COAL PRIZE ART AND ENVIRONMENT
Antti Laitinen, Self-portrait in the swamp, 2002.
The Coal Prize Art and Environment rewards each year a project by a contemporary artist involved in environmental issues. Its goals are to promote and support the vital role which art and creation play in raising awareness, supporting concrete solutions and encouraging a culture of ecology. The winner is selected out of ten short-listed by a jury of well- known specialists in art, research, ecology and sustainable development
COAL Prize is supported by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, the National Centre of Plastic Arts (CNAP), and the Egis group.
Edition 2014
Theme: Paris
Finalists artists: Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, Étienne de France, Christina Hemauer et Roman Keller, Åsa Sonjasdotter, Geoffroy Mathieu, Naziha Mestaoui, Natalie Jeremijenko, Michael Pinsky, Igor Ponosov, Ettore Favini.
Jury: Claude d’Anthenaise, Patrick Degeorges, Valérie Duponchelle, Pierre-Henri Gouyon, Catherine Larrère, Dominique Lestel, Laurent Le Bon, Jacques Martial, Raphaël Ménard, Pierre Oudart.
Prize winner: Åsa Sonjasdotter (SWE) for “High Diversity”
Ceremony: 10.04.14 at Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris.
Edition 2013
Theme: Adaptation
Finalists artists: Ivana Adaime Makac, Damien Chivialle,
Nicolas Floc’h, Amy Franceschini Futurefarmers, Hanna Husberg Laura McLean Kalliopi Tsipni-Kolaza, Matthew Moore/ Digital Farm Collective, Liliana Motta, Zhao Renhui, Anna Katharina Scheidegger, Laurent Tixador.
Jury: Claude d’Anthenaise, Judith Benhamou-Huet, Patrick Degeorges, David Edwards, Jennifer Flay, Thomas Grenon, Raphaël Ménard, Chiara Parisi, Jacques Rocher, Gilles Tiberghien.
Prize winner: Laurent Tixador (FR) for “Architecture Transitoire”
Ceremony: 02.04.13 at Laboratoire, Paris. Private art center dedicated to Art+Science research, founded by David Edwards.
Edition 2012
Theme: Rurality
Finalists artists: Maria Thereza Alves (BRA), Brandon Ballengée (USA), Cape Farewell (GB), Andrea Caretto et Raffaella Spagna (ITA), Olivier Darné (FR), Fabriques Architectes, exploitation agricole du Vernand and Polyculture (FR), Suzanne Husky (FR), Kultivator (SWE), RADO (FR), Save as draft (FR).
Jury: Fabrice Bousteau, Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, Gilles Clément, David Edwards, Jean-Guy Henckel, Sébastien Kopp, Raphaël Ménard, Pierre Paliard, Pascal Yonet.
Prize winner: Olivier Darné (FR) for “Banque de Reines”
Ceremony: 13.03.12 at Laboratoire, Paris. Private art center dedicated to Art+Science research, founded by David Edwards.
Edition 2011
Theme: Environment
Finalists artists: Ackroyd & Harvey (UK), Andrea Polli et Chuck Varga (US), Arnaud Verley & Philemon
(FR), Art orienté Objet (FR), Dr Daro Montag (UK), Das numen (ALL), Erik Sjodin (SW), Isabelle Daeron (FR), Jae Rhim Lee (US), The Migrant Ecologies Project (SG), Lucy+Jorge Orta (FR), Olga Kisseleva (RU), Peter Fend (US), Stefan Shankland (FR).
Jury: Bernard Blistène, Dominique Bourg, David Buckland, Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, David Edwards, Philippe Jousse, Jacques Rocher, Jean-Pierre Sicard, Laurence Tubiana.
Prize winner: Stefan Shankland (FR) for “Marbre d’Ici”
Ceremony: 24.05.11 at Laboratoire, Paris. Private art center dedicated to Art+Science research, founded by David Edwards.
Edition 2010
Theme: Environment
Finalists artists: Art Orienté Objet, Pascal Bircher, Thierry Boutonnier, Hehe, Magali Daniaux & Cédric Pigot, Olivier Leroi, Frédéric Pradeau, Momoko Seto, Philippe Terrier Hermann.
Jury: Paul Ardenne, Nathalie Blanc, Ari Brodach, Denis Couvet, Lorenzo Fiaschi, Fabrice Hyber, Guy Tortosa, Anne-Marie Charbonneaux, Jean- Pierre Sicard.
Prize winner: Thierry Boutonnier (FR) for “Assolement”
Ceremony: 30.03.10 at Comptoir Général, Paris.
