Swab Price Adquisitions

DRAWING AWARD by Col.lecció Diezy7

Swab Drawing Prize is an award created in 2008 consisting of the acquisition of a work by the collection Diezy7. The winning artwork is selected from participating artworks and presented during the days of Swab by a jury of prominent members of the contemporary art world for their work as curators, critics and collectors. Swab Drawing Prize is aimed at emerging artists with works on paper or other media in the category drawing.

Drawing Award 2014

President of the Jury: Fernando Romero, Adviser of MOMA
Member of the Jury:  Martina Millà (Project Director of Espai 13 in the Fundación Joan Miró), Ainhoa Grandes (Director of the Fundación
MACBA) ,
Ernest Ventós (Director of the Fundació Olor Visual), Nana Cardona, (Director of the Museo de Can Framis).
WINNER;
Serie (A)UTOPIC of the artist Juan Francisco Casas, Galería Fernando Pradilla from Madrid.

Artist Special mention;
Martín Vitaliti, Galería etHALL dibujo contemporáneo from Barcelona.






Drawing Award 2013

FINALISTS
Natalia Revilla (Pabellón 4, Buenos Aires )
Olimpia Velasco (Gerhardt Braun Gallery, Palma de Mallorca)
Paula Otegui (Pabellón 4, Buenos Aires
Daniel “San” (Galeria N2, Barcelona)
Sito Mújica (3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona)
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WINNER
Olimpia Velasco (Gerhardt Braun Gallery, Palma de Mallorca)




Drawing Award 2012

JURY
Cristina Agapito Bruguera (Independent Museologist – Conservative Olor Visual Collection)
David G.Torres (Commissary A*DESK)
Alicia Ventura (Curator from DKV)
Fernando Romero (Advisor from MOMA)

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FINALISTS
Raul Díaz-Reyes, Galería Masart
Laura Conde, Lacoope Gallery
Laura Solera Medina, Black Square Gallery
Manuel Antonio Domínguez, Galería Ángeles Baños
Zheng Hong, Inna Contemporary Art Space
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WINNER
The winner of the 2012 Swab Drawing Award contest was the artist Main-Loan Tu represented by Galeria MiTO.




Drawing Award 2011



JURY
Cristina Agapito Bruguera (Freelance Curator – Curator of the “Olor VISUAL” collection)
David G. Torres (A*DESK Curator)
Alicia Ventura (Curator from DKV)
Fernando Romero (Advisor from MOMA)
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FINALISTS
Tatiana Festi, Galeria Arte Boccanera
John Jodzio, Galeria Fred
Alexandre Arrechea, Galeria Suzanne Tarasieve
Joan Sebastian, Galeria Rosa Santos
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WINNER
The winner of the 2011 Swab Award contest was the artists Rómulo Celdrán represented by Galeria Arthobler.




Drawing Award 2010


JURY
The members of the 2010 Swab Drawing Award jury were Alexander Tramm, collector (Berlín), Josep María Civit, collector (Barcelona), Fernando Romero, curator and MOMA advisor MOMA (Barcelona) and a member of Diezy7 collection (Barcelona).
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FINALISTS
Artists Soren Behnecke (Charlotte Fogh gallery -Denmark)
Abdelkader Benchamma (ADN gallery -Barcelona)
Florence Girardeau (Kernot Art gallery -Paris)
Hans Aichinger (maerzgalerie -Berlin).
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WINNER
The winners of the 2010 Swab Drawing Award contest were the artists Andrea Canepa represented by Rosa Santos gallery and Bettina Kieg from the German gallery, Cream Contemporary.





Drawing Award 2008

JURY
The jury for Swab Drawing Award 2008 was composed of Monica Alvarez Careaga, Andreu Buenafuente, and a member of Diezy7 collection and the Director of the Foundation Fernando María Centenera Jaraba.

WINNER
2008 Swab Drawing Award was awarded for drawing and the award went to artist Erica Eyres from the Fette’s Gallery in Culver City, Los Angeles, USA.