15. Juni Fonden Honorary Award 2026: Zuzanna Kozłowska

Zuzanna Kozłowska is one of three recipients of the 15. Juni Fonden’s 15JFEmerging Artist Award 2026, which includes—among other elements—an 11-month development programme at Art Hub Copenhagen. Zuzanna Kozłowska was selected based on her graduation project, Abstract man (1-7), which the artist herself presents in this video.

The work consists of seven interconnected, red-painted wooden boxes that follow the walls of the exhibition space, wrapping around a corner. Kozłowska draws upon the modernist tradition of abstract painting and minimalist sculpture, while simultaneously exploring and challenging the concept of the abstract and universal human being.

Jury member and professor Mikkel Bogh states: “Zuzanna Kozłowska distinguishes herself through her poetic, painterly precision, a strong sense of space, and a clear awareness of her own position in relation to the modernist tradition within painting, sculpture, and architecture—as well as how she diverges from it.”

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ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AHC AND 15. JUNI FONDEN
Sharing a common vision to promote and support the practices of emerging visual artists, AHC and 15. Juni Fonden entered into a three-year partnership in 2025 regarding the foundation’s award for recent graduates of visual arts programs in Denmark: the 15JFEmerging Artist Award.

Each year, the foundation—with the assistance of an external professional jury—selects three visual artists who, based on their graduation projects from Danish visual arts academies, receive a prize of DKK 50,000 and an 11-month residency at AHC. A residency and development programme offering artists their own studio, access to professional workshops, a professional programme comprising meetings with curators, excursions, workshops, and mentoring, as well as the opportunity to become part of AHC’s interdisciplinary community.

For 2026, the recipients were selected by a jury consisting of Maria Kjær Themsen, author and art critic; Mikkel Bogh, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the Center for Practice-based Art Studies; and Mai Misfeldt, author and art critic.

The video was produced by Denke Studio.
Directed by Davy Denke.
Edited by Jacob Schill.