GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - On Monday evening, the ArtPrize jurors announced their shortlist of the top 20 pieces in this year's competition and the top five venues.
These twenty finalists will join the twenty public vote finalists who will be announced on Sept. 30. There are two $200,000 grand prizes and $100,000 available to win in category awards.
The five venues on the shortlist are competing for the $12,500 outstanding venue award.
2-D
- PULSE Nightclub: 49 Elegies by John Gutoskey at Grand Rapids Art Museum (Ann Arbor, MI)
- But Did You Die? by Heather Johnson at Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives (Rock Hill, SC)
- City with Shining Neon Lights, Hollywood, America by Norimitsu Kokubo at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Higashi-Omi City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
- THE STRING PROJECT by Chelsea Nix & Mariano Cortez at DeVos Place Convention Center (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Mastermind America by Alexi Torres at DeVos Place Convention Center (Atlanta, GA)
3-D
- 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice by Nikesha Breeze at DeVos Place Convention Center (Taos, NM)
- Naming the Dead by Mahwish Chishty at The Ruse Escape Rooms (Kent, OH)
- Untitled by Tony Pedemonte at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Oakland, CA)
- Barter Boat by RADAR Art at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum (Spartanburg, SC)
- Untitled by Shinichi Sawada at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan)
Installation
- Madison at Franklin by Mandy Cano Villalobos at SiTE:LAB (Grand Rapids, MI)
- Heidelbergology; 2+2=8 by Tyree Guyton Heidelberg Project at SiTE:LAB (Detroit, MI)
- By Her Own Hand by Lora Robertson at Fountain Street Church (Newaygo, MI)
- Silent Chorus by Eva Rocha at Fountain Street Church (Richmond, VA)
- Locked and Loaded by Kimberly Walker at Grand Valley State University (Cincinnati, OH)
Time-Based
- C R O S S R O A D by Crossroad Collective at SITE:LAB (Detroit, MI)
- Consequence by Brianna Lynn Hernandez Baurichter at The Bend Gallery (West Allis, WI)
- brown, carmine, and blue. by Le'Andra LeSeur at SITE:LAB (Jersey City, NJ)
- Disabled Country by Neil Marcus at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Berkeley, CA)
- No Names by Niskanen & Salo at Grand Rapids Art Museum (Helsinki, Finland)
Outstanding Venue
This year's ArtPrize has 1,263 artist entries that represent 40 countries and 41 U.S. states. Round 1 of voting for the public will continue until Sept. 29 at 11:59 p.m. Round 2 of voting will open at 2 p.m. on Sept. 30.
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