ars viva 2025   Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino, Vincent Scheers, Helena Uambembe   12.10.2024 – 26.01.2025

ars viva 2025: Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino, Vincent Scheers, Helena Uambembe

Since 1953, the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V. (Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy at the Federation of German Industries e.V.) has awarded the ars viva Prize of Visual Arts to exceptional young artists living in Germany, whose works of art demonstrate an independent formal language and an awareness of contemporary issues.

In this period, more than 350 artists have been recognized, including Georg Baselitz, Katharina Sieverding, Albert Oehlen, Rosemarie Trockel, Candida Höfer, Wolfgang Tillmans, Thomas Struth, Jochen Lempert, Jeanne Faust and Omer Fast.

f.l.t.r.: Wisrah C.V. da R. Celestino (photo: Ana Pigosso), Helena Uambembe (photo: Rupert de Beer), Vincent Scheers (photo: private)

The 2025 ars viva prize winners are Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino (*1989), Vincent Scheers (*1990) and Helena Uambembe (*1994). This year, the prize will be presented in an exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bremen (12 October 2024 – 26 January 2025) and the Haus der Kunst in Munich (26 June – 28 September 2025).

A catalogue of the exhibition in German and English will be published by the Kerber Verlag.