The Foundation Bremen Sculptor Prize is a private law foundation with legal capacity status. In 1979, on the occasion of the sculptor Gerhard Marcks’ 90th birthday the foundation trust was created by the Free Hanseatic City Bremen. Task of the foundation Bremen Sculptor Prize is to award the Roland Prize for Public Art.
Organs of the foundation are the executive board and the committee. The foundation’s board consists of three persons appointed for the course of six years by the senate of the Free Hanseatic City Bremen. For the period 2021 -2027 are appointed Dr. Andreas Mackeben, Prof.Dr. Florian Matzner (Vorsitzender), Rose Pfister.
The board appoints one of its members as chairman who represents the foundation in public life. The committee consists of up to six member appointed by the board whose term of office last for six years, too. Board and committee together form the jury.
The jury gathers every three years. Its members are allowed to hand in two suggestions each from which the prizewinner is chosen.
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The Roland Prize for Public Art 2025 goes to the artist collective
Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth
The award ceremony will take place in November 2025 at Bremen City Hall by the board of the Bremen Sculptor’s Prize Foundation. State Councilor for Culture Carmen Emigholz will welcome the award.
Further information will follow.