Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium

4.5.–1.6.2025

Opening and award ceremony: Sat 3.5.2025, 17:00

The Louise Aeschlimann and Margareta Corti Grant (AC Grant) is a prestigious private grant for visual artists in the Canton of Berne. It has been awarded annually to emerging artists of the younger generation since 1942. A total prize money of CHF 50,000 is available for the grant and main scholarships, which is awarded by a jury in a two-stage application process. This year, 23 artists have been selected from the 91 submissions in the first round to show their works in the exhibition at the KBCB.

Jury

Katrin Sperry, jury president, cultural scientist, Berne
Paul Bernard, director Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne (KBCB)
Rebecka Domig, art historian and freelance author, designated board member BKG, Bern
Tasnim Baghdadi, co-director Migros Museum and artist, Zürich/Berlin
Katrin Steffen, director Kunstmuseum Solothurn

Artists of the exhibition 2025

– Raffaela Boss (*1996), lives and workst in Zürich
– Nadine K. Cenoz (*1989), lives and works in Bern and Solothurn
– Lea Gross (*1992), lives and works in Bern
– Laura Grubenmann (*1991), lives and works in Bern
– Gregory Tara Hari (*1993), lives and works in Zürich
– Florence Jung (*1986), lives and works in Paris
– Daniel Kurth (*1985), lives and works in Basel
– Lea Luzifer (*1996), lives and works in Bern
– Lisa Mark (*1996), lives and workst in Bern
– Jonas Morgenthaler (*1995), lives and works in Wien and Bern
– Anais Orr (*1994), lives and works in Bern and Zürich
– Nina Rieben (*1992), lives and works in Bern and Basel
– Alizé Rose-May (*1990), lives and works in Lausanne and Bern
– Marietta Schenk (*1985), lives and works in Biel/Bienne
– Jennifer Merlyn Scherler (*1996), lives and works in in Basel
– Sina Schöpf (*1994), lives and works in Bern
– Tanja Schwarz (*1987), lives and works in Biel/Bienne
– Flurina Sokoll (*1986), lives and works in Bern
– Marius Steiger (*1999), lives and works in Bern and London
– Lea Vetter (*1995), lives and works in Bern
– Lorenz Wernli (*1997), lives and works in Bern and Basel
– Aline Witschi (*1995), lives and works in Biel/Bienne
– Julia Znoj (*1990), lives and works in Wien and Thun

Curator: Selma Meuli

The AC Grant of the Bernese Art Society BKG is supported by the Louise Aeschlimann and Margareta Corti Foundation and by:

Swisslos – Kultur Kanton Bern | Burgergemeinde Bern | BEKB Förderfonds | Stiftung Temperatio | HMSL Stiftung