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The Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award as a point of reference: artists shaping today’s art field

The Award has evolved into one of the region’s most influential platforms for emerging art, bringing together a wide spectrum of contemporary directions across the Nordic and Baltic countries. Its impact is reflected in how frequently laureates and participants continue on to international nominations and exhibitions.

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Winners announced for the region’s largest art competition – the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award 2025

The winners of the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award 2025 have been announced, celebrating the most promising emerging artists from across the region. The laureates were decided on 7 November 2025 during the jury meeting at Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki, which gathered representatives from eight art academies…

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Your Vote Counts! 10 Years of Discovering the Next Generation of Nordic-Baltic Artists

Public voting for the 10th anniversary edition of the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award kicks off on October 13 and runs until November 2, 2025, on the region’s leading contemporary art platform NOBA.ac/award.

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Photo gallery: Nordic & Baltic Young Artist exhibition “Unveiling the Fragments of Reality”

Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and shifting truths, Nordic and Baltic young artists examine identity, memory, and perception in “Unveiling the Fragments of Reality” at Pilot Gallery. In a world marked by disinformation and the rewriting of collective histories, art becomes an essential lens through which to explore the…

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Winners of the Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award 2024 Announced

The Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award 2024 has revealed its winners, highlighting the region’s most promising emerging artists and providing them with invaluable visibility among international curators and art professionals. This unique competition offers graduates of leading Nordic and Baltic art academies a platform to showcase their work globally,…

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Photo Coverage from Inner Worlds – Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award Nominees Exhibition at “Titanikas”

Take a visual journey through Inner Worlds, the Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award Nominees exhibition held at the Exhibition Halls “Titanikas” as part of the XVIII International Vilnius Painting Triennial. Curated by Andra Orn, this exhibition brought together rising artists from across the Nordic and Baltic regions to explore…

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Your Vote Counts! Help Decide Which Artist Deserves to Rule the Art World!

Public voting for the Nordic Baltic Young Artist Award kicks off on October 21st and runs until November 10th, 2024, on the region’s contemporary art platform NOBA.ac/award. This year, 135 emerging artists who graduated in 2024 from five countries in the region—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Sweden—are competing for international…

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Photo Gallery: Opening of “Inner Worlds” and The Baltic artists’ exhibition at the XVIII International Vilnius Painting Triennial

On October 3rd, 2024, the Exhibition Halls “Titanikas” hosted two openings as part of the XVIII International Vilnius Painting Triennial. NOBA, Andra Orn curated Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award 2023 Nominees Exhibition “Inner Worlds” and The Baltic artists’ exhibition, curated by Meda Norbutaitė (LT) and Arvydas Žalpys (LT). Browse…

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Photos: The graduation festival TASE’24 of the Estonian Academy of Arts

The graduation festival TASE'24 of the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) was open until last weekend. The exhibition in Tallinn Art Hall, that is currently under renovation, showcased the graduation projects of the Faculty of Design and the Faculty of Fine Arts.

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Ieva Skauronė has been re-elected for a second term as the Rector of Vilnius Academy of Arts

On the 9th of May, the Council of the Vilnius Academy of Arts re-elected Prof. Ieva Skauronė for a second term as Rector. The second term will start on the 4th of June 2024.

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Photo tour at Kuvan Kevät 2024

In May, the annual exhibition Kuvan Kevät showcased the works of students completing their master’s degrees at the Academy of Fine Arts. Students from all four subject areas—painting, sculpture, printmaking, and time and space arts — participated in the exhibition.

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Agata Orlovska: the recognitions are a good incentive not to stop and rest on one’s laurels

Just a while ago, Agata Orlovska, a graduate of Vilnius Art Academy was rewarded with the Grand Prix of Nordic Baltic Young Artist Award, among the 142 promising talents who entered the competition. Orlovska participated at the event with three mixed media art works “Because It’s Worse When You Get…

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Check out the winners of the Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award 2023!

The international jury of the Nordic and Baltic Young Artist Award competition decided to hand out this year’s Grand Prix along with the 2000-euro prize to Lithuanian artist Agata Orlovska. The Young Painter Award and a 1000-euro prize were awarded to Katrina Laura Biksone, who recently completed her bachelor's studies…

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Check out the works of young artists and vote for your favourite!

Altogether, 142 young artists from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland are participating in the 8th edition of the international competition, the Nordic-Baltic Young Artist Award (NOBA Award). Until 26 November, all 256 artworks are contesting for the Public Choice Award - the award is handed out to the author whose…

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The destiny of a young artist is decided by curators and other art workers, pure luck and random.

Latvian painter Elina Vitola, who graduated Art Academy of Latvia just last spring, was awarded with the main prize of Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award (NBYAA) a few weeks back. The winning piece of art was a 20 m long and included a sofa. What was Elina’s trigger in …

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