Mentoring Program Art 2025/26 – Fellows Announced
We are pleased to announce the participants selected for the Mentoring Program Art 2025/26! We look forward to the collaboration within the tandems and wish all participants an inspiring and successful program year.
The one-year fellowship program stands at the intersection of academic study and independent artistic practice, supporting participants in making their first mark on the art scene. In addition to financial support and participation in practice-oriented workshops, the program’s core focus is on the individual transfer of knowledge and experience through mentors from outside the university, drawn from the arts and cultural sector.
Since 2020, we have been coordinating the mentoring program for female artists of the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport (BMWKMS), through which ten fellows who received the startstipendium participate. From the Academy’s side, 12 graduates have been selected to take part.
| Mentee | Mentor |
| Val Holfeld | Bettina Busse |
| Lena Holzer | Nela Eggenberger |
| Cosma Grosser | Attilia Fattori Franchini |
| Barbara Lydia Ruech | Marion Gruber |
| Magdalena Stückler | Sergey Harutoonian |
| Elena Kristofor | Sophie Haslinger |
| Ju Aichinger | Barbara Kapusta |
| Tubi Malcharzik | Eva Kovač |
| Antonia de la Luz Kašik | Claudia Larcher |
| Natalia Gurova | Sonia Leimer |
| Mafalda Rakoš | Hana Ostan-Ožbolt-Haas |
| Siggi Sekira | Maruša Sagadin |
| Adna Babahmetović | Michael Salvi |
| Anna Barbieri | Marijana Schneider |
| Seung Yeon Jung | Bettina Spörr |
| Michaela Kessler | Katja Stecher |
| Gloria Pagliani | Michael Strasser |
| Sophie Hammer | Franz Thalmair |
| Susi Gutsche | Antoine Turillon |
| Rawan Almukhtar | Pieternel Vermoortel |
| Sunggu Hong | Elizabeth Ward |
| Sarah Mühlbacher | Edin Zenun |