AVEK Award

The AVEK Award is an annual accolade for creative work. The award, worth €15,000, can be granted to a creator or group that works in media arts or other audiovisual culture.
In the still image a child is not facing the camera, we can only see their back. They are in a dark room that has a cupboard. On top of the cupboard there are items, such as a globe, books in a pile, a rose in a vase and paintings.

Still image from My Home (Azar Saiyar, 2022). Picture: Joonas Kiviharju

The 2022 AVEK Award was presented to media artist and filmmaker Azar Saiyar. The jury included multi-talented audiovisual industry expert and chairperson of AVEK’s Board of Directors Erkki Astala; professor, media artist Salla Tykkä; and Arte ry’s executive director, curator Mirjami Schuppert.

Read the award rules.

AVEK Award winners 2004–2022

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 artist Saara Ekström (2018)
artist Reija Meriläinen (2019)
artist Jenna Sutela (2020)
artist Tuomas A. Laitinen (2021)
media artist and filmmaker Azar Saiyar (2022)