Mique Eggermont Award

The ME Award is an incentive prize that is awarded to one graduate from the Fine Art department of the Maastricht Institute of Arts. The prize is intended for a young artist whose work distinguishes itself by an idiosyncratic artistic approach. The annually alternating jury consists always of one member, who has the mandate to make an independent, and personal choice.

Mique initiated the prize herself, from her own resources, as a playful commentary on the recurring prize-circus during graduation exhibitions, and as a concrete alternative. For her award, she annually chose a young maker who might be less likely to be 'honored' than others. She wanted to encourage artists to follow their own paths without making concessions, or playing to the ear of expectation. The Mique Eggermont Foundation is continuing the prize in this spirit, annually selecting one artist as its winner, and one jury member who chooses.

The prize is planned in consultation with the Academy of Visual Arts in Maastricht, and the ME Award in principle is always presented during the annual graduation exhibition.

Yannik Güldner is an auto-didact curator and programmer based in The Hague, investigating the intersections of contemporary and popular culture. Aiming to question structures of power and society at large through the eyes of upcoming and renewed artists within their multidisciplinary practices. He is interested in creating narratives across the borders of disciplines that interlink art, science and academia with one another. By facilitating spaces that mediate between audience and artist through exchange and collective learning, he aims to contribute to the understanding of entangled environments.",

Jury Member 2025: Yannik Güldner

Winners

Editions conducted by Mique herself