The closure of the eleventh edition of the exhibition of contemporary art at the Fortezza da Basso.

With the awards ceremony of the winning artists in the various categories, the eleventh edition of Florence Biennale – International exhibition of contemporary art in Florence – was concluded. More than 1,300 works in exhibition, made by 462 artists from 70 countries, were admired, discussed, commented by all visitors who have accepted the invitation of the organization.

After a long process of evaluation, the jury – composed of Elza Ajzenberg, Dominique Baechler, Francesco Buranelli, María Teresa Constantin, Pasquale Celona, Naoki Dan, Huang Du, Karen Lang, Gregorio Luke, Maty Roca, Gerfried Stocker, and Enrico Vergnano – conferred the International “Lorenzo il Magnifico” Award to:

 

PAINTING

1st Award – Zhang Chun Hua (China)

2nd Award – Alegria Polit (Ecuador/Switzerland)

3rd Award – Eva Van Diepen – evadi (Netherlands)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Merna Liddawi (UK/Jordan)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Colleen Ngwarraye Morton (Australia)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Nettan Morén (Sweden)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Wang Erjian (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Zhu Mingtao (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Myriam Schryve (United Arab Emirates/France)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Roger L. Colombani Nectoux (France)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Franco Santini (Italy)

 

SCULPTURE

1st Award – Louise Giblin (UK)

2nd Award – Neeraj Gupta (India)

3rd Award – Jiří Netík (Czech Republic)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Roxana Castro (El Salvador)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Michał Jackowski (Poland)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Patrizia Murazzano (Italy)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Antonio Saluzzi (Italy)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Feromontana (Austria)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Melinda Garcia (Brazil)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Nitzan Avidor (Israel)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Pedro E. Arieu (Argentina)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Ozlem Baser (Turkey)

 

DRAWING, CALLIGRAPHY, AND PRINT

1st Award – Rafael Penroz Vicencio (Mexico)

2nd Award – Nasr Warour (Syria)

3rd Award – Yao Jianwei (China)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Jianfu Lyu (China)

4th Award (ex aequo) – José Palao (Spain)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Ilse Noor (Malaysia)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Li Wang (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Jiang Guangyu (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Marcus Chan (Canada)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Julie Alegre (France/Spain)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Alina Aldea (Romania)

 

MIXED MEDIA

1st Award – Marcio Decker (USA/Brazil)

2nd Award – Gabriel Petribú (Brazil/Italy)

3rd Award – Judith Klein (Hungary/Brazil)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Zhang Yanzi (China)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Ai Song (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Laskao (Argentina)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Natalia Ohar (Ukraine)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Aino (Germany)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Xu Lishou (China)

 

CERAMICS

1st Award – Maria Cioata (Romania)

2nd Award – Sun Xiaochen (China)

3rd Award – Sebnem Akyildiz (Turkey)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Chen Zhuo (China)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Dai Yuxiang (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Mauro Paolini (Italy)

5th Award (ex aequo) – David Leonid Cioata (Romania)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Nisio Lopergolo (Italy)

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

1st Award – Lissette Solorzano (Cuba)

2nd Award – Pinar Ervardar (Turkey)

3rd Award – Yuval Tebol (Israel)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Viviane D’Avilla (Brazil)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Salvatore Laurenzana (Italy)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Horia Manolache (Romania)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Eli Dijkers (Netherlands)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Carol Routenaer (Spain)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Carol Brown (UK/USA)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Andrea Faggian (Italy)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Wang Zhi Yong (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Jacob Surland (Denmark)

 

VIDEO ART

1st Award – Che Jianquan (China)

2nd Award – Jin Joo Ma (South Corea)

3rd Award – Keith Chidzey (Australia)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Aniello Ertico (Italy)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Angela Marchionni (Italy)

5th Award – Timelin (Taiwan)

 

TEXTILE & FIBER ART

1st Award – Nelleke Hulsen (Netherlands)

2nd Award – Marija Gradečak (Croatia)

3rd Award – Els Binnendijk (Netherlands)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Ditte Norström (Sweden)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Egle Genes Grunfeld (Brazil/Israel)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Kristianne Molina (USA)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Ruxandra Sibil Mermeze (Romania)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Youri Visser-Benazeraf (France)

 

DIGITAL ART

1st Award – Miriam Durango (Spain)

2nd Award – Karin Monschauer (Luxembourg)

3rd Award – Yasmina Barbet (France)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Michele Milan (Brazil)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Platux (Germany)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Ingrid Coerlin (SouthAfrica)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Marlene Luce Tremblay (Canada)

 

PERFORMANCE

1st Award – Giovanni Vetere (Italy)

2nd Award – Nadia Kibout (France/Italy/Algeria)

3rd Award – Noemi Lorenzo Pérez (Spain)

4th Award – Electros (Italy)

5th Award – Trame a Pois (Italy)

 

JEWELLERY ART

1st Award – Nur (Armenia)

2nd Award – María Echeverri (Honduras)

3rd Award – Farish Alborzkouh (Iran)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Lara Campiglia (Uruguay)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Ingresso Artisti (Italy)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Zhang Muzi (China)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Antonella Rubertone (Italy)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Chala – Çağla Tanyolaç (Turkey)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Tang Grace (China)

 

INSTALLATION

1st Award – Tim Guider (Australia)

2nd Award – Dante Dentoni (Argentina)

3rd Award – Carla Fatio (Brazil)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Richard-Viktor Sainsily Cayol (Guadalupe/France)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Kyria Oliveira (Brazil)

4th Award (ex aequo) – Patricia Miani (Argentina)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Sonia Cunliffe (Perù)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Marco Guglielmi – ReImmortal (Italy)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Proyecto Quarta Dimensione (Argentina/San Marino)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Zhou Song (China)

5th Award (ex aequo) – Theo Lenartz (Netherlands)

 

SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY

Ismet Tatar (Cyprus)

Syrian Artists: Helen Abbas, Haitham Al Hamad, Nasr Warour

 

SPECIAL MENTION OF THE PRESIDENT

Zhu Yaokui (China)

Michal Jackowski (Polonia)

Andrea Prandi (Italy)

Ann Lund Wahlberg (Denmark)

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