Hugo Boss Prize - History of The Prize

History of The Prize

1996 The first Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Matthew Barney, an American filmmaker and sculptor. The other nominees were:

  • Laurie Anderson (United States)
  • Janine Antoni (United States)
  • Cai Guo-Qiang (China)
  • Stan Douglas (Canada)
  • Yasumasa Morimura (Japan)

1998 Douglas Gordon, a Scottish video artist, won the second Hugo Boss prize. The other nominees were:

  • Huang Yong Ping (China)
  • William Kentridge (South Africa)
  • Lee Bul (South Korea)
  • Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland)
  • Lorna Simpson (United States)

2000 The third Hugo Boss Prize went to Marjetica Potrč, a Slovenian artist, architect and urban theorist working in sculpture and photography. The other nominees were:

  • Vito Acconci (United States)
  • Maurizio Cattelan (Italy)
  • Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset (Denmark and Norway)
  • Tom Friedman (United States)
  • Barry Le Va (United States)
  • Tunga (Brazil)

2002 Pierre Huyghe, a French artist who works in multiple media, won the fourth Hugo Boss Prize. The other nominees were:

  • Francis Alÿs (Mexico)
  • Ólafur Elíasson (Denmark)
  • Hachiya Kazuhiko (Japan)
  • Koo Jeong-a (South Korea)
  • Anri Sala (Albania)

2004 The fifth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Rirkrit Tiravanija, a Thai artist born in Buenos Aires who now works in New York, Berlin and Bangkok. The other nominees were:

  • Franz Ackermann (Germany)
  • Rivane Neuenschwander (Brazil)
  • Jeroen de Rijke and Willem de Rooij (The Netherlands)
  • Simon Starling (United Kingdom)
  • Yang Fudong (China)

2006 The sixth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to the British artist Tacita Dean. The other nominees were:

  • Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla (US and Puerto Rico)
  • John Bock (Germany)
  • Damián Ortega (Mexico)
  • Aïda Ruilova (US)
  • Tino Sehgal (Germany)

2008

The seventh Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to Palestinian Emily Jacir. The other nominees were:

  • Christoph Büchel
  • Patty Chang
  • Sam Durant
  • Joachim Koester
  • Roman Signer

2010

The eighth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to the German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann. The other nominees were:

  • Cao Fei
  • Roman Ondák
  • Walid Raad
  • Natascha Sadr Haghighian
  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul

2012

The ninth Hugo Boss Prize was awarded to the Vietnamese artist Danh Vo. The other nominees were:

  • Trisha Donnelly
  • Rashid Johnson
  • Qiu Zhijie
  • Monika Sosnowska
  • Tris Vonna-Michell

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