Zewditu Gebreyohanes to join the Prix Pictet judging panel for Storm
Prix Pictet · 31 Oct 2024
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We are thrilled to reveal Storm's cycle new independent jury of leading experts in the visual arts, including curators of major museums as well as journalists and critics, who will select the laureate of next year's award. Zewditu Gebreyohanes will join the Storm judging panel along with Professor Sir David King, Jeff Rosenheim, Duncan Forbes, Jan Dalley, Funmi Iyanda and Philippe Bertherat. Gauri Gill will also join the panel as the current Human laureate, replacing Sally Mann.
The judging panel for the Storm cycle is:
· Professor Sir David King
· Duncan Forbes
· Jeff Rosenheim
· Jan Dalley
· Funmi Iyanda
· Philippe Bertherat
· Gauri Gill
· Zewditu Gebreyohanes
The 12 shortlisted artists will be announced at the Rencontre de la Photographie in Arles on July 3rd 2025, and the winner will be celebrated during an award ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, on 25th September 2025.
Zewditu Gebreyohanes is a Senior Researcher at the think tank The Legatum Institute, Deputy Editor of the digital publication History Reclaimed and a Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was formerly the director of grassroots campaign group Restore Trust and before that was Head of the History Matters policy unit at the think tank Policy Exchange. Zewditu served on the government commission for housing and architecture, Building Better, Building Beautiful, as an assistant to its late Chair, Sir Roger Scruton. Zewditu is of British and Ethiopian descent.