Federal Prize for Art Students

The Federal Prize for Art Students honors young artists and university graduates whose latest works will once again be on display at the Bundeskunsthalle. The 27th edition of the competition recognizes a total of seven artistic positions, which were selected at the beginning of this year by an independent jury from nominations submitted by 25 art colleges throughout Germany.

The students will share prize money of €30,000 and receive a production grant that will allow them to create entirely new art. The exhibition will feature works on themes such as the relationship between humans and flora and fauna, vulnerability, care, and ethnic origin, executed in a wide variety of media. In addition to installations and new media like film and rendering, the students will also present sculptural works, paintings, graphics, and woven textiles.

The jury consisted of Stefanie Kleefeld (Director of the Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven), Renan Laru-an (Theoretician and curator of the Philippine Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2025) and Florence Thurmes (General Director of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz). They selected the following artists:

Maria Gerbaulet, Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel
Lynn Gerstmair, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Felix Klee, University of Television and Film Munich
Living Room Collective, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Bubu Mosiashvili, University of the Arts Bremen
Minh Anh Nguyễn, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Federico Torres De Los Rios, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin

Catalog, poster, and the website www.kunst-wettbewerb.de were designed by Josephine Dishoni, Constanze Kohlhaas, and Constanze Lorenz from Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.

Sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, competition and exhibition are organized by the German National Association for Student Affairs and the Bundeskunsthalle.