SWISS ART AWARDS 2026: ECAL NOMINEES

The Swiss Art Awards have been held annually since 1899 and reward Swiss artists and architects, as well as art and architecture mediators. The Kiefer Hablitzel│Göhner Art Prize applies to artists with a Bachelor's degree who are resident in Switzerland or artists under the age of 30 who are enrolled at a Swiss university. The Swiss Art Awards exhibition, which takes place alongside the Art Basel art fair, presents works by candidates selected for the second phase of these competitions and offers an overview of Swiss artistic creation.

Several ECAL graduates have been nominated in the "Art" category of the Swiss Art Awards:

• Alfredo Aceto holds a Fine Arts Bachelor's (2014) and currently teaches students of the Propaedeutic Year at ECAL.
• Ilaria Vinci completed her Fine Arts Master's at ECAL in 2017.
• Virginia Ariu also completed her Fine Arts Master's at ECAL in 2017.
• Jacques Duboux holds Bachelor's degrees in Fine Arts and Photography from ECAL, obtained in 2006 and 2007.

A current student and graduates of ECAL are also finalists for the 2026 Kiefer Hablitzel│Göhner Art Prize:

• Iulia Bucuresteanu is currently studying for a Fine Arts Master's at ECAL.
• Lisa Mazenauer holds a Photography Bachelor's from ECAL (2022).
• Nina Pacherová completed her Photography Master's at ECAL in 2024.
• Sara De Brito Faustino holds a Photography Bachelor's from ECAL, obtained in 2023.
• Aleksandra Nazarova completed her Industrial and Product Design Bachelor's at ECAL in 2023.