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Isabel Guerra

Peruvian artist Fernando Bryce has been included in the shortlist for the £40,000 prize of the 2009 “Artes Mundi” competition, the UK's biggest visual arts prize, which has attracted more than 480 nominations from more than 80 countries.

This shortlist was chosen by two appointed selectors, art critic Viktor Misiano, formerly curator at The Pushkin State Museum and director of the Contemporary Art Center (CAC) in Moscow, and Levent Çalikoglu, chief curator at Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.

Along with Bryce, artists from Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Taiwan have been shortlisted, and they will exhibit their works at National Museum Cardiff from 11 March - 6 June 2010, with the award given in May.

This award is presented in Cardiff every two years, and previous winners have included Xu Bing, a Chinese artist whose work was made from dust collected on New York's streets after 9/11.

The competition, established in 2003, aims to seek "outstanding artists from around the world who stimulate our thinking on the human condition and humanity.”

(Condensed from BBC)

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