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fair. The prize is awarded by the

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group (insurance and banking), a company that works to promote contemporary, emerging art. The Prize has been in existence since 1999. Each winner receives CHF 30,000. The winners' acquired works are then donated to a museum in Germany – either the

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– Museum für Gegenwart in

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or the

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in Frankfurt – and the Mudam (Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean),

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Prizewinners

*1999 – Laura Owens,

Matthew Ritchie Matthew Ritchie (born 1964) is a British artist who currently lives and works in New York City. He attended the Camberwell School of Art from 1983 to 1986. He describes himself as "classically trained" but also points to a minimalist influence. ...

*2000 – Jeroen de Rijke/

Willem de Rooij Willem de Rooij (born 1969 in Beverwijk, Netherlands) is an artist and educator working in a variety of media, including film and installation. He investigates the production, contextualization and interpretation of images. Appropriations and collab ...

, Navin Rawanchaikul *2001 – Ross Sinclair,

Annika Larsson Annika Larsson (born 1972 Stockholm, Sweden) is a photographer and video artist. Larsson received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm. In 2002 she had a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary A ...

*2002 –

Cathy Wilkes Cathy Wilkes (born 1966) is a Northern Irish artist who lives and works in Glasgow. She makes sculpture, paintings, and installations. She was the recipient of the Inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize in 2016 and was commissioned to create the British Pa ...

, John Pilson *2003 – Monika Sosnowska, Saskia Olde Wolbers *2004 –

Aleksandra Mir Aleksandra Mir (born 1967) is a Swedish-American contemporary artist known for her large scale collaborative projects and for her anthropological methods, involving rigorous archival research, oral history and field work. Her work deals with tra ...

Tino Sehgal Tino Sehgal (; ; born 1976) is an artist of German and Indian descent, based in Berlin, who describes his work as "constructed situations". He is also thought of as a choreographer who makes dance for the museum setting. Personal life Sehgal was ...

*2005 –

Jim Drain Jim Drain (born 1975) is an American mixed media artist. Drain often makes work collaboratively, first within the collective, Forcefield (1996–2002) and also with artists Elyse Allen, Ara Peterson, and Ben Russell, respectively. Life and wor ...

Ryan Gander Ryan Gander (born 1976) is a British artist. Since 2003, Gander has produced a body of artworks in different forms, ranging from sculpture, apparel, writing, architecture, painting, typefaces, publications, and performance. Additionally, Gander ...

*2006 –

Keren Cytter Keren Cytter (; born 22 August 1977) is an Israeli visual artist and writer. Biography Cytter, born 22 August 1977, spent her childhood in Israel and went on to study visual arts at the Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv. After finding ...

, Peter Piller *2007 –

Haegue Yang Haegue Yang (; born December 12, 1971) is a South Korean artist primarily working in sculpture and installation. After receiving her B.F.A from Seoul National University in 1994, Yang received an M.A. from Städelschule where she now teaches as ...

, Andreas Eriksson *2008 – Duncan Campbell, Tris Vonna-Michell *2009 – Nina Canell, Geert Goiris *2010 –

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, Simon Fujiwara *2011 –

Ben Rivers Ben Rivers (born 1972) is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in London, England. His work has been screened at film festivals and galleries around the world and have won numerous awards. Rivers' work ranges in themes, including exploring ...

, Alejandro Cesarco *2012 – Karsten Födinger, Simon Denny *2013 – Jenni Tischer, Kemang Wa Lehulere *2014 – John Skoog *2015 – Beatrice Gibson, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc *2016 – Sara Cwynar, Mary Reid Kelley *2017 – Martha Atienza, Sam Pulitzer *2018 –

Lawrence Abu Hamdan Lawrence Abu Hamdan (born 1985, Amman) is a contemporary artist based in Dubai. His work looks into the political effects of listening, using various kinds of audio to explore its effects on human rights and law. Because of his work with sound, ...

, Suki Seokyeong Kang *2019 – Giulia Cenci, Xinyi Cheng *2021 – Hana Miletić, Cameron Clayborn *2022 –

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, Helena Uambembe *2023 – Sky Hopinka, Sin Wai KinAlex Greenberger (13 June 2023)
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References

External links

Baloise Art website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baloise Art Prize 1999 establishments in Switzerland Awards established in 1999 * International art awards Contemporary art awards Lists of award winners

Prizewinners

See also

References

External links