What is the JugendKunstTriennale?
The JugendKunstTriennale is the most important cultural project of the Saxon-Bavarian network of cities, in which the cities of Bayreuth, Chemnitz, Hof, Marktredwitz, Plauen and Zwickau have joined forces.
Since 1998, the five cities of Bayreuth, Chemnitz, Hof, Marktredwitz, Plauen and Zwickau have successfully realized their basic aim of promoting young artists and enabling them to perform in public. To date, over 4,500 young people have taken part in the transnational art competition and their creativity has been the reason for the competition's success.
The award winners
The following artists were honored at the exhibition opening:
Main prizes (14-18 years, endowed with 500 euros each):
Lotta Seifert, 17 years old, Chemnitz "Wegbegleiter", painting
Lorine Groß, 18 years old, Zwickau "The girl with the headphones", acrylic painting
Main prizes (19-25 years, endowed with 500 euros each):
July Teubert, 19 years old, Hirschfeld "Red List", pen drawing/graphics
Jonathan Löscher, 21 years old, Zwickau "Erinnerungstäuschung", acrylic paint on canvas
Sponsorship award (14-18 years, endowed with 150 euros and donated by Kunstladen Selbitz e.V.)
Jannik Gottinger, 14 years old, Raschau/Markersbach "Flower greetings to Vincent", painting
Sponsorship award (19 - 25 years, endowed with 300 euros and donated by Kunstladen Selbitz e.V.)
Finia Merle Schneider, 19 years old, Chemnitz "WG", acrylic
The winners will also be given the opportunity to present their work in a solo exhibition at Kunstladen Selbitz e.V.
Recognition awards, endowed with 200 euros, were presented to the following artists (in alphabetical order):
Maximilian Dotzauer, 19 years, Chemnitz Lara Ebert, 24 years, Selb Sophie Gulde, 17 years, Limbach-Oberfrohna Rosa Haugk, 17 years, Zwickau John Joachim, 17 years, Plauen Annika Karl, 18 years, Neumark Oliwia Krzeminska, 18 years,Auerbach Jana Leicht, 18 years, Pottenstein Eva Ludwig, 18 years, Trogen Oskar Meckert, 17 years, Plauen Lea Melillo, 15 years, Hof Emily Nordmann, 18 years, Plauen Jakob Reiff, 22 years, Münchberg Selma Riedl, 20 years, Pechbrunn Remo Roocke, 23 years old, Kirchberg Anastasia Schneider, 22 years old, Plauen Lara Siegel, 22 years old, Chemnitz Kaija Ströhlein, 20 years old, Trebgast Lilien Virág Vincze, 24 years old, Bayreuth Lotte Warncke, 21 years old, Chemnitz
The exhibition can be viewed in the foyers of the Freiheitshalle from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment until July 5. A catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition.
With the kind support of Sparkassen Bayreuth, Hochfranken, Vogtland and Zwickau.
The main and sponsorship award winners with their work
Award ceremony on June 8
Invitation to the exhibition opening
The JugendKunstTriennale - then still a biennial - began in Hof in 1998. The third edition of the art competition for young people, which weaves a cultural bond between Chemnitz, Zwickau, Plauen, Hof, Bayreuth and, since 2019, Marktredwitz as a Saxon-Bavarian city network, is now also starting in Hof.
The exhibition shows 128 works by 14 to 25-year-old participants from the Saxon-Bavarian city network.
The six-member jury selected a total of 26 from almost 440 entries. On display are paintings, collages, prints, drawings, photographs and sculptures.
You are cordially invited to the opening on Saturday, June 8, 2024, 2 pm, in the Freiheitshalle Hof. The winners of the 4 main prizes, 2 sponsorship prizes and 20 recognition prizes will be awarded at this event.
The invitation with all artists is available for download:
The winners have been announced!
On March 9, the jury meeting for the JugendKunstTriennale 2024, which the city of Hof is hosting this year, took place in the foyer of the Große Haus der Freiheitshalle.
Back in autumn 2023, the cities of Chemnitz, Bayreuth, Hof, Marktredwitz, Plauen and Zwickau invited artists aged 14 to 18 and 19 to 25 to take part in the most important cultural project of the Saxon-Bavarian city network.
At the end of February, the works could be submitted to the respective cities to be presented to the six-member jury. The jury members Hans-Hubertus Esser (Bayreuth), Juliana Wagner (Marktredwitz), Annika Weise (Zwickau), Nadine Rothe (Chemnitz), Bernd Rössler (Hof) and Thomas Beurich (Plauen) took a day to view, discuss and evaluate the almost 440 submissions from 276 artists.
Bernd Rössler, chairman of the jury and representative of the city of Hof, says: "The jury is very aware that behind every work submitted is an enormous achievement and also the hope of the young artist to win a prize. We tried to deal with this responsibly; we thought carefully and discussed a lot in order to find the best among the many great works. It is impressive to see how much creative potential is at home in the region."
After seven hours, the four main prize winners, two sponsorship award winners and 20 commendations were announced.
Peter Nürmberger, Head of the City of Hof's Department of Culture, who accompanied the jury meeting, summarized: "The variety of submissions did not make it easy for the jury; there was a lot of controversial discussion and thorough consideration. We can all be very excited about the exhibition."
One main prize - endowed with 500 euros each - goes to Chemnitz, three go to Zwickau. In Chemnitz and Zwickau, the sponsorship award winners can look forward to 150 and 300 euros respectively, as well as an exhibition at Atelier Achtzehn in Selbitz-Weidesgrün.
The awards, each with a prize of 200 euros, were given to five artists from Bayreuth, four from Chemnitz, four from Hof, five from Plauen and two from Zwickau.
In addition, a further 102 large and small works in a wide variety of techniques have made it into the large exhibition and the catalog that will be published to accompany the exhibition.
The winners will be announced and honored at the opening of the exhibition on June 8, 2024 at 2 p.m. in the Freiheitshalle Hof. A cordial invitation is already being sent out.
The young talent competition is supported by Sparkassen Bayreuth, Hochfranken, Vogtland and Zwickau.
Become an award winner!
WHY you should take part
By participating, you have the chance to be chosen as a prize winner...
4 main prizes of 500 euros each (2 in the age group 14-18 years and 2 in the age group 19-25 years) 20 recognition prizes of 200 euros each 2 sponsorship prizes of 150 euros and 300 euros (1 in the age group 14-18 years, donated by Kunstladen Selbitz e.V.; 1 in the age group 19-25 years, donated by Kunstladen Selbitz e.V.)
... the presentation of your work in an exhibition of the JugendKunstTriennale in the Freiheitshalle Hof ... Duration of the exhibition: 08.06. - 06.07.2024 Vernissage & award ceremony: 08.06.2024, 2 pm
... to a publication of your work in the exhibition catalog of the JugendKunstTriennale 2024.
SPECIALS: The prize-winning works will be shown in a traveling exhibition in the member cities of the Saxon-Bavarian city network. As a sponsorship award winner, your work will be published in an exhibition at Atelier Achtzehn in Selbitz-Weidesgrün.
WHO makes you an award winner
Thomas Beurich, painter and graphic artist, Plauen Hans-Hubertus Esser, 1st Chairman of the Kunstverein Bayreuth e.V. Horst Kießling, retired school board director and freelance artist, Marktredwitz Bernd Rössler, painter and specialist teacher, Hof Nadine Rothe, communication designer, illustrator and *culture* networker, Chemnitz Annika Weise, curator, Max-Pechstein-Museum, Zwickau
