Manor Cultural Prize

Manor Cultural Prize (Manor Kunstpreis; Prix Manor) is a Swiss fine arts prize awarded every two years by the Manor (department store) alongside art museums in 12 Swiss cities, which was founded in 1982 in Lucerne. The goal is to promote emerging artists under the age of 40.

About
Manor Cultural Prize was founded in 1982 by Philippe Nordmann. The award includes a cash prize (roughly 15,000 Swiss francs), the acquisition of art for their museum art collection, an exhibition and published exhibition catalogue.

Awardees
This is a select list of the Manor Cultural Prize awardees, organized by location and date. The first award was given in Lucerne in 1982.

Canton of Aargau
• 1989

• 1990 Silvia Bächli

• 1995

• 1996 Renée Levi

• 2000

• 2002

• 2004 Ingrid Wildi Merino

• 2007 Andreas Zybach

• 2009 Thomas Galler

• 2011 Marianne Engel

• 2013 Veronika Spierenburg

• 2016 Marta Riniker-Radich

• 2018 Cédric Eisenring

Canton of Basel
• 1987 Thomas Huber

• 1989

• 1990 Christine Brodbeck

• 1992

• 1994 Claudia and Julia Müller

• 1996 Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler

• 2001 Lori Hersberger

• 2002 Markus Müller

• 2004 Edit Oderbolz

• 2006 Boris Rebetez

• 2008 Emil Michael Klein

• 2010 Kilian Ruthemann

• 2013 Lena Maria Thüring

• 2016 Johannes Willi

• 2023 Gina Folly

Canton of Bern
• 2009 San Keller

• 2011

• 2014 Raphael Hefti

• 2016 Livia Di Giovanna

• 2018 Manuel Burgener

Canton of Geneva
• 1987 Philippe Deglise

• 1988 Carmen Perrin

• 1989 Gilles Porret

• 1990

• 1993 Marie José Burki

• 1997

• 1997 Francesca Gabbiani

• 2000

• 2001

• 2003

• 2005

• 2007

• 2009 Marc Bauer

• 2011 Mai-Thu Perret

• 2014 Sonia Kacem

• 2016

• 2017 Timothée Calame

• 2023 Lou Masduraud

Canton of Graubünden
• 1990 Gaudenz Signorell

• 1992 Hans Danuser

• 1994

• 1996

• 2002 Kurt Caviezel

• 2004

• 2006 Gabriela Gerber and Lukas Bardill

• 2008 Monika Von Aarburg

• 2010 Bianca Brunner

• 2013 Mirko Baselgia

• 2017 Ester Vonplon

• 2023 Linda Semadeni

Canton of Lucerne
• 1982 Andreas Gehr

• 1983 Claude Sandoz

• 1984 Luciano Castelli

• 1985 Eva Stürmlin

• 1986

• 1987 Herbert Kaufman

• 1988

• 1989

• 1990 Christoph Rütimann

• 1992 Pia Fries

• 1994

• 1996 Remy Markowitsch

• 1998 Markus Döbeli

• 2001 Stefan Banz

• 2002 Nils Nova

• 2004 Tatjana Marusic

• 2007

• 2009

• 2011 Patricia Bucher

• 2014 Roland Roos

• 2016 Georg Keller

• 2018 Kyra Tabea Balderer

Canton of Schaffhausen
• 1987 Markus Haberli

• 1988 Carlo Domeniconi

• 1989 Thomas Grandy

• 1990 André Bless

• 1992 Daniele Bunzli

• 1994 Katharina Bürgin

• 1996 Markus Wetzel

• 1998 Yves Netzhammer

• 2001 Olaf Breuning

• 2002 Stefan Sulzberger

• 2004 Zeljka Marusic and Andreas Helbling

• 2023 Reto Müller

Canton of St. Gallen
• 1990

• 1991

• 1994 Pipilotti Rist

• 2000 Christoph Büchel

• 2002 Andres Lutz and Anders Guggisberg

• 2004 Caro Niederer

• 2006

• 2008 Christian Vetter

• 2010 Alexandra Maurer

• 2013 Francisco Sierra

• 2017 Georg Gatsas

• 2023 Juliette Uzor

Canton of Ticino
• 2005 Andrea Crociani

• 2007 David Cascio

• 2009 and Marco Zürcher

• 2011 Pascal Schweighofer

• 2014 Samoa Rémy

• 2016 Marco Scorti

• 2018 Vera Trachsel

Canton of Valais
• 2007 Martina Gmür

• 2010 Joëlle Allet

• 2013 JocJonJosch

• 2015 Barbezat Villetard

• 2017 Eric Philippoz

• 2023 Aurélie Strumans

Canton of Vaud
• 1989 Laurent Hubert

• 1998 Alain Huck

• 1998 Laurence Pittet

• 1998

• 1996 Ariane Epars

• 1998 Anne Peverelli

• 2001 Nicolas Savary

• 2002

• 2004

• 2006 Catherine Leutenegger

• 2009 Aloïs Godinat

• 2011 Laurent Kropf

• 2014 Julian Charrière

• 2016 Annaïk Lou Pitteloud

• 2020 Anne Rochat

• 2022 Sarah Margetti

Canton of Zurich
• 1999 Britta Huttenlocher

• 2001 Mario Sala

• 2002 Nick Hess

• 2004 Karim Noureldin

• 2006 Andro Wekua

• 2008 David Chippo

• 2011

• 2013 Alexandra Navratil

• 2017 Christoph Eisenring

• 2023 Jan Vorisek