Aeschlimann Corti-Stipendium

The Louise Aeschlimann and Margareta Corti Grant (AC Grant) is a prestigious private grant for visual artists in the Canton of Berne. It has been awarded annually to emerging artists of the younger generation since 1942. A total prize money of CHF 50,000 is available for the grant and main scholarships, which is awarded by a jury in a two-stage application process. This year, 23 artists have been selected from the 91 submissions in the first round to show their works in the exhibition at the KBCB.

Raffaela Boss, Nadine K. Cenoz, Lea Gross, Laura Grubenmann, Gregory Tara Hari, Florence Jung, Daniel Kurth, Lea Luzifer, Lisa Mark, Jonas Morgenthaler, Anais Orr, Nina Rieben, Alizé Rose-May, Marietta Schenk, Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, Sina Schöpf, Tanja Schwarz, Flurina Sokoll, Marius Steiger, Lea Vetter, Lorenz Wernli, Aline Witschi, Julia Znoj.
The jury selected the main and support grants from among the artists invited to the exhibition:

MAIN GRANT, CHF 20‘000.–
Florence Jung (1986), lives and works in Paris; originally from Biel/Bienne

SUPPORT GRANTS, CHF 10‘000.– each
Gregory Tara Hari (1993), lives and works in Zurich and Paris; originally from Kandergrund BE
Marietta Schenk (1985), lives and works in Biel/Bienne; originally from Eggiwil BE
Jennifer Merlyn Scherler (1996), lives and works in Basel ; originally from Köniz BE

JURY 2025
Katrin Sperry, President, Cultural Studies, Berne
Paul Bernard, Director, Kunsthaus Biel Centre d’art Bienne (KBCB)
Rebecka Domig, independent art historian and author, appointed member of the Board of Directors of the BKG, Berne
Tasnim Baghdadi, Co-Director of the Migros Museum and artist, Zurich/Berlin
Katrin Steffen, Director of the Art Museum Solothurn