Exhibition of the 9th Open Call for Young Photographers

Exhibition opening will be held at Photon Gallery Vienna on Friday, March 11th at 6 pm as a part of the Foto Wien photography festival.

11.3. – 26. 4. 2022

The group exhibition of the 9th edition of the Different Worlds 2021 will present works by ten selected artists of the open call for young artists (up to 35 years of age) in the field of contemporary art photography from the CEE region. The selection of the artists was in the hands of an international 3-member jury, composed of Martin Fojtek, the director of the renowned Galerie Fotografic in Prague, Jošt Dolinšek, the winner of the Different Worlds 2020, and Špela Pipan, a curator at Photon Gallery.

The first prize, amounts to 1.000€ for the production cost of a solo exhibition at Photon Gallery Vienna in 2022. 

Finalists 

Aaron Kimmig (AT) / Yela An (AT) / Lenka L. Lukačovičová (SK) / Svetlana Mijić (RS) / Asiana Jurca Avci (SI) / Magda Pacek (PL) / Marek Šefrna (CZ) / Michaela Nagyidaiová (SK) / Vincent Forstenlechner (AT) / Sara Rman (SI)  

Award winners

1. prize: Aaron Kimmig– Xinjiang – Sentinel 2, 2021
2. prize: Yela An – In Wien, 2018
3. prize: Lenka L. Lukačovičová – Ice Melts, Temperature Drops, 2021 

Video Tour (Photon gallery, SI)

Exhibition catalogue

Photos of the Exhibition Opening