Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts

The Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts has been established by the World Cultural Council (Mexico) to acknowledge those who offer a positive message to mankind through different expressions of art. It is conferred upon "artist, sculptor, writer, poet, cinematographer, photographer, architect, musician or other performing artist, whose work constitutes a significant contribution to the artistic legacy of the world".^[1] The award has been presented biennially since 1999.

Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts
Country	Mexico
Presented by	World Cultural Council
Reward(s)	Diploma, Commemorative Medal
First award	1989
Website	consejoculturalmundial.org

The qualifying jury is constituted of internationally renowned artists, authorities, and members of the World Cultural Council.

The prize consists of a diploma, a commemorative medal and US$10,000.

The award is named after Leonardo da Vinci.

Award recipients

Year	Recipient	Field of Research	Ceremony Host	Ceremony Site	Ceremony Host Country	Ceremony Date	Ref.
2022	Meejin Yoon	Architecture	University of Coimbra	Great Hall of Acts, "Sala dos Capelos", University of Coimbra	Portugal	29-30 November 2022	[2]
2019	Paulo Branco	Filmography	University of Tsukuba	University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba	Japan	3-4 October 2019	[3][4][5][6]
2017	Russell Hartenberger	Music	University of Toronto	Pieterskerk, Leiden, Netherlands	Netherlands	8 November 2017	[7][8]
2015	Milton Masciadri	Music	University of Dundee	Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland	United Kingdom	29 November 2015	[9][10][11]
2013	Petteri Nisunen, Tommi Grönlund	Art	Nanyang Technological University	Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore	2 October 2013	[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
2011	Todd Siler	Visual Arts	University of Tartu	Assembly Hall, University of Tartu, Tartu	Estonia	10 November 2011	[19][20][21]
2009	Marcell Jankovics	Art and Philosophy	University of Liège	Salle Académique, University of Liège, Liège	Belgium	25 November 2009	[22][23]
2007	Anne Moeglin-Delcroix	Art and Philosophy	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos, Monterrey	Mexico	24 November 2007	[24][25]
2005	Enrique Norten	Architecture	Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro	Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler, Saltillo	Mexico	12 November 2005	[26][27][28][29]
2003	Otto Piene	Sculpture	University of Helsinki, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters	National Library of Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki	Finland	17 November 2003	[30][31][32][33]
2001	Edna Hibel	Painting	Utrecht University	Academiegebouw [nl], Utrecht	Nederlands	21 November 2001	[34][35]
1999	Magdalena Abakanowicz	Renaissance art	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Main Building, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim	Norway	11 November 1999	[36]
1995	Robert Rauschenberg	Abstract art, Pop art	INBA, CONACULTA	Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City	Mexico	16 December 1995	[37]
1989	Athens Acropolis Preservation Group of Greece	Historic preservation	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Edgerton Hall, MIT, Cambridge	United States	8 November 1989	[38]

See also

• World Cultural Council
• Albert Einstein World Award of Science
• José Vasconcelos World Award of Education
• Prizes named after people
• List of things named after Leonardo da Vinci
• Lists of art awards