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Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize

One of the aims of the Foundation is to support the research of young sculptors “who intend to perfect and extend the experimental aspects of new work regarding expressive or intellectual languages” through the establishment of a Prize.

Created in 2006 and now in its sixth edition, the Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize, is among the few – in Italy and abroad – specifically dedicated to sculpture. It awards € 10,000.00 to an artist between the age of 25 and 45 whose personal research reflects on the idea and on the practice of making sculpture today, offering a significant contribution to the current development of sculpture.

The winning artist will be chosen by an international Selection Committee, chaired by Arnaldo Pomodoro and composed by a group of international critics and curators, a true witness of current artistic research in the field of contemporary sculpture.

The awarding of the Prize is not bound to the use of specific materials or techniques, rather it promotes and favors the free experimentation of sculptural practice and the exploration of its fundamental concepts, considered a novel, original, theoretical and concrete reflection on relationships between the disciplines of art, design, architecture, design and urban planning.

Current edition

7th edition / 2023-2024

Winner

Magali Reus
(The Hague, 1981)

Selection Committee

Julia Draganović
Director of the Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo

Bassam El Baroni
Professor in Curating and Mediating Art alla School of Arts, Design and Architecture della Aalto University di Espoo (Helsinki)

Krist Gruijthuijsen
Director of the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin

Gianfranco Maraniello
Director of the Area Musei d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea of the Municipality of Milan

Lorenzo Respi
Member of the Scientific Board of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Head of Production of the FMAV – Fondazione Modena Arti Visive

Andrea Viliani
Member of the Scientific Board of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro; Director, Museo delle Civiltà, Rome; Curator Pompeii Commitment. Materie archeologiche / Archaeological Metters, Parco Archeologico di Pompei; Head and Curator, CRRI – Centro di Ricerca Castello di Rivoli

Exhibition

Magali Reus

Museo del Novecento, Milan / Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan
10 April – 19 May 2024

Proclamation
7th edition / 2023-2024

 

Exhibition
of the winner

The exhibition of Magali Reus, winner of the 7° edition of the Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize, will be held from 10 April to 19 May 2024 at the Museo del Novecento in Milan and at the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan.

6th edition / 2021-2022

Winner

Candice Lin
(Concord, MA, 1979)

Selection Committee

Sebastiano Barassi
Head of Henry Moore Collections & Programmes

Anna Maria Montaldo
former Director of Modern and Contemporary Art District of the City of Milano

Pavel Pys
Curator of Visual Arts del Walker Art Center di Minneapolis

Christian Rattemeyer
Independent curator

Lorenzo Respi
Member of the Scientific Board of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Head of Production of the FMAV – Fondazione Modena Arti Visive

Andrea Viliani
Member of the Scientific Board of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro; Director, Museo delle Civiltà, Rome; Curator Pompeii Commitment. Materie archeologiche / Archaeological Metters, Parco Archeologico di Pompei; Head and Curator, CRRI – Centro di Ricerca Castello di Rivoli

Exhibition

Candice Lin
Personal Protective Demon

GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan
April 14 – June 18, 2023

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5th edition / 2018-2019

Winner

Aleksandra Domanović
(Novi Sad, 1981)

Selection Committee

Diana Campbell Betancourt
Artistic Director Samdani Art Foundation and Chief Curator Dhaka Art Summit in Dhaka

Anita Feldman
Deputy Director Curating and Education Department San Diego Museum of Art

Martino Gamper
Designer

Lisa Le Feuvre
Executive Director Holt-Smithson Foundation, Santa Fe

Anna Maria Montaldo
Director of the Polo Arte Moderna e Contemporanea of Milan

Lorenzo Respi
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro

Andrea Viliani
Director of MADRE (Naples) and member of the scientific committee of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro

Exhibition

Aleksandra Domanović
The Falseness of Holes

GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan
November 12, 2019 – January 6, 2020

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4th edition / 2016

Winner

Antonella Zazzera
(Todi, 1976)

Curator of the edition

Ada Masoero
Art critic, independent curator and journalist

Exhibition

Antonella Zazzera

Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
(Via Vigevano 9, Milan)
May 18 – July 15, 2016

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3rd edition / 2014

Winner

Loris Cecchini
(Milan, 1969)

Curator of the edition

Marco Meneguzzo
Art critic, independent curator and professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera

Exhibition

Loris Cecchini
Modulo e modello

Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
(Via Vigevano 9, Milan)
March 19 – June 27, 2014

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2nd edition / 2008

Winners

First Prize

Laura Renna (San Pietro Vernotico, 1971)

Second Prize

Michele Guido (Aradeo, 1976)

Third Prize

Paolo Cavinato (Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, 1975)

Costa Crociere Special Prize

Marco Chiesa (Bergamo, 1973)

Unicredit Group Collection

Marco M. G. Scifo (Augusta, 1977)

Jury

Arnaldo Pomodoro

Valerio Adami
Artist

Kosme de Barañano
Former Deputy Director of the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid and Administrative Director of the IVAM in Valencia

Susan Ferleger Brades
Former director of the Hayward Gallery in London

Kynaston McShine
Curator at the MoMA, New York

Angela Vettese
Director of the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation, former director of the Galleria Civica of Modena and the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation

Exhibition

Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Scultori. II edizione

Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro (Via Solari 35, Milan)
May 14 – July 18, 2008

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1st edition / 2006

Winners

First Prize

Claire Morgan (1980, Belfast)

Second Prize

Hong Eu Young (1975, Seoul)

Third Prize

Rimantas Milkintas (1977, Vilnius)

Costa Crociere Special Prize

Laura Renna (1971, San Pietro Vernotico)

Jury

Arnaldo Pomodoro

Kosme de Barañano
Former Deputy Director of the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid and Administrative Director of the IVAM in Valencia

Sokari Douglas Camp
Scultrice

Susan Ferleger Brades
Former director of the Hayward Gallery in London

Tom L. Freudenheim
Former director of the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Worcester Art Museum

Hou Hanru
Professor at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam and member of the Global Advisory Committee at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

Arturo Carlo Quintavalle
Professor at the University of Parma and director of the Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione of the same University

Exhibition

Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Concorso Internazionale per Giovani Scultori. I edizione

Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro (Via Solari 35, Milan)
May 19 – July 28, 2006

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