The Salzburg Award for Ceramic Art ("Salzburger Keramikpreis") is a combination of two Austrian arts awards devoted exclusively to ceramic art.
History, Organisation
These Salzburg Ceramics Awards are organized by the department of culture of the state of Salzburg in Austria. Starting 1989 as regional award, it is put out for tender worldwide since 1993, and has become one of the most prestigious awards in the field of ceramic art in the German speaking European countries. It is awarded biennially or triennially.Media information in the "Salzburger Nachrichten" 2007, accessed March 14, 2016.
The Salzburg Ceramics Awards are restricted to artists born or living in Austria, concentrating on working with clay or other ceramic materials.Tender for the Salzburg Award 2015 accessed March 14, 2016. Two main prizes were awarded until 2007: One by the federal state government of Salzburg state (still valid, endowed now with 6000 Euro), and a second one by the Arts department of the Federal Chancellery (Austria) (ending 2010, formerly endowed with 3000 Euro). Additionally acknowledgements and grants (now endowed with 2500 Euro) are awarded.
Works by the award-winning artists and of the finalists were shown regularly in an exhibition at the gallery Trakl-HausInfos on the gallery in the Traklhaus , accessed March 14, 2016. in the city of Salzburg,Information on the 2015 Traklhaus-exhibition accessed March 14, 2016. and sometimes in additional exhibitions in Austria.
Salzburg Ceramics Award Winners
Jahr Winner Salzburg Federal Prize Winner Austrian State Prize Acknowledgments and grants 1993Catalogue 1993, accessed March 14, 2016. Barbara Reisinger Martina Funder Franz Josef Altenburg 1995Catalogue 1995, accessed March 14, 2016. Gerold Tusch Ulrike Stubenböck Margit Denz 1998Catalogue 1998, accessed March 14, 2016. Lilo Schrammel Maria Baumgartner Gabriele Hain, Canan Dagdelen 2001Catalogue 2001, accessed March 14, 2016. Irmgard Schaumberger Wilfried Gerstel Gabriele Gruber-Gisler 2004Catalogue 2004, accessed March 14, 2016. Elmar Trenkwalder Thomas Stimm Canan Dagdelen 2007Catalogue 2007, accessed March 14, 2016. Kristiane Petersmann Wilfried Gerstel Lucas Drexel 2010Catalogue 2010, accessed March 14, 2016. Charlotte Wiesmann Since 2010 the State prize was not awarded any more. Kurt Spurey, Margit Denz 2015.Information on the 2015 Traklhaus-exhibition accessed March 14, 2016. Frank Louis Andreas Vormayr, Daniel Wetzelberger
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