BBA Artist Prize 2023

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Exhibition location

Kühlhaus Berlin
Luckenwalder Straße 3, 10963 Berlin

Duration: 26. April - 06. May

Award Winners
1st prize: Mathe Laszlo
2nd prize: Pedram Baldari
3rd prize: Glen Ogden & Dior Thiam
People's Choice Award: Anouk Koch

About the 2023 edition

Guess who’s back? For the 8th year, the BBA Artist Prize will once again be breaking barriers and building careers for emerging international artists. 22 diverse and talented artists have been selected for this year’s exhibition at Kühlhaus Berlin. In partnership with Fleurop, Deeds News, PixOnWall and Kühlhaus Berlin, the BBA Artist Prize is an unmissable competition and the perfect way to celebrate Gallery Weekend Berlin. From textile art through to gun barrels turned into wind instruments, this year’s edition of the BBA Artist Prize will be packed with discoveries of some of the most talented artists in the world. Brought to you exclusively by BBA.

On Saturday 29 April at 20:00, our acclaimed jury will announce the winners of the prizes. Along with the usual three prizes (a solo show + cash awards), this year the top three prize winners will have an exhibition opportunity at CSR (Contemporary Show Room) in Friedrichstraße Berlin and published interviews on the Deeds Online Newspaper.

Last year’s winner Katarina Kudelova will also be featured at the exhibition, as well as live performers (more info on this soon)…

22 Shortlist artists

Valerie Messini + Damjan Minovski (2MVD), Austria

Judging art is hard work. But somebody’s gotta do it.

Lavínia Diniz Freitas

Independent curator and founder of ApertoArts
Temsüyanger Longkumer

Interdisciplinary artist from Nagaland living and working in London
Elizabeth Kang

Founding Director of Kang Contemporary based in Berlin
Mario Bermel

Co-director & Co-founder of Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Berlin. Contemporary Art Curator & Advisor for the Samurai Museum Berlin
Suzy Royal

Independent curator & on-site curator for the artist residency program GlogauAIR, Berlin
Vishal Shah

BBA Gallery Co-Director and Creative Director & Multidisciplinary artist
Ute Edda Hammer

CEO and management board of Cultural Foundation of Thuringia and Art Historian
Renata Kudlacek

BBA Gallery Co-Director & Founder. Curator & Artist
Andrea Wenzler

CEO and Director of Kühlhaus Berlin