Japanese artist Rui Sasaki, who spent time in the U.S. earning her MFA from RISD (2010), has been awarded the 2015 Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, which comes with a prize of € 10,000 (more than U.S. $ 11,000). The award is given each year to an artist who is under 40, and judges only consider work within the past two years. This year's award saw 164 applications from 28 countries. Two Talent Awards of the Jutta Cuny-Franz Foundation were also given to Maria Bang Espersen of Denmark, and Anne Weber of Germany. Each will receive an award of € 1,500.
This year's jury were Christoph Brockhaus, the former director of the Lehmbruck-Museum inDuisburg; Helmut Ricke, former head of the Glasmuseum Hentrich in Dusseldorf; Elisabeth Scheuba, a lawyer in Vienna; Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, head of the Glasmuseum Hentrich; and Nadja Zieren of the finance department of the city of Dusseldorf.
Additionally, Honorary Degree awards were given to artists Marion Delarue of France, Abram Deslauriers of the U.S., Alex Lebus of Germany, Seaum Shim of South Korea, and Zac Weinberg of the U.S.
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