Swiss Art Awards – the 2014 winners
Bern, 16.06.2014 - The Swiss Art Awards 2014 are presented this evening in Basel in the presence of Federal Councillor Alain Berset. Organised by the Federal Office of Culture, they recognise the work of eight artists, an architect and an art mediator. Works by the participants in the second round of the Swiss Art Competition are presented in the Swiss Art Awards 2014 exhibition, which takes place in parallel with Art Basel.
The Swiss Art Competition is open to Swiss artists and architects as well as art and architecture mediators. The Federal Art Committee acts as jury. The competition consists of two rounds. In the first, the participants submit a dossier to the Committee, and those selected then go forward to a second round in which they present their work in the public Swiss Art Awards exhibition. Here, the 10 award winners are chosen, with each receiving CHF 25,000.
This year’s Swiss Art Awards go to:
Art
!Mediengruppe Bitnik (Carmen Weisskopf, 1976, BL, Domagoj Smoljo, 1979, SG, live and work in Zurich)
Vanessa Billy (1978, GE, lives and works in Zurich)
Kim Seob Boninsegni (1974, TI, lives and works in Geneva)
Claudia Comte (1983, VD, lives and works in Berlin)
Emilie Ding (1981, FR, lives and works in Berlin)
Emanuel Rossetti (1987, SG, lives and works in Basel)
Andreas Hochuli (1982, AG, lives and works in Leipzig)
Jules Spinatsch (1964, GR, lives and works in Zurich)
Architecture
CKÖ (live and work in Zurich)
Mediation
Emilie Bujès (1980, France and FR, lives and works in Geneva)
Visual materials and latest information
-In addition to this press release, further information on the participants in the Swiss Art Awards 2014 and the accompanying programme can be found in the exhibition blog at journal.swissartawards.ch.
-The Swiss Art Awards Digital Guide (agenda + information) can be found at swissartawards.ch (for mobile devices & tablet computers).
-High-resolution images of the award winners can be downloaded from: www.bak.admin.ch/SAA2014
-The Federal Office of Culture will be making photos of the award ceremony available from midday on 17 June. They can be downloaded from: www.bak.admin.ch/SAA2014
Award ceremony and vernissage of the Swiss Art Awards 2014 exhibition: 16 June 2014, 6 p.m., Hall 4, Messe Basel exhibition centre
Swiss Art Awards 2014 exhibition: 17 to 22 June 2014, Hall 4.0, Messe Basel exhibition centre
Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily (Sunday until 7 p.m.)
Admission free
Address for enquiries
On the Confederation’s awards policy:
Danielle Nanchen, Head of Cultural Creativity Section, Federal Office of Culture, +41 58 46 49823, danielle.nanchen@bak.admin.ch
On the award winners and the Swiss Art Awards 2014 exhibition:
Léa Fluck, Art Promotion, Cultural Creativity Section, Federal Office of Culture, +41 78 616 2267, lea.fluck@bak.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Office of Cultural Affairs
http://www.bak.admin.ch
