and curators.

The 5 winners will be chosen by jurors Eugene Tan and Sara Reisman  at the awards night, 11 November, during the final exhibition at The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, 11-13 November.
Selections were made by the following critics and curators, members of the selection committee: Joseph Gaylard , Mami Kataoka, Bibi Katholm, Oxana Maleeva, Davide Quadrio, Erin Sickler, WonGi Sul, Philip Tinari, Nicola Trezzi, Marco Mancuso, José Vieira, Eric Dunlap, Bertram Niessen, Claudio Sinatti, Marius Watz.
See all finalist works: http://www.celesteprize.com/selections/pg:en11/  

FINALIST WORKS Celeste Prize 2011

PAINTING PRIZE - 6,000 Euro

Luca Cecioni - interference
Carla Fache - Material Universe
Roy - Andres Hofer - the commuters
Jane Lee - Turned Out II
Maurice Mbikayi - Untitled III
Ekaterina Panikanova - paradise.book online!
Bettina Patermo - different ways to wear a headscarf III
Levente Sulyok - Collapse
Angelo Zani - Because the living can't remember the eyes of
Amir Hossein Zanjani - Medical Exemption


PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL GRAPHICS - 6,000 Euro

VALERIE ANEX - Ghost Estates I
VALERIE ANEX - Ghost Estates II
Asli Cavusoglu - The Demolition of Russian Monument at Ayastefanos
Melanie Cleary - The Hero Within
Nathan Harger - Untitled (Refining Station), Cleveland, OH, 2010
Nathan Harger - Untitled (Process Tank), Brooklyn, NY 2010
William Miller - Ruined Polaroid #40
Ernesto Romano - Ernesto Romano, New York, 2010. Two colors.
Anna Tihanyi - Alice
Jacqueline Tune - A Wintry Drum II


VIDEO & ANIMATION - 6,000 Euro

Bonhomme Daniel - Sea of roofs
Scott Draves and the Electric Sheep - Generation 244
Jonathan Gillie - Higgs Bridge
Eric Hynynen - The Finn
Shahar Marcus - Leap of faith
Viola Mondello - Abitarsi
Chinmoyi Patel - "Shall We?"
Grieve Perspective - Tomorrow is a Million Years
Andreij Ebenizer Pollister - La Creazione - ovvero il ridicolo e disperato tentativo di fermare il tempo
Ameen Roayan - Vista


INSTALLATION & SCULPTURE - 6,000 Euro

Lynette Bester - Untitled (Medusa)
Briony Clarke - Love Seat Reima Honkasalo - Light Mincer
Instant hutong - Urban Carpet
JeongHo Park - Boxes
Mike Rathbun - the situation he found himself in
Stefan Schwabe - Troblion
Vertical Submarine - A View with a Room
Levente Sulyok - Black Box
Syagini Ratna Wulan - Bibliotea


LIVE MEDIA & PERFORMANCE - 6,000 Euro

A-li-ce - HARRY
DaZ - la perversione del dittatore
Frank Fantom - Underwater
Frank Fantom - obsKubus::glich.µ.i
Francesca Fini - Western Meat Market
Francesca Fini - The Shadow
Fuse* - N1.0
Alek Grguric - The Kinetic Approach
iride iride - L'esercito dei cubi
Bruno Vianna - Wordly Skies

Celeste Prize 2011, III Edizione
Awards & Exhibition
The Invisible Dog
51 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NYC