Celeste Prize 2009 is an international contemporary art prize in which artists decide who wins the prize money!
Painting, Photography, Video, Installation, Sculpture, Animation, Performance, Live Media, Live Audio Video Performance, DJ/VJ Set. Entries by 30 june 2009
LIVE MEDIA PRIZE € 8000,VIDEO & ANIMATION PRIZE € 8,000,INSTALLATION & SCULPTURE PRIZE € 8,000 PAINTING PRIZE € 8,000,PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL GRAPHICS PRIZE € 8,000
Mark Westall has spent over thirty years creating platforms for culture. Since founding FAD Magazine in 2006, he's dedicated his career to documenting, championing and questioning contemporary art through publishing, criticism and conversation. As founder and editorial director of one of the UK's leading independent contemporary art publications, he has interviewed artists, reviewed exhibitions and covered the ideas shaping contemporary visual culture for more than two decades. He also founded Art of Conversation, Despoke and FAD Bazaar, and regularly serves as a judge for international art and photography awards.
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