Federal Prize for Art Students
27th Federal Competition of the Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth 2025
The Federal Prize for Art Students aims to showcase the diversity of education and artistic positions at Germany’s art academies. It specifically supports outstanding students and enables them to gain professional exhibition experience, present their work to a broad public, and establish contacts within the art world. All 25 academies, colleges, and universities represented in the Conference of Universities of the Arts (KHK) participate in the competition and each nominate two of their students or student teams. From the nominees, an independent expert jury selects up to eight award winners based on their portfolios.
The jury of the 27th Federal Competition consists of:
Stefanie Kleefeld
Director of Kunstverein Bremerhaven
Renan Laru-an
Theorist and curator of the Philippine Pavilion, Venice Biennale of Architecture 2025
Dr. Florence Thurmes
General Director of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
The Federal Prize for Art Students is endowed with a total prize money of 30.000 euros. Additionally, a production grant totaling 18.000 euros supports the students in creating works specifically for the exhibition. The competition began in 1983 and has been held every two years since – this year marks its 27th edition. The competition is jointly organized by three institutions: the Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth funds the competition, the German National Association for Student Affairs organizes and coordinates it, and the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn hosts the exhibition of the prize winners. Until 2015, the competition was titled »Art Students Exhibit«. It was restructured at the initiative of the participating art schools and renamed the Federal Prize for Art Students. Since then, the exhibition has been exclusively reserved for the prize recipients.
Eligible to participate are the 25 academies, colleges, and universities represented in The Rectors' Conference of Art Universities:
Berlin University of the Arts
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Braunschweig University of Art
University of the Arts Bremen
Dresden University of Fine Arts
Düsseldorf Art Academy
State University of Fine Arts – Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
University of Fine Arts of Hamburg
State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Kassel School of Art and Design
Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel
Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
Mainz Academy of Fine Arts
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
University of Television and Film Munich
Münster Academy of Fine Arts
Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Potsdam
Saar College of Fine Arts
State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
Bauhaus University Weimar
Award Winners
Nominees
All 25 academies, colleges, and universities represented in the The Rectors' Conference of Art Universities participate in the competition and each nominate two of their students or student teams. From the nominees, an independent expert jury selects up to eight award winners based on their portfolios.
Jonas Kuck, Alungoo Nyamsuren
Berlin University of the Arts
Federico Torres De Los Rios, Gabriela Lesmes Lópes
Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Justus Linnekugel, Delia Naghavi Alhosini
Braunschweig University of Art
Eghbal Joudi, Bubu Mosiashvili
University of the Arts Bremen
Martin Bertelmann, Anika Anna Schröck
Dresden University of Fine Arts
Valerie Fiona Feldhaus, Sophie Schweighart
Düsseldorf Art Academy
Rendina Cattani, Arnaud Ferron
State University of Fine Arts
– Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main
Lynn Gerstmair, Hanbyeol Mun
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Rahel Grote Lambers, Living Room Collective
University of Fine Arts of Hamburg
Lucia Mattes, Mara Olschowka
State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
Minh Anh Nguyễn, Marie Faass
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Lara-Katharin Pigorsch, Monia Pieniążek
Kassel School of Art and Design
Maria Gerbaulet, Ramona Kortyka
Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel
Lisa James, Sehyeong Lee
Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Louis Friedemann Wuttke, Kay Lotte Pommer
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
Selina Hammer, Yawei Chen
Mainz Academy of Fine Arts
Pierre-Yves Delannoy, Carmen Arias Martinéz
Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Felizitas Hoffmann, Felix Klee
University of Television and Film Munich
Michelle Kim, Simon Mehling
Münster Academy of Fine Arts
Helen Hetzel, Hanna Schiller
Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
Simon Gilmer, Lennart Schweigert
University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main
synchronized-dreams-collective, EPIPH-BYTES
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Potsdam
Mirco Kanthak, David Kaps
Saar College of Fine Arts
Han Na Jo, Leonie Lass
State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
Jakob Elias Meyer, materialgirls
Bauhaus University Weimar
Exhibition
November 7, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Bundeskunsthalle
Museumsmeile Bonn
Helmut-Kohl-Allee 4
53113 Bonn
bundeskunsthalle.de
Exhibition Opening and Awards Ceremony
6th November 2025, 7 pm
Opening Hours
Wednesday 10 am – 9 pm
Tuesday – Sunday and public holiday 10 am – 6 pm
Catalog
A catalog is published for each competition, documenting the artistic work of the award winners. The catalog, along with other competition media, is designed by one of the participating art academies. For the 27th Federal Competition, this task is being undertaken by Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.
The catalog will be released at the exhibition opening on November 6, 2025, and will be available for purchase at the Walther König Bookstore located at the Bundeskunsthalle until the end of the exhibition on January 4, 2026. Additionally, you can order the catalog from the German National Association for Student Affairs, as well as catalogs from previous editions of the competition.
Contact: kultur@studierendenwerke.de