Fine Arts Alum Shortlisted for AXA Art Prize

Lauren Sitarchuk BFA ’19 (Interdisciplinary Fine Arts) is one of 40 finalists for the AXA Art Prize Exhibition. Her work, titled “Sam,” was included in the figurative category, which was judged by regional jurors from across the U.S. and four exhibition jurors from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the MoMa, the Whitney and the New Museum. 

The AXA Art Prize was launched in 2017 and is one of the premier student art competitions in the country. The prize is open to figurative paintings, drawings and prints made by undergraduate and graduate students in the U.S.

In the fall, an exhibition of shortlisted works will go on a nationwide tour with stops in San Francisco, Chicago and will finish in New York City at the New York Academy of Art. First prize is $10,000 and second prize is $5,000; winners will be chosen by renowned artists Sanford Biggers, Will Cotton, John Currin and Tschabalala Self, with Jennifer Schipf, global practice leader of Art at AXA XL.

Over 500 submissions were received from 130 different schools. The first- and second-prize winners will be announced at the exhibit’s closing reception Nov. 21, 2019.