Kerstin Brätsch Wins the $160,000 Zurich Art Prize

Kerstin Brätsch, a German-born painter known for vivid, playful abstract paintings and maximalist installations, is the winner of the 2027 Zurich Art Prize. The annual award comes with about $37,000 in prize money and about $123,000 toward production costs of a solo exhibition at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, the prize’s co-sponsor (along with Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.).Brätsch was born in Hamburg, Germany, and studied art in New York and Berlin. She currently teache