The fifth edition of the MA-g Awards has once again highlighted the extraordinary vitality of today’s creative community. We have received an exceptional number of submissions from across the globe, spanning photography, graphic design and illustration. The quality of the projects was truly outstanding: daring, thought-provoking and technically remarkable. Reviewing them has been both an inspiration and a challenge.
We wish to extend our sincere gratitude to all participating artists for their dedication and creativity. Each contribution enriches the dialogue around contemporary visual culture and strengthens the spirit of the avant-garde. We are equally grateful to our distinguished jury members, whose expertise and sensibility have been essential in evaluating the works and in selecting this year’s awardees.
A special thank you goes to Antanas Sutkus, Rosmarie Tissi and Guy Billout for their partnership with MA-g. Their names not only lend prestige to the Awards, but also embody the values of excellence, innovation and openness to new voices that guide our mission.
Antanas Sutkus MA-g Awards for Photography:
— Burning North by ChengLong Zhang (China)
— Every scar is a scripture by Ibrahem Hasan (USA)
— Franciscus by Giovanni Capriotti (Italy)
— Inclusive nation by Marijn Fidder (Netherlands)
— Photographer portraits by Melchior Imboden (Switzerland)
— The art of war or rules of caring for a rifle by Dmytro Kupriyan (Ukraine)
— The canvas of power by Suvra Kanti Das (Bangladesh)
Rosmarie Tissi MA-g Awards for Graphic Design:
— A volume of Babel by Solange Lopes (UK)
— Arquipélago by José Mendes (Portugal)
— Praza Cultura by María Toucedo Cal and Xosé Teiga (Spain)
Guy Billout MA-g Awards for Illustration:
— Doves of peace by Maryia Zaitsava (Israel)
— Fathers Wine by Sergiy Maidukov (Ukraine)
— Humanity in Drawings by Liisa Kallio (Finland)
— Lungo la gola by Cristiana Radu (Romania)
— Not so silent night by Sergiy Maidukov (Ukraine)
— Social innovation by Stephan Schmitz (Switzerland)
— Zagrava by Sergiy Maidukov (Ukraine)
In keeping with the Museum’s mission, all shortlisted artworks of the 2025 MA-g Awards are welcomed into the MA-g permanent collection. This unique approach preserves the richness and diversity of the works submitted each year, transforming the Awards into a living archive of avant-garde creativity worldwide.
We are therefore delighted to announce the artists entering the collection in 2025:
Ebrahim Alipoor / Debora Barnaba / Stephen Barrett / Naama Benziman / Black Childish / Dickon Bowden / Michael Braley / María Toucedo Cal / Giovanni Capriotti / Simon Cardwell / Clément Cases / Eduard Cehovin / Theseus Chan / Annie Collinge / Suvra Kanti Das / Serhii Diedushev / Din / DK / Vlad Ermolaev / Takahiro Eto / Kanstantsin Fatseyeu / Marijn Fidder / Martyna Gradziel / Christian Gralingen / Alena Grom / Fee-Gloria Grönemeyer / Joe Hart / Ibrahem Hasan / Tomoaki Hata / Sophie Hemels / Liao Hsuan-Hui / Claire Huss / Melchior Imboden / Anna Jordan / Adrian Joffe / Irina Jomir / Masoud Jorsara / Liisa Kallio / Hyungee Kang / Igor Karash / Mohsen Khademi / Deborah Khodanovich / Dvorit Khodanovich / Dmytro Kupriyan / Sungsoo Lee / Mischa Lluch / Solange Lopes / Amit Machamasi / Sergiy Maidukov / Edie Medley / José Mendes / Alexandre Meylan / Alice Mourou / Luis Muñoz Jean Baptiste / Duy Nguyễn / Danne Ojeda / Alexandros Othonos / Laura Parke / Claudio Pogo / Cristiana Radu / Jeremy Raider-Hoàng / Việt Raider-Hoàng / Eric Rugers / Stephan Schmitz / Kristina Shakht / Yutao Shi / Yuliia Shybirkina / Romeu Silveira / Jack Smyth / JiYun Song / Christo Stankulov / Jörg Stauvermann / Xosé Teiga / Niina Turtola / Diego Luis Moreno Velasco / Abbie Vickress / Tommi Viitala / Ichiro Watanabe / Ruochen Wei / Jess Wishart / Magdalena Wysocka / Maryia Zaitsava / ChengLong Zhang
Their vision, talent and originality now enrich the Museum of Avant-garde, contributing to a vibrant and ever-evolving collection that reflects the diversity of contemporary artistic practice across the globe.