Prix Meret Oppenheim 2025 awarded to Rosenkranz, Lehner, Šik
The Swiss Federal Office of Culture has revealed that the 2025 Swiss Grand Award for Art, also known as the Prix Meret Oppenheim, will honor three individuals: artist Pamela Rosenkranz, metal casting specialist Felix Lehner, and architect Miroslav Šik. Each recipient will receive CHF 40,000. Rosenkranz, born in Altdorf in 1979 and now living in Zurich, explores themes of anthropocentrism through her work in sculpture, video, installation, and painting. She represented Switzerland at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Felix Lehner, born in 1960 in St. Gallen, founded the Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen and has worked with many international artists. Miroslav Šik, a Swiss architect born in Prague in 1953, is known for projects like the Catholic Centre St. Antonius in Egg. The award ceremony will take place in Basel on June 16 during the Swiss Art Awards.
Key facts
- Pamela Rosenkranz, Felix Lehner, and Miroslav Šik are the 2025 winners of the Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim.
- The prize is awarded by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture since 2001.
- Each laureate receives CHF 40,000.
- Pamela Rosenkranz was born in Altdorf in 1979 and is based in Zurich.
- She works with sculpture, video, installation, and painting.
- Rosenkranz earned her MFA at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bern and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.
- She represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale in 2015.
- Felix Lehner was born in 1960 in St. Gallen and founded the Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen.
- Miroslav Šik was born in Prague in 1953 and is a Swiss architect and professor.
- His designs include the Catholic Centre St. Antonius in Egg, La Longeraie in Morges, and a musicians' residence in Zurich.
- Šik received the Czech Minister of Culture State Prize in 2024.
- The prize will be presented on 16 June in Basel at the Swiss Art Awards.
Entities
Artists
- Pamela Rosenkranz
- Felix Lehner
- Miroslav Šik
Institutions
- Swiss Federal Office of Culture
- Academy of Fine Arts in Bern
- Rijksakademie in Amsterdam
- Kunstgiesserei St. Gallen
- Swiss Art Awards
Locations
- Altdorf
- Zurich
- Bern
- Amsterdam
- St. Gallen
- Prague
- Egg
- Morges
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Czech Republic