ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE 2025 ANNOUNCES THE SPECIAL PRIZE WINNERS
The international award expands its network of partners and recognizes 43 artists through prizes that include residencies, exhibitions, creative commissions, and collaborations with cultural institutions and companies from eight countries.
On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Arte Laguna Prize strengthens its commitment to international contemporary art by expanding its network of partners and consolidating its Special Prizes program—an initiative designed to support emerging artists and foster new forms of collaboration between curators, cultural institutions, companies, and organizations from diverse sectors.
One of the most significant aspects of this edition is the diversity of its partners. Alongside established art institutions, companies and entrepreneurial ventures not traditionally linked to the art world have joined the initiative, recognizing art as a universal language and a powerful cultural and social force. In total, 13 Special Prizes were awarded with partners from eight different countries. Each call received more than one hundred project submissions across painting, installation, digital art, and performance.
Notable examples include Ventana, which selected a digital artist to create a work for its large-scale screens; Ghisolana Winery, which commissioned an artistic label for its Prosecco; and Asem, which highlights the role of art in fostering community development in Mozambique.
Winners of the Special Prizes – Arte Laguna Prize 20th Edition
Art Residencies
Litix, Italy – Vincenzo Muratore
Artorale, Germany – Guillermo Quintero Rojas
MoCA, Italy – Monika Maroziene
BigCi, Australia – Alessandra Maoggi
NY20+, China – Emiliano Aiello, B_APP_TREE, Silvina Cortés, Elena Pelosi & Agata Paola Leuce, Veronica Ibargüengoitia, Daniel Laskarin, Guez Laurent, Annike Oliveira Limborço, Susana Mazzarino Jimenez, Kellen Meyer, Edurne Morales, Filip Moszant, Vincenzo Muratore, Oni Weber, Tanja Pak, Joanna Rajch, Real Lee, Greivin Salas, Julia Smirnova, Tania Welz
Business for Art
Ghisolana Winery, Italy – Annike Oliveira Limborço
Ventana, United States – Beatriz Finkielsztejn
Festivals and Exhibitions
Venice Design Week, Italy – Elisabeth Seidel
Mamam Museum, Brazil – Gioia Maria Aloisi, Echo Morgan, Juergen Eichler, Sveva Maria Eikemann, Luichi Gasca, Chang-Rong Lin, Fantich & Young, Susana Mazzarino, Kian-Peng Ong, Vladimir Paun-Vrapciu, Andrea Penteado, Rosalinda Bingül Sardoğan, Filip Sendal, Rudina Simicija, Andrzej Wasilewski
Al-Tiba9 Gallery, Spain – Ching-ke Lin, Dongbay, Dal Molin & Milani
Arte Laguna Prize also strengthens its commitment to sustainability and social engagement through new thematic collaborations with Cial, Il Cerchio, and Asem.
Sustainability and Solidarity Prizes
Cial, Italy – Silvia Cerioli
Il Cerchio, Italy – Marie Bernardová
Asem Italia Odv, Mozambique – Clotilde Palomino
The Arte Laguna Prize jury has also selected 120 finalist artists who will exhibit at the Arsenale Nord in Venice in November and December 2026. Pre-applications for the 2026 edition are now open, and the exhibitions of both the 2025 and 2026 editions will take place from November 14 to December 6, 2026.
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