On February 28 at 4:00 pm, the Young Sculptor Award Exhibition 2025 of the Department of Installation and Sculpture of the Estonian Academy of Arts will open at EKKM.
The winner of the Young Sculptor Award 2025 will be announced at the exhibition opening. The award winner will be selected by a 5-member jury independent of the organisers. The competition is open to individual authors with a work completed in 2023, a development of a work completed in 2023 or a new work in the making.
This time, the jury of the Young Sculptor Award 2024 selected 16 works from the 31 entries received.
The participants are Yvette Bathgate, Bob Bicknell-Knight, Aurelia Grace Talmon, Liisa-Lota Jõeleht, Uku Jürgenson, Denis Kudrjašov, Nele Kurvits, Katariin Mudist, Daniil Musesovs, Rosa-Maria Nuutinen, Kati Saarits, Jake Shepherd, Sonja Sutt, Lea Joakim Svendby, Lume Tuum and Elo Vahtrik
The Young Sculptor Award and the accompanying exhibition, launched in 2012, aim to highlight and recognise the professional work of young artists working in the field of sculpture and installation.
Previous winners of the Young Sculptor Award include Hanna Piksarv, Sten Saarits, Anna Mari Liivrand, Johannes Valdma, Rosa Violetta Grötsch, Johannes Luik, Siim Elmers, Sarah Nõmm, Junny Yeung, Mara Kirchberg and Sandra Ernits.
The exhibition is open until March 9th.
The exhibition is supported by the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.