Congratulations to the winners!

The main aim of the project Young Painter Prize -  to present the brightest and most promising painters of the younger generation and to create an opportunity for public access to such dynamic new art. Moreover, this projects aims to help its target audience in both Lithuania and abroad – art collectors, managers, curators – discover new talent in Lithuania and Baltic States. 

This project is focused solely on artists under 30 years old from all disciplines who have acquired (or are in the process of acquiring) a diploma in art. The age limit has been imposed deliberately as the organisers wish to concentrate only on those very young artists who have just graduated (or are graduating) universities and have not yet had the opportunity to appear in public. This category of young artists is most vulnerable and has the largest need for support.

Since 2009 the project „Young Painter Prize“ (further on referred to as YPP) aims at opening new ways to publicity for the young artists: to help them be noticed, visible and encouraged. Yet the first project YPP that was organized in 2009 answered the expectations of the organizers. The major part of the artists that have participated in the project YPP were noticed by art curators, collectors and gallerists. As a result of these competitions, YPP finalists and winners have been invited to participate in a number of group and personal exhibitions afterwards. 

Jonas Jurcikas and Sophie Lauwers , Deputy Exhibitions Director of the Centre for Fine Arts – BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium

Linas Jusionis

Estonian painter, YPP jury member Kaido Ole adopt the Estonian artist Laura Poldi win. The founder of this prize  „DAILU – VISKAS DAILININKAMS IR MĖGĖJAMS“ director Dainius Lanauskas.