Doris Salcedo Receives Inaugural $1 Million Nomura Art Award
Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has been named the first recipient of the Nomura Art Award, which carries a $1 million prize. The award is designed to fund a significant project that the artist might not otherwise be able to undertake. Salcedo stated the prize would accelerate work on an important project she hopes will resonate widely, noting that honoring victims of violence demands substantial time and organizational resources, often involving many collaborators. A jury including Nicholas Serota, Max Hollein, Kathy Halbreich, Doryun Chong, Yuko Hasegawa, Allan Schwartzman, and the late Okwui Enwezor selected Salcedo. Serota, speaking for the jury, commended Salcedo's art for both memorializing Colombia's traumatic civil war and conveying universal meaning to a global audience. The award recognizes Salcedo's sustained examination of social and political conditions in her home country. This marks the largest cash prize currently available in the field of contemporary visual arts.
Key facts
- Doris Salcedo won the first Nomura Art Award.
- The award prize is $1 million.
- The prize supports a major project the winner might not otherwise realize.
- Salcedo is a Colombian artist.
- The award recognizes her work interrogating social and political situations in Colombia.
- The jury included Nicholas Serota, Max Hollein, Kathy Halbreich, Doryun Chong, Yuko Hasegawa, Allan Schwartzman, and Okwui Enwezor.
- Nicholas Serota praised Salcedo's work for preserving memory of traumatic events in Colombia's civil war and having universal meaning.
- Salcedo said the award allows her to move ahead more quickly with an important project.
Entities
Artists
- Doris Salcedo
- Okwui Enwezor
Institutions
- Nomura Art Award
- M+
- Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Arts Council England
- Art Agency, Partners
- Sotheby's
Locations
- Colombia