Elisava wins the Ladislav Sutnar Award, which recognises outstanding figures and institutions in art, design and visual culture

The Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art at West Bohemian University has awarded the Ladislav Sutnar Prize to Elisava, an honour with which the faculty recognises outstanding individuals and institutions who push the boundaries of contemporary art, design and visual culture.

The 14th edition of these awards was held on 5 November in Pilsen (Czech Republic), at a ceremony attended by Dr Jordi Conejos, president of the Elisava Escola Universitària Private Foundation, and Dr Cristina Taverner, dean of the faculty, who collected the award on behalf of Elisava. Jordi Conejos gave a speech expressing his gratitude for the award, and Cristina Taverner gave a master class the previous day, explaining various aspects of Elisava’s past, present and future trajectory and projection.

The other winners of this year’s Ladislav Sutnar Award were German visual artist Christoph Niemann and Amsterdam-based independent publisher Valiz. Both Niemann’s work and Valiz’s publications can be seen in a joint exhibition dedicated to the award winners, which includes several recently awarded works by Elisava students (BIMMIA, by Lucía Parra; Tributos en llamas, by Yishi Yu Ye; Roomies, by Adrián Pascual; Bleh, oda a la lengua, by Jana Valdé; TORB, by Alfons Alcoverro; and Wavehalt, by Abril Poblet). The exhibition can be visited until 27 November at the Incubator Gallery of the Ladislav Sutnar faculty.

Since its inception in 2012, the Ladislav Sutnar Award has become a prestigious award with a significant international dimension. The winners are selected from nominations made by experts and the Art Council of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty, and the award is supported by the city of Pilsen.

Since its creation, the faculty has honoured dozens of prominent figures from the world of design and art, including graphic designers Jan Solpera, Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast, sculptor Magdalena Jetelová and prestigious institutions such as MoMA, the Getty Trust and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.