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The 2024 Erarta Prize nominees’ exhibition was on show at Erarta’s Grand Hall from 9 February through 9 June 2024, featuring 40 creations by contemporary artists. The three rounds of viewer voting determined the exact distribution of the 3.5 million rubles in prize money among the participants.
2024 Erarta Prize: 3rd voting round results
The third voting round determined the winner of the 500,000-ruble 2024 Erarta Prize Grand Prix and the exact distribution of the remaining prize money.
Over the span of four months, exhibition visitors voted for their favourite works by the 40 nominated artists in three voting rounds. The voting procedure was completely transparent: the viewers could look at the screens installed in the exhibition space and see their own votes being counted in real time. Every vote was extremely important for the artists: by supporting the artwork of their choice, the viewers offered its creator a chance to compete in the next round and ultimately win a bigger prize. At the start of each subsequent voting round, the number of votes received was reset to zero, and voting started over.
At the close of the first voting round, 15 artists with fewer votes dropped out of the competition for the Grand Prix, receiving 50,000 rubles each. The second voting round determined another 15 artists who would not compete in the final round, winning 75,000 rubles each. After the third voting round, the 10 shortlisted artists received money prizes according to their ultimate ranking.
2024 Erarta Prize: 2nd voting round results
In the course of the second voting round that lasted through 25 April, the majority of viewer votes went to the following 10 artists who will now compete in the final third round:
| Ivan Korshunov — 9.44% | Alexander Grekov — 5.62% |
| Mikhail Dyachkov — 9.41% | Alexander Isakov — 4.74% |
| Oleg Ivaschenko — 9.09% | Alexander Saidov — 4.29% |
| Maxim Morgunov — 6.98% | Aleksey Golovin — 4.04% |
| Vadim Grigoryev-Bashun — 5.75% | Anastasia Kuznetsova — 4.04% |
The third voting round of the 2024 Erarta Prize will last from 26 April through 5 June. The number of votes received by these artists in the first and second rounds was reset to zero, and voting has started over. The third voting round will determine the exact distribution of the remaining prize money and the winner of the Grand Prix of 500,000 rubles.
After the second voting round, the following artists were ranked from 11th to 25th:
| Igor Ivanov — 3.85% | Vladimir Andreyev — 2.37% |
| Aleksey Lebedev & Nadezhda Belaya — 3.16% | Igor Kulik — 2.02% |
| Dmitry Kolistratov — 3.06% | Rinat Minnebayev — 1.83% |
| Evgeniy Zaremba — 2.97% | Yulia Sopina — 1.83% |
| Archil Didishvili — 2.72% | Vasiliy Slonov — 1.80% |
| Stakan Psof — 2.68% | Maxim Korolkov — 1.52% |
| Gregori Maiofis — 2.65% | Konstantin Grachyov — 1.48% |
| Denis Saunin — 2.65% |
Although these artists will no longer compete for the Grand Prix, their works will still be on display until the close of the Prize nominees’ exhibition. Each of them will receive 75,000 rubles.
Stay tuned for more news: the third voting round results will be announced on 6 June. Visit this page to find out more about the 3.5 million ruble prize money distribution procedure and voting rounds.
Good luck to all the participants!
2024 Erarta Prize: 1st voting round results
In the course of the first voting round that lasted through 17 March, the majority of viewer votes went to the following 25 artists who will now compete in the second round:
| Ivan Korshunov — 8.60% | Stakan Psof — 2.70% |
| Oleg Ivaschenko — 8.51% | Dmitry Kolistratov — 2.40% |
| Mikhail Dyachkov — 7.57% | Igor Kulik — 2.28% |
| Maxim Morgunov — 5.55% | Evgeniy Zaremba — 2.19% |
| Aleksey Golovin — 4.84% | Aleksey Lebedev & Nadezhda Belaya — 2.05% |
| Alexander Grekov — 4.75% | Maxim Korolkov — 1.69% |
| Alexander Saidov — 3.90% | Yulia Sopina — 1.69% |
| Igor Ivanov — 3.69% | Vladimir Andreyev — 1.67% |
| Anastasia Kuznetsova — 3.60% | Archil Didishvili — 1.65% |
| Alexander Isakov — 3.48% | Konstantin Grachyov — 1.57% |
| Vadim Grigoryev-Bashun — 3.36% | Rinat Minnebayev — 1.53% |
| Denis Saunin — 2.94% | Vasiliy Slonov — 1.53% |
| Gregori Maiofis — 2.84% |
The second voting round of the 2024 Erarta Prize will last from 18 March through 25 April. The number of votes received by these artists in the first round was reset to zero, and voting has started over. At the close of the second voting round, 10 artworks will be shortlisted for the third. The artists ranking from 11th to 25th will receive 75,000 rubles each and drop out of the competition.
After the fist voting round, the following artists were ranked from 26th to 40th:
| Mikhail Kaban-Petrov — 1.43% | Yegor Plotnikov — 0.80% |
| Yulia Malinina — 1.36% | Konstantin Kartashevsky — 0.80% |
| Ivan Egorov — 1.20% | Tatiana Chemeritsyna — 0.78% |
| Uspekh Provalov — 1.10% | Igor Andryukhin — 0.73% |
| Victor Sirenko — 1.06% | Victor Ponomarenko — 0.54% |
| Dmitry Loktionov — 0.99% | Aleksey Semichov & Andrey Kuzmin — 0.45% |
| Katya-Anna Taguti — 0.92% | Vladimir Polyakov — 0.40% |
| Filipp Rabachyov — 0.87% |
Although these artists will no longer compete for the Grand Prix, their works will still be on display until the close of the Prize nominees’ exhibition. Each of them will receive 50,000 rubles.
Stay tuned for more news: the second voting round results will be announced on 26 April. The third round will start on the same day and last through 5 June. Visit this page to find out more about the 3.5 million ruble prize money distribution procedure and voting rounds.
Good luck to all the participants!
2024 Erarta Prize nominees
The longlist is the result of the museum’s review of the entire pool of entries submitted by artists representing all genres and forms of contemporary art, including painting, graphic arts, sculpture, photography, installation, video and multimedia art.
The works by the following 40 artists will be displayed at the special exhibition staged by Erarta to determine the winners through a public vote:
| Vladimir Andreyev | Konstantin Kartashevsky | Vladimir Polyakov |
| Igor Andryukhin | Dmitry Kolistratov | Victor Ponomarenko |
| Aleksey Lebedev & Nadezhda Belaya | Maxim Korolkov | Filipp Rabachyov |
| Konstantin Grachyov | Ivan Korshunov | Alexander Saidov |
| Alexander Grekov | Anastasia Kuznetsova | Denis Saunin |
| Vadim Grigoryev-Bashun | Aleksey Semichov & Andrey Kuzmin | Victor Sirenko |
| Aleksey Golovin | Igor Kulik | Vasiliy Slonov |
| Archil Didishvili | Dmitry Loktionov | Yulia Sopina |
| Mikhail Dyachkov | Gregori Maiofis | Katya-Anna Taguti |
| Ivan Egorov | Yulia Malinina | Uspekh Provalov |
| Evgeniy Zaremba | Rinat Minnebayev | Tatiana Chemeritsyna |
| Igor Ivanov | Maxim Morgunov | Stakan Psof |
| Oleg Ivaschenko | Mikhail Kaban-Petrov | |
| Alexander Isakov | Yegor Plotnikov |
Prize submission guidelines
Early submission of entries would ensure that any technical or organisational issues related to the staging of the exhibition would be handled by the artist together with Erarta Museum’s Curatorial Team in the most efficient way possible.
Only one artwork per artist will be featured in the exhibition. To improve the chances of being selected, every artist may submit up to three artworks.
The call for entries for the 2024 Erarta Prize was closed on 15 October 2023.