Artist Prize 2023

1st Prize was awarded to László Máthé from Romania. His paintings are focused on psychological subjects as he uses his art as a playground of his subconscious. He is fascinated by human anatomy and by the classic painting representations which are used in almost all of his works.

2nd Prize was awarded to Pedram Baldari from the US. His intermedia practice explores statelessness versus citizenship, modes of colonialism, displacement-immigration, and conflict. His work is increasingly informed and captured by the element of sound.

Joint 3rd Prize was awarded to Glen Ogden from the UK. His socially engaged practice explores the role of the working man in historic and contemporary society through performance and film - imbued with a sculptural understanding of space, time and locality. He seeks to emphasise the work, rest, work, rest mantra of our time through repetitive and cyclical structures that evidence the physical manifestation of humans as tools.

Joint 3rd Prize was awarded to Dior Thiam from Germany. Throughout broadly different mediums, she explores untold histories, exoticism and the specific historical knowledge held by social and individual bodies. Drawing inspiration from historical events and occurrences, from poetry, prose and personal experiences, her work raises questions around the localities of knowledge as well as memory and remembrance.

The Audience Award was awarded to Anouk Koch from Switzerland. Koch's artistic practice revolves around the themes of social pressure, abuse of power, and various dynamics in interpersonal relationships. By combining text fragments with a carrier, she explores the boundaries between pain and fun.