AVEK Award

The AVEK Award is an annual accolade for creative work. The award, worth €15,000, can be granted to a creator or group that works in media arts or other audiovisual culture.
There are three people in a guard suit. The one in the front is artist Pilvi Takala.
Still image from Close Watch (Pilvi Takala, 2022).

The 2023 AVEK Award was presented to media artist and filmmaker Pilvi Takala. The winner was selected by Theodor Ringborg, an experienced Swedish curator and the director of Konsthall Tornedalen.

Read the award rules.

AVEK Award winners 2004–2022

media artist Heidi Tikka (2004)
media artist Hanna Haaslahti (2005)
media artist Pekka Sassi (2006)
artist Adel Abidin (2007)
artist Pia Lindman (2008)
artist and curator Juha Huuskonen (2009)
media artist Jani Ruscica (2010)
media artists Lea ja Pekka Kantonen (2011)
artists Tellervo Kalleinen ja Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (2012)
media artist Erkka Nissinen (2013)
artist Annette Arlander (2014)
visual artist Anna Estarriola (2015)
artist Salla Tykkä (2016)
visual artist Kari Yli-Annala (2017)
visual artist Saara Ekström (2018)
artist Reija Meriläinen (2019)
artist Jenna Sutela (2020)
artist Tuomas A. Laitinen (2021)
media artist and filmmaker Azar Saiyar (2022)
artist Pilvi Takala (2023)