The Winners

The top three winners from each country will have the incredible opportunity to participate in an Artist Residency in a European city, where they can further develop their creative skills and be inspired by new experiences in the world of upcycling and art.
The winners placed fourth and fifth will see their works published in our International Art Catalog along with the top three, thus gaining global visibility and benefiting from the jury’s evaluations. But that’s not all!
First 8 selected per country will be part of a special Exhibition Room on the platform, while all participants in the contest will become part of the Circular Online Museum Map on our platform, a unique place where art, sustainability, and community come together to create a boundless experience.

Germany
  1. Nadja Monnet – design
  2. ⁠Ola Lewin – art
  3. Kama Jackowska – art
  4. Jan-Micha Gamer – design
  5. Madeleine Brunnmeier – art
  6. Anna Krenz – art
  7. Helge Bomber – art
  8. Pia Höhfeld  – art
France
  1. ⁠Rebeka Majnár – design
  2. ⁠ ⁠Laurance Aellion – art
  3. ⁠ ⁠Laura Bertil – art
  4. ⁠Pierre Kucoyanis – art
  5. ⁠Fall Mokodu – design
  6. Stéphanie Matéos – design
  7. Ayesha Prieto – design
  8. Catherine Poulain – art
Italy
  1. Victoria De Blassie – art
  2. ⁠Manolo Benvenuti – art
  3. ⁠Emilio Gabriele Agamennone – design
  4. ⁠Sebastiano Pupillo – art
  5. ⁠Tanja Haramincic – design
  6. Giulio Patrizi – art
  7. Luce Resinanti – art
  8. Riccardo Pacitti – art

Participants MAP

100 artists and designers,
discover them on the map

The jury

Paul Ardenne
(France)

has a longstanding experience as a professor of history at the University of Amiens. He is also an art critic and curator in the field of contemporary art and has published several books and articles, the most recent of which is about joy in art.

Simona Spinella
(Italy)

is a contemporary art historian, graduated in New Technologies for History and Cultural Heritage. As the president of the Synchronos Cooperative, she manages three museum sites of the Zètema Foundation in Matera: the Crypt of the Original Sin the Ortega House Museum and the MUSMA. 

Julia Theek
(Germany)

has been exhibiting since 1988, initially graphics and assemblages. She studied aesthetics, art and media studies, specializing in semiotic methods of interpretation. Her “gated communities” series explores themes of inclusion and exclusion through symbols. She draws inspiration from street art and spatial installations to put emphasis on the use of recycled materials, a theme also present in her book “Der Anspruch der Dinge – Upcycling als Kunst”.
Founder of ZZK (Center for Circular Art), Board Member of Circular Art Society e.V., she established the first Upcycling Art Prize in 2021.

Sara Stolfi
(ITALY)

is a contemporary art curator specialized in museum education. She is the president of the cooperative “il Salone dei Rifiutati” which she founded and manages the MOON – Museo Officina degli Oggetti Narranti in Potenza, where she focuses on cultural design with attention to sustainability and inclusion.

Kamila Franz
(Germany)

holds a PhD in biology and is a biologist and an ecologist, always deeply invested in environmental issues. In the past, she worked on protecting animal species but also tried her strength as a visual artist in scenographic techniques. Currently, she works at CRN on various projects concerning climate crisis, sustainability and circular economy.

Kata Kerersztely
(France)

holds a PhD in Art History and is a historian of the medieval Arab world. She is also an upcycling artist, designer, and interdisciplinary plastic/visual artist, working in animation, painting, mosaic, and jewelry.