The 2019 AVEK Award was presented to artist Reija Meriläinen. The next AVEK Award will be presented on 10 September 2020.
The winner of the award is proposed by the award jury, the composition of which varies from year to year. The AVEK Board of Directors decides on the winner on the basis of the jury’s proposal.
The 2020 award jury comprises jury chairperson Media Artist Hanna Haaslahti, Amos Rex Senior Curator Itha O’Neill, Curator Veikko Halmetoja and as secretary of the jury AVEK’s Media Art Commisioner Milla Moilanen.
Read the award rules.
AVEK Award winners 2004–2019
media artist Heidi Tikka (2004)
media artist Hanna Haaslahti (2005)
media artist Pekka Sassi (2006)
artist Adel Abidin (2007)
artist Pia Lindman (2008)
artist and curator Juha Huuskonen (2009)
media artist Jani Ruscica (2010)
media artists Lea ja Pekka Kantonen (2011)
artists Tellervo Kalleinen ja Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (2012)
media artist Erkka Nissinen (2013)
artist Annette Arlander (2014)
visual artist Anna Estarriola (2015)
artist Salla Tykkä (2016)
visual artist Kari Yli-Annala (2017)
visual artis Saara Ekström (2018)
artist Reija Meriläinen (2019)