5 winners for Celeste Prize 2010 were chosen on 11 December by fellow artists during exhibition in New York. All 50 finalist artists share in the 40,000 € awards.

Hundreds of visitors and friends came to the awards at the The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, New York, as part of a three-day exhibition which ends on 13 December. Videos and audio-visual sets were performed on a special wide-screen prepared for the occasion in a 3-hour live media set.

Painting Prize

Winner

Gianni Politi – On feeling sacrificable

Second

Elizabeth McDonald - Psychic Healing For Alligators

Third

Emanuela Lena - contextus # 15

Bettina Patermo - different ways to take a bath 1, fuerteventura

Photography & Digital Graphics Prize

Winner

Fabiano Parisi – Il mondo che non vedo 01

Second

Tania Brassesco & Lazlo Passi Norberto – Pot Pourri

Third

Jay L - Venice, March 2010

Installation & Sculpture Prize

Winner

Lisa Wade – Inverted Shelter

Second

Denise Hickey – An army of birds

Third

Helena Hamilton - To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEEQUALSME)..

Video & Animation Prize

Winner

Ed Purver – In residence

Second

Shahar Marcus – homecoming artist

Third

David Altobelli – By Some Miracle

Live Media & Performance Prize

Winner

fuse* - Corpo Elettrico 2.0

Second

Bruno Costarelli – Paradox

Third

KaFai Choi - Eternal Summer Storm