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), Hanns Lennart Wiesner (Haus der Kunst, München) and Zita Cobb (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:
Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Opening: October 12, 2023
ars viva 2024
Atiéna R. Kilfa
Dan Lie
caner teker
Texts by: Wong Binghao, Cédric Fauq, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Min-young Jeon, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Stanton Taylor, Luisa Ziaja
Kerber Verlag
German, English
Hrsg.: Min-young Jeon, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V.
Edited by: Min-young Jeon
Contribution by: Galina Khmara-Oganesian
Design by: Sibel Beyer, Berlin
ISBN: 978-3-7356-0953-3