Every two years the Cartazini gallery makes an award of 20 000 (euros) to an artist. Please note, this award is privately funded and no further sponsorships or commercial interests are sought. The 'Cartazini Award' began in 1999 and was initially awarded posthumously, with the award being donated to related organizations and charities. From 2003 it was awarded to living, established artists. In 2007 it was awarded on the basis of a limted competition - open only to a pre-selected list of artists. It will be held again in 2009. But now the Award is an open competition - open to all artists and FREE to enter.

Our selection is now complete for the next round of the Biennial competition and over the course of the next week or so we will be informing those artists who have made it through to the last 20. Overall we have been greatly impressed by the work we have seen and it has taken us much longer than we expected to make the final selection of 20 artists. We would like to take this opportunity to apologise for that delay. Also, please remember, if you are not one of those last 20, do stay in touch with the gallery and do not be too disheartened - you may have been 21st choice!

Although all artists concerned have been informed of this news personally, we are pleased to be able to announce that the final Round Selection is now complete. We have now notified the final six artists of their place in the final round and over the next few weeks and months we will be arranging visits to see the works of these artists.

We are pleased to be able to say that the winner of the 2009 Biennial Award is Niamh O Conchobhair (an Irish painter based in Brittany) - we hope to be able to offer more details about Niamh and her work later in the year. Many thanks to all those artists who took part. Those we visited and those we did not. We hope you did not find the experience too painful.

The pdf file for the 2009 Award is still available for viewing here. Cartazini Award

Entry limited to established artists

1999 - Pino PASCALI (posthumous award)
2001 - Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (posthumous award)
2003 - Philip TAAFFE
2005 - Tyeb MEHTA
2007 - Geoff BUNN


Open Entry

2009 - Niamh O CONCHOBHAIR
2011 -