Annually since 1953 the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft awards young artists with the ars viva prize of Visual Arts.
ars viva 2025
The 2025 ars viva prizewinners have been chosen: This year's prize will be awarded to Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino (*1989), Vincent Scheers (*1990) and Helena Uambembe (*1994).
This year's award is associated with exhibitions at Kunsthalle Bremen, Haus der Kunst in Munich, and an artist:s residency on Fogo Island, Canada. The jury selected the awardees from 36 proposed artists under the age of 35 who live and work in Germany.
This year's jury included cooperation partners Dr. Eva Fischer-Hausdorf (Kunsthalle Bremen), Emma Enderby and Hanns Lennart Wiesner (Haus der Kunst, München) and Zita Cobb and Nicolaus Schafhausen (Shorefast Foundation, Fogo Island Arts), members of the Visual Arts Panel of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, chaired by Ulrich Sauerwein, as well as Rodger Masou (managing director) and Min-young Jeon (Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft) as the expert advisor.
Past Exhibitions:
Kunsthalle Bremen
October 12, 2024 - January 26, 2025
curated by Min-young Jeon, Dr. Eva Fischer-Hausdorf and Maren Hüppe
ars viva 2025
Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino
Vincent Scheers
Helena Uambembe
Texts by: Erik Bordeleau, Eva Fischer-Hausdorf, Haris Giannouras, Min-young Jeon, Péjú Oshin, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Kitty Scott
Kerber Verlag
German, English
Hrsg.: Min-young Jeon, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V.
Edited by: Min-young Jeon
Design by: Dokho Shin, Berlin
ISBN: 978-3-7356-0995-3