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Award Nominees 2026

Nominees 2026

Paulina Emilia Aumayr

Remember that time you set my house on fire?- No. (4), , ,
Remember that time you set my house on fire?- No. (5), , ,
Bis meine Haut zu Leder wird. (1), , ,

Nina Bachmann

Just a little bit more, , ,
Ja es gibt so viel zu tun, , ,
Weinbegleitung, , ,

Auriana Bail

three, , ,
Der Himmel ist mein Zimmer, , ,
Raubtier, , ,

Dave Bopp

Sailor 1, , ,
Sailor 2, , ,
Sailor 3, , ,

Christine Brey

Familienaufstellung II Brey, , ,
Familienaufstellung I Brey, , ,
Familienaufstellung III Brey, , ,

Spencer Chalk-Levy

The Revelation, , ,
Loss of Control, , ,
Kalo Livadi Beach, , ,

Connor Crawford

Listening to Thievery Corporation (90° CW), , Acrylic, colored varnish on casted polyurethane foam, 80.5cm x 61cm x 4.5cm , Photo: Paul Makowsky
Two Beautiful Horses Coming Right At You, , Acrylic, latex paint, joint filler on XPS foam, 104.5 cm x 141 cm , Photo: Dacodac
That Sodding Punk Who Thinks Society is a Joke, and also, That Quirky Entrepreneur with a Heart of Gold (Landscape), , Latex paint, acrylic paint, joint compound on XPS foam, 144cm x 200cm , Photo: Paul Makowsky

Nadia-Valeska Devonish

Family Album (Real Still), , ,
Assembly, , ,
Stammtisch, , ,

Jessika Dirks

Im Garten [This is fine], , ,
Erkaltet im Wintergarten, , ,
Zu Tisch mit Schaler Tulpe, , ,

Lunita July Dorn

Breath (in the Air) / Pink Floyd, , ,
wieder hier, , ,
Paris 25, , ,

Eva Eichinger

all my dreams, , ,
everything I love, , ,
it happens while we sleep, , ,

Michael Eppler

Campingplatz Schiedersee, , ,
DM Parkplatz, , ,
Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof, , ,

Ellen Haas

Untitled, , ,
Untitled, , ,
on | or, , ,

Mary Hassan Pour

Routines, , ,
preserved, , ,
Selfie, , ,

Elisabeth Hess

Parade, , ,
In der Probe, , ,
Allein im Wald, , ,

Daniel Hölzl

PROPEL (rolling shutter no. two), , ,
GROUNDED NO. ELEVEN, , ,
FLOWERS (wilted no. one & nine), , ,

Simin Jalilian

Bitte nicht abschieben, , ,
Vor Ort, , ,
Shadow Reversal, , ,

Ida Jesenberger

Ich kann nicht nach draußen sehen, nur in mich hinein, , ,
Overlay 2, , ,
Hinter Masken 3, , ,

Ömer Faruk Kaplan

Exchange (1), , ,
Exchange (2), , ,
SKINs, , ,

Youjeong Kim

Kein Eingang, , ,
Zossener Straße, Berlin, , ,
An der Kasse in Netto, , ,

Janja Kosi

It Is All About The Connetion diptich 120x160cm 2025, , ,
Keep The Layout Together triptih 230x120cm 2025, , ,
Homesick II blizje, , ,

Klara Kracina

Esmeralda in Ljubljana, , ,
Esmeralda Arrives to Slovenia, , ,
Dog Carnival Mask, , ,

Tassilo Lantermann

hide-and-seek (01), , ,
hide-and-seek (04), , ,
hide-and-seek (06), , ,

Seungro Lee

Daying (August-Thysen Straße), , ,
Daying (how is it going?), , ,
Maler, , ,

Yein Lee

soggy memories that I have not lived, , ,
Nuanced recollection, , ,
implicit antipathy on the walls, , ,

Mariella Lehner

Not Dead But Sleeping - Attending A Strangers Funeral (Series of 8), , ,
Not Dead But Sleeping - Attending A Strangers Funeral (Series of 8), , ,
Not Dead But Sleeping - Attending A Strangers Funeral (Series of 8), , ,

Agate Lielpetere

Shall We Go Together? N.1, , ,
Shall We Go Together? N.2, , ,
Shall We Go Together? N.3, , ,

Alex Macedo

s.t. 2025, , ,
s.t. 2025, , ,
s.t. 2025, , ,

Emilio Marroquin

Homeless Musically, , ,
Canister, , ,
Gig Economy, , ,

Marco Okamoto

Garden Over There, , ,
Cool and Greens, , ,
Got it, , ,

Danielle Pamp

“The Knight Runs Absent‑Mindedly, The Bishop Runs Weary”, , ,
“When the Deceptive Glow Lost Its Final Support”, , ,
“The Images’ Reckoning, Later.”, , ,

Dino Pearl

Addicted to childhood, , ,
Breath baby breath, , ,
Dear moon, , ,

Christiane Peschek

Ghost Appearance 4, , ,
Ghost Appearance M3, , ,
Ghost 25/7, , ,

Tanya Pioniker

ICH / Migrantin mit Sommerkleidern, , ,
DU / Schwein gehabt!, , ,
SIE / Swedenborg Raum, , ,

Anastazija Pirnat

Soft Host for Hard Things, , ,
the way you piss on everything real, , ,
Invitations Have Teeth, , ,

Benjamin Renoux

Portrait of Adam Munnings, , Mixed Media (digital print and oil on canvas), 220 x 135 x 4 cm , Photo: Benjamin Renoux
Flooded Portrait of Haja, , Mixed Media (digital print and oil on canvas), 195 x 135 x 4 cm , Photo: Benjamin Renoux
La Sieste (The Nap), , Mixed media (digital print and oil on canvas), 210 x 136 x 4 cm , Photo: Benjamin Renoux

Jonah Friedrich Salomon

15 Leberflecken, , ,
Rumination, , ,
More fun than eating nails, , ,

Siggi Sekira

Ablast, , ,
Princess, , ,
Science of Sleep: Howl, , ,

Liza Sivakova

Peace Treaty?, , ,
Tödliche Liebe, , ,
Happy Meal, , ,

Alina Sokolova

Breastfeeding a version of myself, , ,
milk&liquid&power, , ,
Catching hands, , ,

Charlie Stein

Virtually Yours (Family Affair), , ,
Parthenogenesis, , ,
Grace (Moth), , ,

Noemi Strittmatter

toppen, , ,
rafting, , ,
Schüssel-über-den-Kopf-Test, , ,

Andreas Tanzer

Randnotiz, , ,
Schacht, , ,
Einschlag, , ,

Rexy Tseng

Parliamentary Brawl Before a Storm, , Oil on canvas, 200 x 200 x 5 cm , Photo: Rexy Tseng
Whimper, , Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 x 5 cm , Photo: Rexy Tseng
Return to Senders, , Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 x 5 cm , Photo: Rexy Tseng

Martin Veigl

Erinnerungsraum, , ,
Erinnerungsraum, , ,
Erinnerungsraum, , ,

Lara Werth

Waterload, , ,
Durmitor im 2. Gang, , ,
Dampfersteg, , ,

Julija Zaharijević

Landmine (TC/3.6 Clone, Burnt Sienna), , ,
Landmine (TS-50, Yellow), , ,
Landmine (Teller Flower), , ,

Ali Zare

Temporary Habitat, , ,
Between Collapse and Standing, , ,
The Unfinished Game, , ,

Nina Čelhar

PALE BLUE SHELVES (JUNE), , ,
PALE BLUE SHELVES (JULY), , ,
CRUMPLED (T-SHIRT | IN THE MORNING), , ,

Marko Šajn

Big Red, , ,
Big Yellow, , ,
All for one, , ,

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