The international jury was impressed by the general quality of the projects of the 10 finalists, selected out of 275 submitted files.

Crowet Award: Kelly Schacht

Unanimously, the jury chose to award Kelly Schacht the Young Belgian Painters Award – Crowet (25.000 €), for her intense research on the relationship between the work of art, the space and the spectator, and how this relationship transforms itself in a performatic gaze.

ING Award: Freek Wambacq

The jury awarded Freek Wambacq the Young Belgian Painters Award – ING (12.500 €) for his creative process questioning the tradition of painting in an installation that involves history, memory, narratives, production of images, and for the specific pictorial aspect of his work.

Langui Award: Paul Hendrikse and David Catherall

After a long debate, the jury decided to share the Langui Award between Paul Hendrikse and David Catherall. They were equally seduced by the quality of display and contents of the different approaches of both artists. Hendrikse, for his more documentary/historic approach; Catherall for his conceptual way of dealing with reality.

Centre for Fine Arts Award: Pieterjan Ginckels

The jury awarded Pieterjan Ginckels the Centre for Fine Arts Award (12.500 €), for his ambitious installation, the result of a process involving different media such as sound, video and performance creating a physical experience.

The Young Belgian Painters Award has been one of the key events for young artists in Belgium since 1950. The competition aims to encourage and promote young talent. From the 275 submissions received, the international jury has selected ten promising artists who will present their most recent works at the Centre for Fine Arts all summer long: David Catherall, Michiel Ceulers, Pieterjan Ginckels, Manor Grunewald, Hou Chien Cheng, Paul Hendrikse, Kelly Schacht, Joris Van de Moortel, Cédric Van Turtelboom and Freek Wambacq. The awards ceremony takes place on 8 June at 6.30 pm.

The Jury of the Young Belgian Painters Award has selected 10 artists amongst the 276 applications for the exhibition that will take place from June 9 till September 11 2011 at the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels.
The selected artists are the following:
David Catherall (26 years)
Michiel Ceulers (24)
Pieterjan Ginckels (28)
Manor Grunewald (25)
Hou Chien Cheng (29)
Paul Hendrikse (33)
Kelly Schacht (27)
Joris Van De Moortel (27)
Cédric Van Turtelboom (26)
Freek Wambacq (32)

The Award of the 4 Prizes will take place on June 8, 2011. More info on the artists soon on this website

ULTIMATE application deadline : 29 November 2010

In 2011 the Jeune Peinture Belge, in collaboration with the Centre for Fine Arts of Brussels, will be presenting a new edition of the Young Belgian Painters Award. This prestigious prize has become one of the major references for contemporary art in Belgium. The contest is open to artists from all disciplines who are between 18 and 35 years old on the 1st of January 2011, and who have Belgian nationality or have been living in Belgium for at least one year. An international jury of museum directors and curators will select the projects on the basis of a presentation file. The selected artists will be invited to exhibit their work at the Centre for Fine Arts from June 9 to September 11, 2011. During the opening, the jury will award 4 candidates, amongst which at least one will be a painter: - the “Crowet” Young Belgian Painters Award (€25,000) - the “Langui” Young Belgian Painters Award (€12,500) - the “Centre for Fine Arts” Young Belgian Painters Award (€12,500) - the “ING” Young Belgian Painters Award (€12,500) Applications must be sent to the Centre for Fine Arts by November 15, 2010. The contest regulations and the application form are available on this website, page "Subscription Terms & Conditions".

Members of the Jury Young Belgian Painters Award 2011:
- Henriette Bretton-Meyer, Director of Overgaden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhague
- Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Director of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporànea, Santiago de Compostela
- Clément Minighetti, Chief-curator of the MUDAM, Luxemburg
- Thierry Raspail, Director of the Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon
- Hilde Teerlick, Director of the Frac Nord-Pas de Calais

Thursday 09.07.2009 at 19 o'clock.

A meeting with the artists who will be pleased to give you a bit of explanation concerning their work!

Centre for Fine Artist/Salle des Banquets

Welcome on the website of the Young Belgian Painters Award. 

You will find here everything you want to know about the Young Belgian Painters Award: its history, the participants of this year, details about the prices and the Jury.

The jury short-listed the following seven candidates from the approximately two hundred who submitted entries: Nico Dockx, Jeroen Hollander, Robert Kot, Lara Mennes, Caroline Pekle, Els Vermang and Leon Vranken. These artists have been invited to create a new work which will go on show at the Centre for Fine Arts between June 25^th and September 13^th.

We are looking forward seeing you at this exhibition!