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
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
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.