Press release
THE FIRST “KUNSTART” PRIZE-WINNERS Tri-National Contemporary Art Competition The François Schneider Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of 8 prize-winners for the first edition of its “Kunstart” competition. The artists were unanimously chosen on 8 March 2017 by the 5 members of the tri-national jury. The artworks created by the first competition winners will be exhibited at the François Schneider Foundation’s Contemporary Art Centre in Wattwiller, from 30 September to 17 December 2017.
THE KUNSTART COMPETITION The François Schneider Foundation aims to discover, support and introduce new artists to the public, whilst cultivating contemporary art based around the theme of water. The foundation promotes these artists by means of exhibitions at its Contemporary Art Centre, travelling projects, loans of artworks and publications, as well as providing regular updates on their activities. The Kunstart competition was established in 2016 with the aim of promoting artists in the tri-national region who had studied at art schools within the following area: The Grand-Est region (France) | Baden-Württemberg (Germany) |the Swiss cantons AG, BL, BS, SH, TG, ZH A jury composed of experts from the three countries meets to choose a maximum of 9 artists working in the visual arts. The winners each receive 2,000 euros for the acquisition of the selected work or project. A further 2,000 euros can be provided for the realisation of the project. An exhibition of the competition winners’ works is presented at the foundation’s Contemporary Art Centre.
THE WINNERS Jules Andrieu (France) | Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe Tensions Primaires, Densités - Concrétion I, Sculpture, 2016 Alice Blot (France) | Haute École des Arts du Rhin, Strasbourg Ondée, Installation, 2016 Iris Brodbeck (Switzerland) | FachHochschule NordWestschweiz, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel Untitled, Installation, 2016 Manuel Diemer (France) | Centre Européen de Recherches et de Formation aux Arts Verriers, Vannes-le-Châtel Isula, Installation, 2015 Othmar Farré (Switzerland), FachHochschule NordWestschweiz, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel Der Sprung, Photograph, 2014 Jordan Madlon (France) | Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe Forme non référencé, Installation, 2015 Marion Schutz (France) | Haute École des Arts du Rhin, Mulhouse Azul Noce, Sculpture, 2016 Flora Sopa (Romania) | Haute École des Arts du Rhin, Mulhouse F1F#1, Painting, 2016
THE TRI-NATIONAL JURY Nikolaus Bischoff, Lecturer in art theory – Hochschule für Kunst, Design und Populäre Musik, Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) Rozenn Canevet, Lecturer in art history – École supérieure d'art et de design, Reims (France) Agnès Gorchkoff, Plastic artist, professeur agrégé – École supérieure d'art de Lorraine, Metz (France) Christoph Lang, Rector – F+F School for Art and Media Design, Zürich (Switzerland) Auguste Vonville, Artistic advisor – François Schneider Foundation (France)
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