The Grand Prix suisse d’art / Prix Meret-Oppenheim is an award given to Swiss artists. The prize has been awarded annually since 2001.
Each year, the Federal Office of Culture (OFC), based upon the recommendations of the Federal Art Commission (CFA), awards one or more prizes worth forty thousand Swiss francs (initially thirty-five thousand francs) to recognized Swiss artists, as well as architects and cultural mediators, over the age of forty. The prize is named after Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985), the Swiss visual artist and writer. The awards ceremony takes place in June, during the Art Basel fair..
In order to support young artists, architects and cultural mediators, the OFC has established the Federal Art Prize, as well as the Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation scholarship.
List of winners 2001 : Peter Kamm, Ilona Rüegg, George Steinmann 2002 : Ian Anüll, Hannes Brunner, Marie José Burki, RELAX (chiarenza & hauser & co), Renée Levi 2003 : Silvia Bächli, Rudolf Blättler, Hervé Graumann, Harm Lux, Claude Sandoz 2004 : Christine Binswanger & Harry Gugger, Roman Kurzmeyer, Peter Regli, Hannes Rickli 2005 : Miriam Cahn, Alexander Fickert & Katharina Knapkiewicz, Johannes Gachnang, Gianni Motti, Vaclav Pozarek, Michel Ritter 2006 : Markus Raetz, Robert Suermondt, Rolf Winnewisser, Dario Gamboni, Catherine Schelbert, Peter Zumthor 2007 : Véronique Bacchetta, Kurt W. Forster, Peter Roesch, Anselm Stalder 2008 : Mariann Grunder, Manon, Mario Pagliarani, Arthur Rüegg, edition fink (Georg Rutishauser) 2009 : Ursula Biemann, Roger Diener, Christian Marclay, Muda Mathis, Sus Zwick, Ingrid Wildi 2010 : Annette Schindler, Gion A. Caminada, Claudia et Julia Müller, Yan Duyvendak, Roman Signer 2011 : John M. Armleder, Patrick Devanthéry & Inès Lamunière, Silvia Gmür, Ingeborg Lüscher, Guido Nussbaum 2012 : Bice Curiger, Niele Toroni, Günther Vogt 2013 : Thomas Huber, Miller & Maranta, Marc-Olivier Wahler 2014 : Anton Bruhin, Catherine Queloz, Pipilotti Rist, pool Architekten 2015 : Christoph Büchel, Olivier Mosset, Staufer & Hasler, Urs Stahel 2016 : Adelina von Fürstenberg, Christian Philipp Müller, Martin Steinmann 2017 : Daniela Kaiser, Peter Märkli, Philip Ursprung 2018:. Sylvie Fleury, Thomas Hirschhorn, Luigi Snozzi 2019:. Marcel Meili & Markus Peter (architects), Samuel Schellenberg (journalist), Shirana Shahbazi (photographer) 2020 : Marc Bauer (artiste), Barbara Huser et Eric Honegger (architectes), Koyo Kouoh (curatrice) 2021 : Georges Descombes (architects), Esther Eppstein (artiste et curatrice), Vivian Suter 2022 : Caroline Bachmann (artist), Jürg Conzett & Gianfranco Bronzini (ingénieurs civils), Klodin Erb (artiste) 2023 : Stanislaus von Moos (historien d'art), Uriel Orlow (artiste), Parity Group (collectif au sein de l'EPFZ) 2024: Marianne Burkhalter & Christian Sumi, Jacqueline Burckhardt, Valérie Favre 2025: Felix Lehner, Pamela Rosenkranz, Miroslav Šik| 2026: Fabrice Gygi, Hilar Stadler, Tilla Theus
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