ArtPrize has announced the 2015 panel of jurors for the Grand Prize and Category Awards.

A total of seven jurors have been announced which includes a panel of three jurors for the Grand Juried Prize and jurors for the categories of 3-D, Time-Based, Installation, and Venue.

The 2-D juror will be announced at a later date.

Exhibitions Director of ArtPrize, Kevin Buist, said, “We chose to work with jurors who are not only experts in their field, but also bring a distinct point of view. The public vote functions as an aggregate of thousands of opinions, and we’ve designed the juried awards to operate as a foil to that populist approach. The jurors’ job is not to ferret out the objectively ‘best’ artwork, instead they’re charged with finding works that are surprising, masterful and relevant from their expert perspective.”

The first weekend of the competition, September 26–27th, jurors will assess the entries within their respective categories, each selecting a shortlist of five entries. The 20 total finalists will then move on to the Grand Prize jurors’ selection.

On Monday, September 28th, the Category Jurors will reveal each of their 20 category finalists during the ‘Jurors’ Short List’ event. Category and Grand Prize winners will be officially announced at the ArtPrize Awards on October 9, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. EST.

ArtPrize 2015 will take place in Grand Rapids September 23 - October 11.

The Juried Grand Prize Panel

Franklin Sirmans: Department head and curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

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Michael Rakowitz: Chicago-based artist.

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Wangechi Mutu: Brooklyn-based artist.
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3-D Juror

Sarah Urist Green: Indianapolis-based curator, creator and host of The Art Assignment (PBS Digital).
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Time-Based Juror

Shari Frilot: Los Angeles-based Senior Programmer of Sundance Film Festival and curator of New Frontier at Sundance.
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Installation Juror

Robin Cembales: New York-based editor and art critic.
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Venue Juror

Steven Matijcio: Cincinnati-based curator at the Contemporary Arts Center.
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