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2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina – ZVONO Award – May 2025 – Halima Cassells, interdisciplinary community-engaged artist

Serbia – Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award – June 2025 – Angelina Lippert, Executive Director & Curator, Poster House

Hungary – ACAX Award – June 2025 – Sara Reisman, Curator & Faculty, School of Visual Arts

Slovakia – Oskár Čepan Award – June 2025 – Nathalie Angles, Executive Director, Residency Unlimited

Bulgaria – BAZA Award – July 2025 – Barbara Stehle, Curator and Lecturer at RISD

Albania – Ardhje Award – October 2025 – Lindsey Berfond, Assistant Curator and Studio Program Manager, Queens Museum

Montenegro – Milčik Award – December 2025 – Rachel Gugelberger, Curator of Visual Arts, Wave Hill

Macedonia – DENES Award – December 2025 – Hitomi Iwasaki, Head Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, The Noguchi Museum

Kosovo – Artists of Tomorrow Award – December 2025 – Alper Turan, Curator and writer based in New York, Berlin, and Istanbul

 

2024

Slovakia – Oskár Čepan Award – April 2024 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Bosnia and Herzegovina – ZVONO Award – May 2024 – Nick Tobier, Professor at University of Michigan

Serbia – Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award – June 2024 – Nathalie Angles, Executive Director, Residency Unlimited

Hungary – ACAX Award – June 2024 – Ian Cofre, independent curator, writer, and translator, former Director of PS122 Gallery

Bulgaria – BAZA Award – July 2024 – Aliza Edelman, Co-Chief Editor, Woman’s Art Journal

Albania – Ardhje Award – October 2024 – Laura Raicovich, writer and curator, co-founder, The Francis Kite Club 

Macedonia – DENES Award – November 2024 – Ksenia Nouril, Assistant Director, International Program, MoMA

Montenegro – Milčik Award – December 2024 – Roxana Fabius, Curator and Programs Consultant, Ford Foundation

Kosovo – Artists of Tomorrow Award – December 2024 – Alper Turan, Curator and writer based in New York, Berlin, and Istanbul

 

2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina – ZVONO Award – May 2023 – Yvonne Petkus, Artist and teacher at Western Kentucky University

Macedonia – DENES Award – June 2023 – Gregory Sholette, artist, writer, teacher and activist, Professor at Queens College, City University of New York

Bulgaria – BAZA Award – July 2023 – Eileen Lynch, Director of Curatorial Programs, The Bronx Museum

Hungary – ACAX Award – July 2023 – Rachel Vera Steinberg, Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Smack Mellon

Serbia – Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award – July 2023 – Melissa Bianca Amore, curator, art critic and contemporary philosopher, co-founded of Re-Sited

Montenegro – Milčik Award – December 2023 – Olga Kopenkina, adjunct professor at Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University

Kosovo – Artists of Tomorrow Award – December 2023  – Laura Raicovich, writer and curator, co-founder, The Francis Kite Club 

2022

Serbia – Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award – July 2022 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Hungary – ACAX Award – July 2022 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Bulgaria – BAZA Award – July 2022 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Albania – Ardhje Award – September 2022 – Osman Can Yerebakan, Freelance art, design and culture writer; contributor to The Brooklyn Rail, Village Voice, Art Observer, Hyperallergic

Montenegro – Milčik Award – December 2022 – Melissa Bianca Amore, curator, art critic and contemporary philosopher, co-founded of Re-Sited

Kosovo – Artists of Tomorrow Award – December 2022 – Laura Raicovich, writer and curator, co-founder, The Francis Kite Club

Slovakia – Oskár Čepan Award – April 2023 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

 

2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina – ZVONO Award – May 2022 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Serbia – Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos Award – July 2021 – Amy Rosenblum-Martín, independent curator, New School professor

Slovakia – Oskár Čepan Award – November 2021 – Margot Norton, Chief Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Bulgaria – BAZA Award – July 2021 – Gregory Volk, art critic, curator, and former associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University

Albania – Ardhje Award – September 2021 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Montenegro – Milčik Award – September 2021 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Macedonia – DENES Award – June 2022 – Lilia Kudelia, Visual Resources Curator, The University of Texas at Arlington

Kosovo – Artists of Tomorrow Award – December 2021 – Adam Kleinman, curator and writer, Director and chief curator, Kunsthall Trondheim

 

2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina – ZVONO Award – November 2020 – Ana Torok, Curator at Barbican Centre

Hungary – ACAX Award – May 2020 – Amy Mackie, Director of PARSE NOLA

Slovakia – Oskár Čepan Award – November 2020 – Bartholomew Ryan, researcher at IFILNOVA, New University of Lisbon. 

Albania – Ardhje Award – November 2020 – Francesca Altamura, Senior Art Curator, Morris Adjmi Architects

Montenegro – Milčik Award – December 2020 – Eriola Pira, Curator and Director of Programs, The Vera List Center for Art and Politics

Macedonia – DENES Award – April 2020 – Paul Laster, writer, curator, artist, contributing editor at ArtAsiaPacific and Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art.

Kosovo – Artists of Tomorrow Award – December 2020 – Adam Kleinman, curator and writer, Director and chief curator, Kunsthall Trondheim

 

2019

Albania – Ardhje Award – November 2019 – Amy Zion, curator, writer, and editor

Kosovo – Artists of Tomorrow Award – December 2019 – Adam Kleinman, curator and writer, Director and chief curator, Kunsthall Trondheim

Montenegro – Milčik Award – December 2019 – Eriola Pira, Curator and Director of Programs, The Vera List Center for Art and Politics


In the earlier years of the YVAA Program in partnership between TMU and RU, Boshko Boskovic, the former Program Director at RU, traveled to the region annually to participate in various juries.