The STRABAG ART Award celebrates the future of European art, spotlighting emerging talents in painting and drawing. Established in Austria in 1994, the award expanded its reach to the international stage in 2009.
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Award Winners 2026
Main Prize Winner
Paulina Emilia Aumayr
Remember that time you set my house on fire?- No. (4), 2026, Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas, 155 x 175 cm, Photo: Hagen Eckstein
Remember that time you set my house on fire?- No. (5), 2026, Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas, 115 x 155 cm, Photo: Hagen Eckstein
Bis meine Haut zu Leder wird. (1), 2025, Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm, Photo: Manuel Carreon Lopez
https://www.paulinaaumayr.com
@paulinaaumayr
Recognition Awards
Daniel Hölzl
Tassilo Lantermann
Tanya Pioniker
Marko Šajn
PROPEL (rolling shutter no. two), 2025, Recycelte Kohlenstofffasern aus ehemaligen Flugzeugteilen und recyceltes Paraffinwachs, Aluminiumrahmen / recycled carbon fiber from former aircraft parts and recycled paraffin wax, aluminum artist frame, 200 x 140 cm, Photo: ©the artist: Daniel Hölzl, Courtesy Gallery Dittrich & Schlechtriem, photo: Jens Ziehe
GROUNDED NO. ELEVEN, 2025, Recycelte Kohlenstofffasern aus ehemaligen Flugzeugteilen und recyceltes Paraffinwachs, Aluminiumrahmen / recycled carbon fiber from former aircraft parts and recycled paraffin wax, aluminum artist frame, 200 x 140 cm, Photo: ©the artist: Daniel Hölzl, photo: Rudi Froese
FLOWERS (wilted no. one & nine), 2025, Recycelte Kohlenstofffasern aus ehemaligen Flugzeugteilen und recyceltes Paraffinwachs, Aluminiumrahmen / recycled carbon fiber from former aircraft parts and recycled paraffin wax, aluminum artist frame, Diptychon: 80 x 130 cm, je 80 x 60 cm + 10 cm / diptych: 80 x 130 cm, each 80 x 60 cm + 10 cm, Photo: ©the artist: Daniel Hölzl, Courtesy Gallery Dittrich & Schlechtriem, photo: Jens Ziehe
https://www.hoelzldaniel.com
@hoelzldaniel
hide-and-seek (01), 2025, Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas, 215 x 146 cm, Photo: Tassilo Lantermann
hide-and-seek (04), 2025, Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas, 215 x 146 cm, Photo: Tassilo Lantermann
hide-and-seek (06), 2025, Öl auf Leinwand / oil on canvas, 215 x 146 cm, Photo: Tassilo Lantermann
https://tassilolantermann.com
@tassilolantermann
ICH / Migrantin mit Sommerkleidern, 2025, Bleistift, weiche Pastellfarbe, Gouache, Tinte auf schwarzem Papier / pencil, soft pastel, gouache, ink on black paper, 36 x 30 cm, Photo: Tanya Pioniker
DU / Schwein gehabt!, 2025, Bleistift, weiche Pastellfarbe, Gouache, Tinte auf schwarzem Papier / pencil, soft pastel, gouache, ink on black paper, 36 x 30 cm, Photo: Tanya Pioniker
SIE / Swedenborg Raum, 2026, Bleistift, weiche Pastellfarbe, Gouache, Tinte auf schwarzem Papier / pencil, soft pastel, gouache, ink on black paper, 70 x 100 cm, Photo: Tanya Pioniker
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@tpioniker
Big Red, 2025, Acryl auf Leinwand / acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm, Photo: Marko Šajn
Big Yellow, 2025, Acryl auf Leinwand / acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm, Photo: Marko Šajn
All for one, 2026, Acryl auf Leinwand / acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, Photo: Marko Šajn
https://www.markosajn.com
@sajn_marko
ART Award 2026
Jury 2024–2026
Anna-Catharina Gebbers
Alenka Gregorič
Johan Holten
Angela Stief
Sebastian Haselsteiner
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Future Outlook 2027–2032 We shall be inviting Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, together with our corporate home base, Austria, to become part of this artistic dialogue for the 2027 to 2029 period. Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Croatia will be next, in the subsequent cycle from 2030 to 2032.
Sebastian Haselsteiner, Head STRABAG ART Submission
Photo: Eva Kelety We support outstanding artists
For over 30 years, STRABAG SE has supported young artists through the STRABAG ART Award—an annual prize dedicated to painting and drawing. Originally focused on Austria, the award has been open to international applications since 2009, rotating between selected countries where STRABAG operates.
Each year, five winners are selected by an international jury. Artists under the age of 40 working in painting and drawing are invited to apply.
Applications open every January.
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