SILVER MEDAL TFP AWARDS 2023 L. PORTERID32303510
The Tomás Francisco Prieto Award, General Engraver of the Mint of King Charles III, was revived in 1990 by the Mint Foundation in the form of the ‘Award for an entire work’ and with the aim of promoting the art of the medal among the great names on the Spanish artistic scene, as the awarding of the prize implies a commitment on the part of the winning artist to design a medal with a free theme.
This medal is minted by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre-Real Casa de la Moneda, with a limited edition of 225 copper coins, 40 silver coins and only two gold coins.
The list of artists who have been awarded the Tomás Francisco Prieto Prize is as follows: 1990 Eduardo Chillida, 1991 Antoni Tapies, 1992 Antonio López García, 1993 Eduardo Arroyo, 1994 Pablo Palazuelo, 1995 Andreu Alfaro, 1996 Antonio Saura, 1997 José Luis Cuevas, 1998 Luis Gordillo, 1999 Carmen Laffón, 2000 Roberto Matta, 2001 Juan Barjola, 2002 Rafael Canogar, 2003 Antoni Clavé, 2004 Martín Chirino, 2005 Luis Feito, 2006 Albert Rafols Casamada, 2007 Pepe Hernández, 2008 Guillermo Pérez-Villalta, 2009 Eva Lootz, 2010 Alfredo Alcaín, 2011 Susana Solano, 2012 Juan Navarro Baldeweg, 2013 Cristina Iglesias, 2014 Jaume Plensa, 2015 Jose Maria Sicilia, 2016 Mitsuo Miura, 2017 Victoria Civera, 2018 Jose Manuel Broto and 2023 Liliana Porter.
| Year | 2024 |
| Diameter (mm) | 60 |
| Metal | Silver |
| Weight (g) | 118 |
| Author | Liliana Porter |
TFP SILVER MEDAL 2023 LILIANA PORTER
30th ‘Tomás Francisco Prieto’ Royal Mint Medal Award 2023
The Argentinean artist Liliana Porter has been awarded the thirtieth edition of the Tomás Francisco Prieto Medal Prize, granted by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre - Real Casa de la Moneda in recognition of the overall professional and human trajectory of prestigious creators.
The jury was chaired by Valldecabres Ortiz and comprised Hernán Cortés, member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando; Guillermo Navarro, academic director of the Master's Degree in Printmaking and Graphic Design at the University of Castilla-La Mancha; Inma Prieto, director of Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum in Palma de Mallorca; and Yolanda Romero, director of the Banco de España Collection. They wished to recognise both Porter's international career and the diversity of techniques he has used (drawing, engraving, photography, sculpture) in his reflection on the methods of reproduction and the frontiers of representation. His work is currently dominated by photography, video, collages and small installations: figurines and discreet souvenirs taken from his travels - with historical and geographical backgrounds - are placed on empty monochromatic backgrounds to address philosophical issues and emotional states.
The Tomás Francisco Prieto Prize has a recognised prestige within the Spanish arts and counts among its winners names of the stature of Eduardo Chillida, Antonio Tàpies, Antonio López, Eduardo Arroyo, Pablo Palazuelo, Andreu Alfaro, Antonio Saura, José Luis Cuevas, Luis Gordillo, Carmen Laffón, Roberto Matta, Juan Barjola, Rafael Canogar, Antoni Clavé, Martín Chirino, Luis Feito, Albert Ràfols Casamada, José Hernández, Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Eva Lootz, Juan Barjola, Rafael Canogar, Antoni Clavé, Martín Chirino, Luis Feito, Albert Ràfols Casamada, José Hernández, Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Eva Lootz, Alfredo Alcain, Susana Solano, Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Cristina Iglesias, Jaume Plensa, José María Sicilia, Mitsuo Miura, Vicky Civera and, in the previous edition, José Manuel Broto.
Liliana Porter
Liliana Porter (Argentina, 1941, lives in New York since 1964) works in a variety of media, including printmaking, painting, drawing, photography, video, installation, theatre and public art. Porter began showing her work in 1959 and has since participated in more than 450 exhibitions in 40 countries.
Recent solo exhibitions include El Museo de Barrio in New York City; The Perez Art Museum in Miami; Luciana Brito Gallery in São Paulo, Brazil; ART OMI in Ghent, NY; Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA; El Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales in Montevideo; Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson in San Juan, Argentina; Museo de Arte Zapopan in Guadalajara, Mexico; Sicardi Gallery in Houston, TX; Sicardi Gallery in Houston, TX; Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales in Montevideo; Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson in San Juan, Argentina; Museo de Arte de Zapopan in Guadalajara, Mexico; Sicardi Gallery in Houston, TX; Barbara Krakow Gallery in Boston, MA; and Galerie Mor-Charpentier in Paris, France. Porter's work is on view in the traveling exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960 - 1985 at the Brooklyn Museum, NY and at the Hammer in Los Angeles, CA. In 2017, Porter's work was included in Viva Arte Viva, La Biennale di Venezia, 57th International Art Exhibition in Italy, and she premiered Taming the Lion and Other Doubts, her third theatrical production in June at the 2nd Biennial of Performance, Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Porter's most recent theatrical performance, THEM, was co-directed with Ana Tiscornia with music by Sylvia Meyer. It premiered in New York at The Kitchen on 25-26 October 2018.