On Friday 3 November 2023, the finalists of the ninth edition of the Luxembourg Art Prize were unveiled.
For 2023, the 24 shortlisted artists are as follows:
Group 1
- Anikó Boda - 50 years old, Hungary, Painting
- Elise Dufour - 41 years old, France, Decorative Arts (Glass)
- Graciela Ieger - 71 years old, Argentina, Painting
- Fred Kleinberg - 57 years old, France, Painting (third time participating)
- Wu Siou Ming - 35 years old, Taiwan, Digital Arts
- Alessandra Roccasalva - 45 years old, Italy, Digital Arts
- Naoko Sekine - 46 years old, Japan, Painting
- Gui Tavares - 41 years old, Brazil, Photography
Group 2
- Mohammed Baba - 50 years old, Morocco, Painting
- Yat Wan Melody Chan - 30 years old, Macao (China), Engraving
- Sebastian Fund - 38 years old, Mexico & Argentina, Engraving
- Etienne Gayard - 27 years old, France, Painting
- Ulla Hase - 57 years old, Germany, Drawing (fourth time participating)
- Alexandre Lequoeur - 36 years old, France, Mixed Techniques (third time participating)
- Desirey Minkoh - 58 years old, Gabon, Photography
- Lola's Reel - 27 years old, Belgium, Photography (second time participating)
Group 3
- Daniel Boer - 25 years old, Italy, Photography (fourth time participating)
- William Bradley - 39 years old, USA (California) & United Kingdom, Painting (second time participating)
- Elodie Carstensen - 31 years old, Germany, Painting
- Suyeon Jang - 48 years old, South Korea, Decorative Arts (Textiles & Materials)
- Janelle Molina - 20 years old, Canada (Quebec), Dominican Republic & El Salvador, Painting
- Matthew Pendleton - 43 years old, USA (Colorado), Drawing (third time participating)
- Tomomi Tanaka - 40 years old, Japan, Decorative Arts (Pottery) (second time participating)
- Vittorio Valiante - 32 years old, Italy, Painting
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organised by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy. Every year, the prize aims to discover talents, amateur or professional, regardless of age and nationality.
Since its creation in 2015, the Luxembourg Art Prize aims to launch or boost the careers of artists at the international level by giving them a sound reference to add to their curriculum vitae.
Each year, the museum selects 24 finalists and an independent jury then designates three laureates (whose names will be revealed on 1 December 2023). The prize money is broken down as follows: €20,000 for 1st place, €10,000 for 2nd place and €5,000 for 3rd place. The laureates are free to use this money as they wish.
All participants receive official certificates to acknowledge their artistic achievements.