Pauli Prize 2024   24.08 – 13.10.2024

Pauli-Prize 2024

After almost 50 editions, the Prize of the Böttcherstraße has been renamed and will now be known as the Pauli-Prize. Eight artists have been nominated for this year’s Pauli-Prize. The prize will be awarded for the 49th time in 2023. With an award of 30,000 Euros, it is one of the leading awards in the field of contemporary art in Germany. It is presented to artists living in the German-speaking language area for their outstanding contributions to contemporary art which hasn’t received the recognition it deserves.

Six prestigious curators, the director of the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Donors’ Circle for the Pauli-Prize each independently nominate an artist whose work will be displayed in an exhibition from 24 August to 13 October 2024. Over the course of the show, a renowned international jury will determine the award winner. In the past years, winners have included Karimah Ashadu (2022), Ulrike Müller (2020), Arne Schmitt (2018), Emeka Ogboh (2016), Nina Beier (2014), Daniel Knorr (2012), Thea Djordjadze (2009), Ulla von Brandenburg (2007), Clemens von Wedemeyer (2005), Tino Sehgal (2003), Olafur Eliasson (1997) and Wolfgang Tillmans (1995).

top row from left to right: Katrin Brause (photo: Charlotte Sattler), Benjamin Hirte, Christof John (photo: Albrecht Fuchs), Annika Kahrs (photo: Helge Mundt) | bottom row from left to right: Marcus Neufanger (photo: Ute Heddergott), Cemile Sahin (photo: Paul Niedermayer), Gabriele Stötzer (photo: Ralf Gerlach), Jenna Sutela (photo: Joseph Kadow)

The following eight artists have been nominated for the Pauli-Prize 2024:

Katrin Brause (*1972 in Leipzig, lives and works in Leipzig), nominated by Anna Wesle, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf/ Switzerland

Benjamin Hirte (*1980 in Aschaffenburg, lives and works in Vienna), nominated by Severin Dünser, freier Kurator, Vienna

Christof John (*1984 in Hannover, lives and works in Cologne), nominated by Dr. Roland Mönig, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal

Annika Kahrs (*1984 in Achim, lives and works in Hamburg und Berlin), nominated by the Donors’ Circle for the Pauli-Prize, Kunstverein in Bremen

Marcus Neufanger (*1964 in Nuremberg, lives and works in Schwäbisch Hall), nominated by Prof. Dr. Christoph Grunenberg, Kunsthalle Bremen

Cemile Sahin (*1990 in Wiesbaden, lives and works in Berlin), nominated by Mirjam Varadinis, Kunsthaus Zürich

Gabriele Stötzer (*1953 in Emleben, lives and works in Erfurt), nominated by Hilke Wagner, Albertinum, Dresden

Jenna Sutela (*1983 in Turku, Finnland, lives and works in Berlin), nominated by Stefanie Böttcher, Kunsthalle Mainz

 

The Jury 2024:

Dr. Yilmaz Dziewior, Director Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Johan Holten, Director Staatliche Kunsthalle Mannheim
Prof. Susanne Pfeffer, Director Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
Christoph Ruckhäberle, Artist, Leipzig
Dr. Andrea Schlieker, Director of Exhibitions and Displays at Tate Britain, London

 

The exhibition is made possible by the Donors’ Circle for the Pauli-Prize.

 

(Fig.: Winner of the Prize of the Böttcherstraße 2022: Karimah Ashadu, video still from Cowboy, 2022 (Detail), Kunsthalle Bremen – Der Kunstverein in Bremen, © Karimah Ashadu)