Academic awards with justice, equality and transparency
The judging process of AAC involves two stages: nominations and awards. It is for the purpose of promoting not only award winners, but also nominees, while effectively garner public attention to AAC.
1. Selection of Nominee Candidates
Each year based on the data from the “AAC Monthly Observations Reports”, the Organizing Committee recommends influential Chinese contemporary artists and publications to the Consultants Committee, which in turn will make additions and objections to these recommendations and draw up a list of nominee candidates.
2. Nomination
The President and judges of the Judging Committee will review the list and select five nominees for each award category.
3. Final Selection for Award Recipients
The winner for each award will be selected by the AAC Judging Committee after a final round of consideration.
Chapter Two AAC in Focus
On a mission to bring contemporary art into spotlight, AAC comprises three award categories: Artist of the Year, Breakout Artist of the Year, and ArtPublication of the Year. There will be five nominees and one winner for each award.
Artist of the Year
All living Chinese artist will be considered;
The winner must be an artist of outstanding achievement and a leading figure in the promotion and development of Chinese contemporary art.
Young Artist of the Year
All Chinese artists under the age of 35 will be considered;
The winner must be a prominent artist and a pioneering force in the development of Chinese contemporary art, whose work is of groundbreaking significance in the past year for its artistic exploration and experimentation.
Art Publication of the Year
All publications on the subject of Chinese contemporary art, regardless of their distribution area and language, will be considered and evaluated by their achievement in academic research as well as theoretical analysis. The award is to acknowledge and pay tribute to art publications—including those in digital form—that have played an instrumental part in the development of Chinese contemporary art in the past year.
