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Jutta Cuny-Franz Award
Every two years, the Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award is granted to artists who make significant use of glass in their work.
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Online Prize Ceremony on 6 May / save the date
Join us on Saturday, 6 May 2023 to congratulate this year's Jutta Cuny-Franz Award winners! We will present the submitted works and talk with the artists about their approach to art and glass. This slide show gives an idea on what to expect. The event will be hosted online via Zoom at 16:00 CET (= 07:00 PST; 10:00 EST; 15:00 UTC; 7 May 0:00 JST).
Join the event on Zoom, either by using this link or by entering the following data in your Zoom app: Meeting-ID 665 9114 7521 and passcode CUNY. Please turn off your camera and microphone! The event will be recorded.
Award Winners 2023
This year, we received 202 entries from 51 countries. We thank all the participants for their applications!
The jury of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation convened on 17 November 2022 and unanimously decided to award the following prizes.
Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2023, endowed with 10,000 €
Lena von Goedeke
Lives and works in Berlin and the Arctic
www.vongoedeke.com; @lenavongoedeke
Lena von Goedeke | “Aggregate,” Berlin 2022, glass, various materials, steel, 140 × 40 × 40 cm, photo: courtesy of the artist
Lena von Goedeke | “Aggregate” (detail), photo: artist
Talent Awards of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation, each endowed with 1,500 €
Lindsay LeBlanc
Lives and works in Tucson, Arizona, USA, and Ballyvaughan, Ireland
lindsayleblanc.com; @loolooglass
Madeline Rile Smith
Lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
www.madhotglass.com; @madhotglass
Honorary Diplomas of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation
Anett Biliczki
Lives and works in Denmark
www.anettbiliczki.com; @anettbiliczki
Franca Brockmann
Lives and works in Kassel, Germany
@francabrockmann
Max Greiner
Lives and works in Halle an der Saale, Germany
@max.disegno
Maja Kitajewska
Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland
@majakitajewska
Marlijn van Zadelhoff
Lives and works in Ede, Netherlands, and Koblenz, Germany
@marlijnvanzadelhoff
Lindsay LeBlanc | “Reader’s Chair,” Ballyvaughan, Ireland, 2022, blown and sculpted borosilicate glass, antique turmeric-dyed chair, 76 × 76 × 91 cm, photo: courtesy of the artist
Madeline Rile Smith | “Device for Deep Breathing,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2022, glass, performance, 26 × 58 × 26 cm, photo: German Vazquez
Information
The Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation supports artists who show outstanding talent and make significant use of glass in their work. The foundation’s main instrument is the award of prizes every two years. The Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award is endowed with 10,000 Euro. Additionally, two talent prizes are awarded, each with an endowment of 1,500 Euro. The award winners should not be older than 40 years. Their works will be published in the journal “New Glass”.
Jury
Christoph Brockhaus, former director, Lehmbruck Museum
Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, head, Glasmuseum Hentrich
Helmut Ricke, former head, Glasmuseum Hentrich
Elisabeth Scheuba, attorney at law
Ulli Seegers, professor, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Thomas Virnich, artist and professor, Braunschweig University of Art (HBK)
Contact
Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation
Kunstpalast
Ehrenhof 4–5
40479 Düsseldorf
Germany
cuny@kunstpalast.de
The sculptor Jutta Cuny in her workshop | about 1982, photo: Enrico Cattaneo, Milan
The sculptor Jutta Cuny in her workshop | about 1982, photo: Enrico Cattaneo, Milan
History
The Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award was founded by Ruth-Maria Franz (1910–2008) to keep the memory of her daughter and artist Jutta Cuny (1940–1983).
Jutta Cuny was one of the most distinguished protagonists of European glass sculpture from the mid-1970s to her early tragic, accidental death. Shaped by sand-blasting from solid glass blocks, her sculptures opened new paths into glass art. Her cubic, polished blocks gained shape through their complex, matted interior. Jutta Cuny found transparent glass to be her favoured material, which she contrasted with others, such as bronze, or porcelain.
Through a number of generous gifts and the bequest of Ruth-Maria Franz, the Glasmuseum Hentrich today owns the artistic legacy of Jutta Cuny, including five major and a number of smaller works of art. It is thus the largest collection of her work in a public institution.
Ruth-Maria Franz established the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation in Vienna in 1984. By her request, the seat of the foundation was transferred in 1994 to the city of Dusseldorf. The foundation’s tasks are being managed by the Glasmuseum Hentrich, Kunstpalast.
Jutta Cuny | September 1982, photo: Ruth-Maria Franz
Award Winners, 1987–2021
2021
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Anna Lehner, USA
TALENT AWARDS
Isaac Chong Wai, China
Hikari Sasaki, Japan
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Elmira Abolhassani, Iran
Juli Bolaños-Durman, Costa Rica
Erin Dickson, UK
Carmen Schaich, Germany
Ayano Yoshizumi, Japan
2019
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Evelina Rajca, Poland/Germany
TALENT AWARDS
Sun Ju Lee, Korea
Ayako Tani, Japan
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Matthew Everett, USA
Michie Kagajo, Japan
Haruna Ohki, Japan
Sharon Scheyer, Israel
Chong Zhang, China
2017
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Anjali Srinivasan, India
TALENT AWARDS
Thomas Kuhn, Germany
Madisyn Zabel, Australia
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Ruifeng Guo, China
Anne Vibeke Mou, Denmark
Antje Plath, Germany
Elina Salonen, Finland
Leo Tecosky, USA
2015
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Rui Sasaki, Japan
TALENT AWARDS
Maria Bang Espersen, Denmark
Anne Weber, Germany
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Marion Delarue, France
Abram Deslauriers, USA
Alex Lebus, Germany
Seaum Shim, Korea
Zac Weinberg, USA
2013
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Alexandra Mureşan, Romania
TALENT AWARDS
Eunsuh Choi, Korea
Maria Koshenkova, Russia
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Marie-Anne Baccichet, France
Jeffrey Sarmiento, USA
2011
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Julius Weiland, Germany
TALENT AWARDS
Shige Fujishiro, Japan
Tara Woudenberg, Netherlands
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Andrea Flemming, Germany
Lisa Anne Bate, Great Britain
Pernille Braun, Denmark
Anne Petters, Germany
Phil Vickery, Great Britain
2009
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
C. Matthew Szösz, USA
TALENT AWARDS
Woo Ruby, China
Kristiina Uslar, Estonia
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Helen Acosta Iglesias, Spain
Teresa Almeida, Portugal
Anna Lena Grau, Germany
Maki Imoto, Japan
Romana Schmalisch, Germany
Ieva Strazdina, Latvia
2007
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Karen LaMonte, USA
TALENT AWARDS
Kazue Taguchi, Japan
Julius Weiland, Germany
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Stephanie Carlton-Smith, Great Britain
Hilary Crawford, Australia
Daniela Schönbächler, Switzerland
Gaea Todd, Great Britain
Kristiina Uslar, Estonia
2005
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Anna Viktoria Norberg, Sweden
TALENT AWARDS
Marta Klonowska, Poland
Wilken Skurk, Germany
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Dafna Kaffeman, Israel
Marc Lepilleur, France
Anneliese Sojer, Austria
Yashiko Tsuchida, Japan
Andreas Wolff, Germany
2003
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Christiane Budig, Germany
TALENT AWARDS
Philippa Beveridge, Great Britain
Asya Reznikov, USA
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Simone Fezer, Germany
Frida Fjellman, Sweden
Danuta Karsten, Poland
Simona Pries, Germany
Wilken Skurk, Germany
2001
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Christoph Stark, Germany
TALENT AWARDS
Nicole Chesney, Australia
Anders Christian Myhraas, Norway
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Hartmann Greb, Germany
Claudia Heinzler, Germany
Alain-Jacques Levrier-Mussat, France
Andrea Morucchio, Italy
Christine Sabel, Germany
1999
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Marta Gibiete, Latvia
TALENT AWARDS
Yeun-kyung Kim, Korea and France
Steffen Orlowski, Germany
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Sabine Müller-Funk, Germany
Daniela Schönbächler, Switzerland
Æsa Björk Thorsteinsdottir, Island
Myeong-Sook Yun, Korea
1997
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Claudia von Funcke, Germany
TALENT AWARDS
Lene Bødker, Denmark
Pilar Aldana-Mendez, Colombia and Spain
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Monika Ihl, Germany
Anna Victoria Norberg, Great Britain
Tiina Sarapu, Estonia
Fabian Schmid-Heinisch, Germany
Elizabeth Swinburne, Great Britain
Elke Werchan, Germany
1995
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Isabel Almeida, Portugal and Belgium
TALENT AWARDS
Anna Skibska, Poland
Anja Isphording, Germany
HONORARY DIPLOMAS
Lene Bødker, Denmark
Michael Kienzer, Austria
Anne-Sophie Lidgren, Sweden
Natassa Pagadogamvraki, Greece
Sally Rogers, USA
1993
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Wanda Bianchino, Italy
TALENT AWARDS
Elizabeth Swinburne, Great Britain
Adriana Popescu, Romania
1991
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Sabine Müller-Funk, Germany and Austria
1989
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Kristin Rapp-Thomas, Sweden
1987
JUTTA CUNY-FRANZ MEMORIAL AWARD
Maria Lugossy, Hungary