The Nominators 2001

Thirty experts on Nordic contemporary painting nominated 119 artists to the Carnegie Art Award. All nominated artists were invited to contribute up to five paintings each. 102 artists accepted the invitation.

Bragi Ásgeirsson, Art Critic, Morgunblaðið, Reykjavik
Pontus Bonnier, Director, Bonnier AB, Stockholm
Sören Engblom, Curator, Writer, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Birgitta Flensburg, Director, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping
Leevi Haapala, Researcher, Photograph Archives, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Claus Hagedorn-Olsen, Chief Curator, Horsens Konstmuseum, Horsens
Karin Hellandsjø, Chief Curator Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
John Hunov, Art empathiser, Curator, Copenhagen
Edda Jónsdóttir, Owner and Director, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
Kristine Kern, Art Critic, Dagbladet Politiken, Copenhagen
Sanne Kofod Olsen, Curator, Center for Dansk Billedkunst, Copenhagen
Jan Kokkin, Art Critic, Dagens Næringsliv, Oslo
Jørgen Lund, Freelance Critic and Assistant Professor, University of Bergen
Monica Nieckels, Curator, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm
Anne Ring Petersen, MA in History of Art, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor at the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen
Anne Rouhiainen, Freelance Art Critic, Helsinki
Lars Saari, Ph.Lic, University of Turku, Turku
Torsten Sadowsky, Ph.D. Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
Olga Schmedling, Research Fellow, Department of Art History, IAKK, University of Oslo
Hannes Sigurdsson, Director, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri
Soili Sinisalo, Director, Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
Paula Toppila, Curator, FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Helsinki
Maila-Katariina Tuominen, Journalist, Art Critic & Human Rights, Aamulehti, Tampere
Marika Wachtmeister, Director of the Wanås Foundation, Knislinge
Wenche Volle, Art Critic, Aftenposten, Oslo
Anette Østerby, Curator, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj

Some nominators wish to remain anonymous.