St. Leopold Peace Prize
The St. Leopold Peace Prize is awarded by Klosterneuburg Abbey to contemporary artists whose works deal with humanitarian issues.
The art prize was started on the initiative of Abbot Primate Bernhard Backovsky and was first awarded in 2008. The name of the award is reminiscent of Babenberger and Margrave Leopold III, who was canonized in 1485 . and its promotion of art. The respective theme of the competition combines a religious background with humanitarian commitment. One main prize and two recognition prizes will be awarded and endowed with 12,000 euros. The special prize for photography, which began in 2010, is endowed with 2,000 euros.
Award winners
- 2008 theme of the crossroads and redemption.
- Elke Punkt Fleisch with all-purpose cleaners.
- 2009 topic Faith, Love, Hope.
- Ramona Schnekenburger
- Recognition award Agnes Winzig , Eva Weiler
- 2010 Topic Giving the poor a voice.
- Dora Várkonyi
- Recognition award Andreas Laugesen , Marko Lipus
- Special prize for photography Leonard Popien
- 2011 issue of justice creates peace.
- Mariele Bergmann
- Recognition award Peter Berresheim , Ingrid Sonntag Ramirez Ponce
- Special prize for photography Lela Ahmadzai
- 2012 topic of human dignity versus cynicism.
- Marion Linke
- Recognition award Robert Fleischanderl , Stephan Popella
- Special prize for photography Claudia Henzler
- 2014 topic Am I my brother's keeper?
- Peter Müller
- Recognition award Willy Puchner , Dominik Fleischmann
- 2016 topic The Power of Greed
- Gregor Sailer
- Recognition award Frenzy Höhne , Wadim Rakowski
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Leopold Peace Prize ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.elkpunktfleisch.at/vita/
