We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 AICA Incentive Prize for Young Art Critics, recognising outstanding essays by emerging voices in art criticism.
1st Prize
Chrystel Oloukoi, Franco-Beninese artist, film critic, curator, and assistant professor of geography at the University of Washington
Essay: Filming on an African Rhythm: Safi Faye, Cinematic Griot
2nd Prize
Adeyemi Adams, Nigerian professor of biology at Dallas College, Texas
Essay: Bio-Art as Resilience: Re-Thinking the Global South through the Lens of Biology and Art
Warm congratulations to the winners for their exceptional essays! Thank you to the jury and awards committee members for their expertise and insight: Jean Bundy (USA); Rui G. Cepeda (UK); Niilofur Farrukh (Pakistan); Luciane Garcez (Brazil); Sandra Hitner (Brazil); Lara Kamhi (Turkey); Małgorzata Kaźmierczak ( AICA President and Committee Advisor, Poland); Natali Pavleska (Macedonia); Hon. Lisbeth Rebollo (Brazil); Allison Thompson (S. Caribbean); and Esra Yildiz (Turkey).