FAENA ART proudly announces Roger Hiorns as the winner of the 2016 edition of the Faena Prize for the Arts.
Following the evaluation of more than 400 proposals from over 70 countries around the world, Hiorns was selected by a jury of leading figures from the international art world. Coordinated by Ximena Caminos, Artistic Director and Chair of Faena Art, the 2016 selection jury included Carlos Basualdo, Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Achim Borchardt-Hume, Director of Exhibitions at Tate Modern; Caroline Bourgeois, curator of the Pinault Collection; independent curator Jesús Fuenmayor; and Victoria Noorthoorn, Director of Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.
Hiorns will receive the $75,000 USD prize, which includes $25,000 USD for the artist and a budget of up to $50,000 USD towards the production of ‘Untitled’ Values (working title), to be presented by the Faena Art Center Buenos Aires in 2017. The work may also be adapted for exhibition at Faena Forum in Miami Beach, which opens in November.
Special mention awards were given to Public Movement, an Israeli performative research collective and Mercedes Azpilicueta (b. 1981, Argentina; lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands), who each will receive a $1,000 USD prize.
For more information: faenaart.org/faenaprize
For more information: faenaart.org/faenaprize