The winners of the ars viva 2020 prize for Visual Arts have been announced: The Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V. (Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy at the Federation of German Industries e. V.) awards this year’s prize to Karimah Ashadu (*1985), Thibaut Henz (*1988), and Cemile Sahin (*1990).

This year’s award includes exhibitions at the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig and the Kunstverein in Hamburg as well as an artist residency on Fogo Island (Canada). Each artist receives a 5,000 Euro stipend. In addition, the Kulturkreis will produce a bilingual catalogue published by Kerber Verlag. The jury selected this year’s awardees from 49 nominated artists under the age of 35.

Digitale Führung ars viva 2020 from Kunstverein Hamburg on Vimeo.