After an exciting competition with eight pre-selected artists, the Dutch Artist of The Year was announced last Friday in Amsterdam.
And the winner is: Ted Noten, ‘the Dutch Artist of the Year 2012’!
Almost 40.000 votes were issued both by professionals and by the general public. From the 8 finalists, Ted Noten was chosen as the winner with photographer Erwin Olaf in second place and painter Marlene Dumas in third place. For the complete list click here
Ted was offered the title and a cash prize of € 10.000.
Ted Noten is also a tutor at the masters department of Design Academy Eindhoven. See a documentary about Ted Noten here: