Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2024

Deadline: Monday, Jun 17, 2024, 11:00am

The Kunsthalle Wien Prize seeks to promote a comprehensive dialogue on contemporary art and exhibition-making from the perspective of emerging artists who have recently graduated from Vienna’s renowned art institutes. Jointly organized by Kunsthalle Wien, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna for the tenth time, it is awarded annually by a jury of experts to a graduate of each of the art universities. The award is intended to support recent graduates, building a bridge between academic study and Kunsthalle Wien, as a public institution that seeks to bring contemporary art to a broader public.

The 2024 edition of the Kunsthalle Wien Prize will provide a platform for two artists. In addition to a € 3,000 prize, the recipients will have the opportunity to present their work in a two-person exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz in early 2025. The selected artists will receive a production budget and work closely with the curatorial team of Kunsthalle Wien to develop the presentation which is scheduled for January 2025. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication with accompanying texts by the curators. A public program of artist talks, guided tours and other events will be developed for the exhibition by Kunsthalle Wien’s art education team.

The price includes
- 3,000 Euros awarded to each of the two prize winners (one graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and one graduate of the University of Applied Arts)
- 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 2024
The Jury 2024 includes the curatorial team of the Kunsthalle Wien, consisting of Michelle Cotton (designated artistic director of the Kunsthalle Wien), Astrid Peterle and Nicole Suzuki and for the Akademie Veronika Dirnhofer, Iman Issa and Johan F. Hartle as well as Sarah Johanna Theurer as external jury member.

Conditions of participation for students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- All graduates of artistic diplomas of the Institute of Fine Arts from the academic year 2023/2024 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 in the summer semester 2024:
Monday, 17th of June, 2024 at 11 am
- For diploma students of the Institute of Fine Arts in the winter semester 2023/24 the deadline was Monday, 22nd of January, 2024.

Jury tour
It is planned that the jury will view the diploma presentations on site on Thursday 20.06.2024. Therefore, please make sure to indicate the exact location of your diploma (if installed) in the submission form! Details about the jury tour will follow as soon as the number and locations of the submitted diplomas is known.

During the jury tour of the installed artworks, you can present your diploma. There will be 5 minutes for each presentation as well as 5 minutes for a Q&A with the jury. Please be aware that parts of films or performances can only presented within this five minutes as well.

Attendance is not mandatory. If you are not there, but your diploma is installed on site, please make sure that the diploma is accessible (and switched on if necessary). 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 2024 and will be announced at the graduation ceremony of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna at Friday June 28th. (Please submit from an email-address that you can still access after you receive your diploma.)

For further information please contact Christine Rogi (c.rogi@akbild.ac.at, +43 1 588 16-1020)

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