A new £15,000 prize for painting for artists & student artists with a unique selection process has been launched in the UK.
The Celeste Painting Prize wishes to encourage excellence in painting in its widest possible sense from the traditional to works that push the boundaries of painting and is open to anyone living and working in the UK and UK citizens living and working abroad at the time of the submission.

Avoiding the time honoured jury panels of the great & the good, the prize has asked a new generation of curators from the Curatorial Programme at the Goldsmiths College to short list the artists.

From the shortlist, 60 finalists will be selected to be exhibit in London and following the week long exhibition, the finalists will then vote for who they consider to be the best artist.

An accompanying 200 page catalogue illustrating the work not only the finalists but also of the short listed artists will be published at the same time as the exhibition, with critical texts, it is intended to be a survey of current painting practise in the UK.

The deadline for submissions is the 31st January 2006 and the exhibition & announcement of the winners will take place in London in May 2006.

Further information can be gained from www.celesteartprize.co.uk

Sara Pearce
Celeste Art Prize
28 Vestry Road
London SE5 8NX

T: + 44207 701 6679
E: info@celesteartprize.co.uk