Prince Claus Fund announce the 2015 Prince Claus Laureates

3 May 2015

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This year’s Principal Prince Claus Award goes to Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian. Among the other 10 Laureates are Nigerian performance artist Jelili Atiku, Amakhosi , a theatre and cultural organization from Zimbabwe, Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo , and Y’en a Marre , a collective of hip-hop musicians and journalists from Senegal. All 2015 Laureates will receive their Award at a ceremony held in the …

This year's Principal Prince Claus Award goes to Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian. Among the other 10 Laureates are Nigerian performance artistJelili Atiku, Amakhosi , a theatre and cultural organization from Zimbabwe, Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo , and Y’en a Marre , a collective of hip-hop musicians and journalists from Senegal.
All 2015 Laureates will receive their Award at a ceremony held in the presence of members of the Dutch Royal Family at the Royal Palace Amsterdam on 2 December. The Prince Claus Fund Gallery in Amsterdam will exhibit works by Principal Laureate Newsha Tavakolian 27 November 2015 – 4 March 2016.
2015 Prince Claus Laureates
Newsha Tavakolian (1981, Iran), photojournalist and artist
Latif Al-Ani (1932, Iraq), photographer
Amakhosi (1980, Zimbabwe), theatre and cultural organisation
Jelili Atiku (1968, Nigeria), performance artist
Jean-Pierre Bekolo (1966, Cameroon) filmmaker
Grupo Etcétera (1997, Argentina/Chile), public-art collective
Perhat Khaliq (1982, China), musician and singer-songwriter
Fatos Lubonja (1951, Albania), writer, editor & public intellectual
Ossama Mohammed (1954, Syria), filmmaker
Oksana Shatalova (1972, Kazakhstan), visual artist, critic and curator
Y’en a Marre (2011, Senegal), collective of hip-hop musicians and journalistswww.princeclausfund.org/