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Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2016

Margit Busch and Andrej Polukord receive Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2016

16 Nov 2016 - 08 Jan 2017

Margit Busch, IF – THEN – ELSE. Welcome to transciency, 2016, Photo: Karolin Astrid
Andrej Polukord, The Fish (On the road to fishing lakes, Lithuania), 2014, Photo: Marius Krivičius
KUNSTHALLE WIEN PRIZE 2016
16 November 2016 - 8 January 2017

Curator: Lucas Gehrmann

Margit Busch and Andrej Polukord receive Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2016

The Kunsthalle Wien Prize is a joint project of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Kunsthalle Wien.

It was established in 2002 in co-operation with the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 2015, it has been presented for the first time to one graduate of each of Vienna’s art academies.

The prize includes an exhibition in Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz as well as prize money in the amount of 3,000 euros for each artist. In 2016 the prize money is made available by HS art service austria and Deco Trend GmbH.

To accompany the exhibition, two catalogues containing interviews with the artists and texts written by jury members and installation views will be published by Sternberg Press Berlin.

The jury in 2016 consisted of: Nicolaus Schafhausen and Lucas Gehrmann (Kunsthalle Wien), who participated in both selection processes, as well as Rector Gerald Bast and Roland Schöny as external jury member for the University of Applied Arts Vienna and Professors Mona Hahn, Erwin Bohatsch and Lorenz “eSeL” Seidler as external jury member for the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Margit Busch (*1964 in Germany, lives in Vienna) receives the Prize for her für ihr diploma project Welcome to Transciency at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Prof. Virgil Widrich, Department of Art & Science).

Andrej Polukord (*1990 in Vilnius, lives in Vienna and Vilnius) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Prof. Gunter Damisch, Department of Graphic arts and printing techniques.
 

Tags: Erwin Bohatsch, Gunter Damisch, Nicolaus Schafhausen