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Anna Ridler and Sofia Crespo win the Artists of the Year category of the Arab Bank Switzerland's Digital Art Prize 2025
The prize is the first of its kind to recognize digital artists. It's all star jury in the digital art world includes Alejandro Cartegena , an international leading curator for digital art; Eleonora Brizi founder of Breezy Art; Marlène Corbun, Head of Contemporary Art for LaCollection; Mimi Nguyen , PhD a lecturer at Central Saint Martins; Rani Jabban, Managing Director of Arab Bank Switzerland and Sébastien Montabone l President of the third ABS Digital Art Prize and a leading curator of digital art working with museums and major collectors globally.
, added: "As a patron of the arts, closely involved in the digital asset space, we are proud to establish a global art prize that supports and promotes digital artists whilst raising awareness of this fast-evolving art sector. The extraordinary quality of the beautiful and thought-provoking work shared with us by the competing artists and the rapidly growing interest in Digital Art from our younger clients all send a clear message: Digital Art is the future of Art."
The winning collaboration between commenced in 2023 to combine analog photography and AI to explore the interplay between nature and technology. Well-known works include Snapshots Orchids (pictured) which employs AI-generated imagery to provoke reflection on our interactions with nature framed increasingly through lenses and screens.
Their work has been showcased at prominent venues, including Paris Photo 2023 and the Frieze Gallery in London , underscoring the partnership's impact on the digital art scene.
is a British artist and researcher renowned for her pioneering work at the intersection of art, data, and machine learning. She is celebrated for creating visually rich works that examine the biases and ethical implications of these technologies. Ridler's work has been exhibited at prestigious institutions worldwide, including the V&A, the Barbican Centre, Centre Pompidou, HeK Basel , the ZKM Karlsruhe, and Ars Electronica.
is an Argentine artist based in Lisbon, Portugal , who explores the convergence of AI and biological systems. Her work examines humanity's evolving relationship with technology across time. She has exhibited globally at prestigious venues including Art Basel , Ars Electronica, the V&A and MAC Lyon.
, commented: "Congratulations to our prize winners, Anna, and Sofia. The explosion of creativity we are seeing in Digital Art makes this competition tougher every year, yet their contribution to the space stands out with concepts and execution that are not just visually elegant and emotive but also at the cutting edge of innovation."
wins the first ever Emerging Artist of the Year award with his work, . Set in a fictional future asks what remains once labour becomes obsolete due to AI. The work exists in a game engine and presents as a film which edits itself in real time and never ends.
Mocan is a Lisbon -based artist and computer programmer interested in the interplay between technology and the natural landscape. His work has already been displayed in top tier galleries around the world.
, commented: "Congratulations to our Emerging Artist of the Year prize winner, Cezar Mocan . The international entrants and finalists in this category showcased the extraordinary new talent that is shaping the future of digital art, yet with work that creates an intersection of contemporary art, game design, and media theory to ask profound questions about our future relationship with technology, Cezar is a clear winner."
Arab Bank Switzerland, a long-time patron of the arts, launched the world's first Digital Art Prize to recognize and celebrate Digital art and creators involved in the emergence of this emerging artistic (r)evolution in 2023.
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