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 Prize – Zhang Chun Hua (China)
2nd Prize – Alegria Polit (Ecuador/Switzerland)
3rd Prize – Eva Van Diepen – evadi (Netherlands)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Merna Liddawi (UK/Jordan)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Colleen Ngwarraye Morton (Australia)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Nettan Morén (Sweden)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Wang Erjian (China)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Zhu Mingtao (China)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Myriam Schryve (United Arab Emirates/France)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Roger L. Colombani Nectoux (France)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Franco Santini (Italy)
SCULPTURE
1st Prize – Louise Giblin (UK)
2nd Prize – Neeraj Gupta (India)
3rd Prize – Jiří Netík (Czech Republic)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Roxana Castro (El Salvador)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Michał Jackowski (Poland)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Patrizia Murazzano (Italy)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Antonio Saluzzi (Italy)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Feromontana (Austria)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Melinda Garcia (Brazil)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Nitzan Avidor (Israel)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Pedro E. Arieu (Argentina)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Ozlem Baser (Turkey)
DRAWING, CALLIGRAPHY, AND PRINT
1st Prize – Rafael Penroz Vicencio (Mexico)
2nd Prize – Nasr Warour (Syria)
3rd Prize – Yao Jianwei (China)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Jianfu Lyu (China)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – José Palao (Spain)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Ilse Noor (Malaysia)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Li Wang (China)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Jiang Guangyu (China)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Marcus Chan (Canada)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Julie Alegre (France/Spain)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Alina Aldea (Romania)
MIXED MEDIA
1st Prize– Marcio Decker (USA/Brazil)
2nd Prize – Gabriel Petribú (Brazil/Italy)
3rd Prize – Judith Klein (Hungary/Brazil)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Zhang Yanzi (China)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Ai Song (China)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Laskao (Argentina)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Natalia Ohar (Ukraine)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Aino (Germany)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Xu Lishou (China)
CERAMICS
1st Prize – Maria Cioata (Romania)
2nd Prize – Sun Xiaochen (China)
3rd Prize – Sebnem Akyildiz (Turkey)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Chen Zhuo (China)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Dai Yuxiang (China)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Mauro Paolini (Italy)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – David Leonid Cioata (Romania)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Nisio Lopergolo (Italy)
PHOTOGRAPHY
1st Prize – Lissette Solorzano (Cuba)
2nd Prize – Pinar Ervardar (Turkey)
3rd Prize – Yuval Tebol (Israel)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Viviane D’Avilla (Brazil)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Salvatore Laurenzana (Italy)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Horia Manolache (Romania)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Eli Dijkers (Netherlands)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Carol Routenaer (Spain)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Carol Brown (UK/USA)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Andrea Faggian (Italy)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Jacob Surland (Denmark)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Marlene Luce Tremblay (Canada)
VIDEO ART
1st Prize – Che Jianquan (China)
2nd Prize – Jin Joo Ma (South Corea)
3rd Prize – Keith Chidzey (Australia)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Aniello Ertico (Italy)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Angela Marchionni (Italy)
5th Prize – Timelin (Taiwan)
TEXTILE & FIBER ART
1st Prize – Nelleke Hulsen (Netherlands)
2nd Prize – Marija Gradečak (Croatia)
3rd Prize – Els Binnendijk (Netherlands)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Ditte Norström (Sweden)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Egle Genes Grunfeld (Brazil/Israel)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Kristianne Molina (USA)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Ruxandra Sibil Mermeze (Romania)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Youri Visser-Benazeraf (France)
DIGITAL ART
1st Prize – Miriam Durango (Spain)
2nd Prize – Karin Monschauer (Luxembourg)
3rd Prize – Yasmina Barbet (France)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Michele Milan (Brazil)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Platux (Germany)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Ingrid Coerlin (SouthAfrica)
PERFORMANCE
1st Prize – Giovanni Vetere (Italy)
2nd Prize – Nadia Kibout (France/Italy/Algeria)
3rd Prize – Noemi Lorenzo Pérez (Spain)
4th Prize – Electros (Italy)
5th Prize – Trame a Pois (Italy)
JEWELLERY ART
1st Prize – Nur (Armenia)
2nd Prize – María Echeverri (Honduras)
3rd Prize – Farish Alborzkouh (Iran)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Lara Campiglia (Uruguay)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Ingresso Artisti (Italy)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Zhang Muzi (China)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Antonella Rubertone (Italy)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Chala – Çağla Tanyolaç (Turkey)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Tang Grace (China)
INSTALLATION
1st Prize – Tim Guider (Australia)
2nd Prize – Dante Dentoni (Argentina)
3rd Prize – Carla Fatio (Brazil)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Richard-Viktor Sainsily Cayol (Guadalupe/France)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Kyria Oliveira (Brazil)
4th Prize (ex aequo) – Patricia Miani (Argentina)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Sonia Cunliffe (Perù)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Marco Guglielmi – ReImmortal (Italy)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Proyecto Quarta Dimensione (Argentina/San Marino)
5th Prize (ex aequo) – Zhou Song (China)
5th Prize (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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