Klocker Art Prize 2025 to Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl
According to the jury's statement, Knebl and Scheirl pursue "an open, transdisciplinary artistic practice in which genre boundaries are permeable and consciously expanded." The prize, endowed with 20,000 euros, will be presented this fall at the opening of the duo's exhibition in Hall in Tirol.
Jakob Lena Knebl, Ashley Hans Scheirl (c) Georg Petermichl
Ashley Hans Scheirl studied "Conservation + Techology" at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1975 to 1980. From 2006 to 2022, Scheirl held a professorship for contextual painting at the Academy. Scheirl is currently a Senior Professor at the Institute for Fine Arts.
Jakob Lena Knebl studied textual sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Heimo Zobernig. Knebl was a senior artist at the Institute for Education in the Arts and currently holds a position at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
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