The art karlsruhe prize
Laureate 2025: Etsu Egami and Galerie Kornfeld
The highlight of the fair opening was the presentation of the 16th art karlsruhe prize, which honours a gallerist and artist of a one:artist show in a double pack and was awarded for the first time during the opening.
Galerie Thomas Fuchs and its artist Carlo Krone are honouring a promising young artist from Stuttgart, whose paintings focus on everyday life, alienating it visually and in terms of content, yet evoking an almost nostalgic familiarity in their recognisability.
The prize money of 15,000 euros will be used to purchase works from the presentation shown at the fair, which will become part of the art karlsruhe Collection at the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe.
Gallery owner Thomas Fuchs is not only delighted about being honoured with the art karlsruhe prize, but also about an all-round successful start to the fair. "By the end of yesterday's preview day, we had already sold several works - including an impressive 16 paintings from our award-winning one:artist show with Carlo Krone," says Fuchs.
Previous prize winners
- 2025 Etsu Egami Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin
- 2024 Carlo Krone Galerie Fuchs, Stuttgart
- 2023 Mona Radziabari Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
- 2022 Ambra Durante Galerie Friese, Berlin
- 2020 Annette Kelm Galerie König, Berlin
- 2019 Myriam Holme Galerie Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt am Main
- 2018 Sarah McRae Morton Galerie Anja Knoess, Köln
- 2017 Neringa Vasiliauskaite Galerie Smudajescheck, München
- 2016 Werner Schmidt Galerie Wohlhüter, Leibertingen-Thalheim
- 2015 Alfonso Hüppi Galerie Reinhold Maas, Reutlingen
- 2014 Jessica Buhlmann Galerie Anja Rumig, Stuttgart
- 2013 Claude Wall Galerie Angelo Falzone, Mannheim
- 2012 Tatjana Doll Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart
- 2011 Jens Hanke Galerie Hunchentoot, Berlin
- 2010 Julius Grünewald Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe
- 2009 Thomas Müller Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart
- 2008 Reto Boller Galerie Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart