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Kunsthalle Wien Prize 2025: Exhibition by Jonida Laçi and Luīze Nežberte

Exhibition:
7.11.2025–25.1.2026
Kunsthalle Wien
Karlsplatz

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The Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz opens its winter program with an exhibition by Jonida Laçi (born 1990, Durrës, Albania) and Luīze Nežberte (born 1998, Riga, Latvia), recipients of the 2025 Kunsthalle Wien Prize. Established in 2002, the prize is organized in collaboration with the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The award aims to foster a new generation of artists and annually recognizes outstanding graduate projects working with diverse media and themes. Laçi and Nežberte will have a joint exhibition at the Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, accompanied by an exhibition catalog in German and English, and will each receive €3,000 in prize money. The exhibition was curated by Anna Marckwald and Hannah Marynissen.

Jonida Laçi studied Art and Space | Object and Art and Time | Media at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Laçi works with various media, creating pieces that straddle sculpture, video, photography, installation, and text-based practices. Through questions of form, gaze, translation processes, and standardization parameters, she investigates the production and perception conditions specific to these media, focusing on "the socio-economic inscriptions in familiar materials, spaces, and processes." In her diploma presentation, Ajar (2025), Laçi used spatial installations to question the construction of images and sculptures, actively involving viewers in the creation of meaning.