Kiefer Hablitzel Göhner Art Prize 2025

The Kiefer Hablitzel │ Göhner Art Prize is open to Swiss artists, artists based in Switzerland, or those enrolled at a Swiss university, who are under 30 years of age. The prize is awarded in close cooperation with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) and the Ernst Göhner Foundation. As a prerequisite for participation, applicants must now hold at least a Bachelor’s degree. Artists may apply for the Kiefer Hablitzel │ Göhner Art Prize up to three times, but may only be awarded the prize once.

In addition to up to seven prizes of CHF 15,000 each, one special prize will be awarded: a solo exhibition at a Swiss institution, accompanied by a publication. This exhibition will take place the year after the award is granted — for the first time, in 2022, at Kunsthaus Fri Art in Fribourg.

The jury comprises notable Swiss artists and curators, as well as a representative of the Ernst Göhner Foundation. As part of the annual public exhibition Swiss Art Awards, organised by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK) alongside Art Basel, the displayed works undergo a second round of evaluation by the jury, who then select the winners.

Nominated artists:
Mariam Abashidze, Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi, Zoe Baranek, Charlotte Durand, June Fischer, Oleksandr Holiuk, SueJin Hong, Xheneta Imeri, Ianne Kenfack Kitio, Patricia Meier, Jonas Morgenthaler, Delphine Mouly, Alexandra Sheherazade Salem, Nelson Schaub, Rebecca Solari, Kelly Tissot, Julian Zehnder