GRADUATION AWARDS ― Class of '25
ACADEMY DEPARTMENT AWARDS
An award of €1000 donated by the department:
COSTUME DESIGN
― Noor Denteneer
FASHION
― Delara Tavassoti
GRAPHIC DESIGN
― Vincent Becher, Sophia Brinkmann, Alexandra Duschnat, Nathaniël Ortiz
IN SITU
― Emilia Esmée Schupp
JEWELLERY DESIGN
― Judith De Keyser
PAINTING
― Karsten Krogh-Hansen
PRINTMAKING & DRAWING
― Sophia Van Beethoven
SCULPTURE
― Céline Meulemans, Charlotte Daniëlse
DRAWING AWARD
An award of €500, €300 and €200 donated by the Drawing teachers of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.
― Kalin Moradi, Martin Tuma, Adam Denzler
MASTER THESIS AWARD
An award of € 250 donated by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.
― Elisa Verkoelen
ACADEMY PROGRAMME AWARDS
LON LONDAU AWARD, presented by Costume Design [book]
― Feiran Zhang
JAT AWARD, presented by Costume Design [book]
― Lisette Sivard
PETO URZUA AWARD, presented by Printmaking & Drawing
Teachers of Printmaking & Drawing select a student who wins €300 and an exhibition spot at De Reede.
― Sze Wing Law
ANDREI IVANEANU AWARD, presented by Costume Design [book]
― Julie Herbinot
EXTRA MUROS AWARDS
ANTWERP ART GRADUATION AWARD
The Antwerp Art Prize was founded in 2023. With this prize, Antwerp Art seeks to support the development of young artists not yet associated with any organization. Every year, two students with a master degree in fine arts are selected based on their graduation projects: one from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and one from Sint Lucas Antwerp.
Masters from the fine arts programmes and photography present their work to an external jury consisting of a mix of curators and gallerists. The prize consists of a substantial cash prize and a production fee for an exhibition of new work during the upcoming Antwerp Art Weekend.
― Charlotte Daniëlse
with an honorary mention: Karsten Krogh-Hansen & Emilia Esmée Schupp
FUTURE MAKERS: THE JEWELLERY OF TOMORROW AWARD by Atelier David Gotlieb
As part of their commitment to preserving Antwerp’s rich legacy in jewellery craftsmanship, Atelier David Gotlib introduces a new award: a fully sponsored three-month residency in their atelier, offered to one selected graduate from the Jewellery Masters Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, which this year will be hosted at Atelier David Gotlib.
The residency will allow the selected graduate to develop their own jewellery collection and take their first steps into the professional world, guided by industry experts. The winner will be selected by a jury of key figures from the jewellery, fashion, and cultural sectors.
― Anneleen Heirbaut
HORLAIT-DAPSENS AWARD
In her will, Mrs. Horlait-Dapsens used the entirety of her fortune to establish two public benefit institutions. One of them is the ‘artistic foundation Mathilde E. Horlait-Dapsens’. The prize of €9000 aims to enable further artistic training. Teachers from each programme of the Academy nominate one student, who presented their work again to an external jury, chaired and composed by the dean of the Academy.
― Delara Tavassoti, Lisette Sivard, Sophia Brinkmann
HUGO ROELANDT AWARD, presented by Lydia Van Loock
Hugo Roelandt was a pioneer in Photography, installation art, and performance, and a prominent figure in the Antwerp Avant-Garde. He was also a teacher at the Academy. After his death, a fund was donated to the Academy to encourage one master student each year who creates work in the spirit of Hugo Roelandt. Hugo’s widow, Lydia Van Loock, made a pre-selection from all master students and assembled a jury. The student presented their graduation work to this external jury. The winner is awarded €750 and an exhibition at M HKA’s Inbox space.
― Dries Van Elke (Konstiantyn Mordovin)
LOOYMANS AWARD
An award of € 300 donated by KOMASK.
― Rebeka Laaniste
MARIANNE VAN VYVE AWARD for Painting, presented by Delphine Cool
The Marianne Van Vyve Prize is an independent painting prize awarded annually to an outstanding master student from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. The prize was founded in memory of Marianne Van Vyve by her daughter Delphine Cool and Belgian artist Philip Aguirre y Otegui. The aim of the prize is to support young artists in the early years after graduation by offering them both financial support of €5000 and online exposure.
Five prominent figures from the art world are invited to attend the graduation show of the painting department’s master students and select a laureate. The prize proceedings are managed by the Marianne Van Vyve Fund, administered by the King Baudouin Foundation.
― Karsten Krogh-Hansen, Diede Mondelaers
METROPOLIS M [Presentation in the Graduation Special]
― Vincent Becher, Matthias Hellemans, Diede Mondelaers, Yifang Peng
NEW TALENTS AWARD KLIMT02
From the participating school entries, Klimt02 awards one of the featured students with a one year free artist’s membership, including a personal artist profile and a solo exhibition at Hannah Gallery. The New Talent Nominees will be presented in the Klimt02 Forum from June until December and promoted online.
― Anneleen Heirbaut
VAN GOGH HOUSE ZUNDERT - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
In addition to the former caretaker’s house from Van Gogh’s time, a modern guest studio has been built. This studio is made available for one month to an artist, either from the Netherlands or abroad, who “follows in Van Gogh’s footsteps” and is inspired by this location to create work. The artists stay in the caretaker’s house and conclude their residency with an exhibition. Masters submitted a motivation & portfolio, after which the
laureate was selected by an external jury, composed by the management of the Van Gogh House.
― Karsten Krogh-Hansen