On February 6, the graduate prizes were awarded by an external jury of experts during the exhibition opening. Bianca Kennedy, Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts, Leonie Schmiese, Kunstverein Nürnberg – Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, and Berit Schneidereit, Mainz Academy of Fine Arts, decided to award the prize money donated by the Academy's Friends Association, FREUNDE, equally to four graduates.
Ali Al-Zubaidi | Fine Arts | Class of Prof. Heike Baranowsky
Manu Drexler | Fine Arts | Class of Prof. Heike Baranowsky
ella hebendanz | Live Art Forms | Class of Prof. JP Raether
Seung Yeon Jo | Fine Painting | Class of Prof. Susanne Kühn
The 2025/26 graduate exhibition will be on display until February 8 on the campus of the AdBK Nuremberg.
A catalog with contributions from the graduates, designed by Juliane Abart and Paul Graßler, has been published to accompany the exhibition.
Published: 02/07/2026
