Kunsthalle Wien Preis 2025

Due date: 20. January 2025
The Kunsthalle Wien Preis seeks to support emerging artists living and working in Vienna and to promote discourse on contemporary art via an annual collaboration with Vienna’s two renowned art universities. Jointly organised by Kunsthalle Wien, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna, it is awarded annually by a jury of experts to a graduate of each of the universities. The prize is intended to support recent graduates, building a bridge between academic study and professional practice, while bringing the work of these artists to a broader public.
The 2025 edition of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize will be awarded to two artists. In addition to a € 3,000 prize, the recipients will receive a joint solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz. The selected artists receive a production budget and work closely with the curatorial team of Kunsthalle Wien to develop their exhibition which is scheduled for late 2025. It will be accompanied by a new publication with commissioned essays and a public programme.

The price includes
- 3,000 Euros awarded to each of the two prize winners (one graduate of the of the University of Applied Arts Vienna and one of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)

-participation in a two-person exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz
-access to a limited budget supporting production costs and the development of new work
-an exhibition catalogue including curatorial texts on the works presented

Jury 2025
The Jury 2025 includes Michelle Cotton and the team of the Kunsthalle Wien, and for the Angewandte Rector Petra Schaper Rinkel, Peter Kozek (Angewandte Performance Lab)  and Cornelia Offergeld (KÖR-Kunst im öffentlichen Raum)  as well as Carolina Nöbauer as an external jury member.

Conditions of participation for students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
- All graduates of artistic diplomas of the Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art from the academic year 2024/2025 (October 2024–June 2025) are eligible to participate.
Documents required for the application (please summarize in one PDF):
- Description/presentation and installation views of the diploma project
- Portfolio
- CV
- artist statement addressing the diploma presentation and your reasons for applying
Deadlines
- For diploma students of the Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art in the winter semester 2024/25:
Monday, 20th of January, 2025 at 12 pm
- For diploma students of the Institute of Fine Arts and Media Art in the summer semester 2025 the deadline will be approx. Monday, 16th of June, 2025.

Jury tour
It is planned that the jury will view the diploma presentations on site on Friday 24 January 2025. Therefore, please make sure to indicate the exact location of your diploma (if installed) in the submission form including a current telephone contact. Details about the jury will follow as soon as the number and locations of the submitted diplomas is known.

Candidates are invited to present their diploma as part of the jury. Each presentation will be given 5 minutes in addition to time for questions from the jury. Please be aware that excerpts of films or performances can only be presented within this presentation time of five minutes.

Attendance is not mandatory. If you are not there, but your diploma is installed on site, please ensure that the diploma is accessible and all necessary equipment is running. If your diploma is not installed, the jury will consider your submitted documents.

The decision will be made at the end of the summer semester in June 2025.

Please apply from an email-address that you can still access after you receive your diploma.

For further information please contact Jasmin Vogl (jasmin.vogl@uni-ak.ac.at)

Jasmin Vogl, MA
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