Linda Jasmine Meyer is the 2024 Paul Flora Award recipient.

Cultural Counselor in Tyrol LH Anton Mattel and the Regional Council for Culture in South Tyrol Philip Ashmar Today, Tuesday evening, the Paul Flora Prize 2024 was awarded to the artist who was born in Meran in 1986. Linda Jasmine Meyer. This award honors Meyer for her artistic work. The prize is worth 10,000 euros and has been awarded annually since 2010 alternately by the states of Tyrol and South Tyrol to an artist from Tyrol or South Tyrol in memory of the artist Paul Flora, who died in 2009, on the proposal of an expert. Jury. This time the jury included the director of Taxispalais Nina Tabassumart historian and museum curator in South Tyrol Sabine Jumper and Andreas Flora As a representative of the Flora family.

“Contemporary art plays a central role in the further development of our society. It keeps its finger on the pulse of the times and opens up new horizons. The Paul Flora Award aims to highlight outstanding works of art, but at the same time to preserve the memory of the South Tyrolean artist Paul Flora. LH Mattel. The awarding of art prizes expresses special appreciation for the work of artists and raises awareness of the high value of art and culture. This year, the choice fell on the South Tyrolean artist Linda Jasmin Meyer. “In her artistic practice, Meyer addresses existential themes such as the question of identity, belonging and the interaction between humans and nature. She convinced the jury with the relevance of her subjects, her meticulous research and her intensive cooperation with various experts,” he said. LH Mattel congratulated the winner on the award. “I hope the award will serve as an incentive and motivation for her to continue on this unique artistic path,” the governor said.

“Linda Jasmin Meyer is being honoured as an artist from South Tyrol who deals impressively with current issues such as migration and nature. Her art is able to captivate the viewer without relying on a spectacular theatrical presentation. The intense examination of the topics that the artist addresses and implements impressively stimulates society to think. And that is exactly what art should achieve,” emphasizes the regional councilor for culture in South Tyrol, Philipp Aschhammer. It is also gratifying that the Paul Flora Prize has increasingly been awarded to female artists in recent years: “This means that women in the art scene are gaining more visibility and recognition.” LR I am convinced.

To the prize winner

The jury’s reasons for awarding the prize are as follows: “The interaction and transformation between humans and nature, the confrontation with migration and alienation, as well as the question of identity are the main themes that Linda Jasmine Meyer explores primarily in video and installation works as well as in advanced sculptural and performance works. After studying art in Milan, Helsinki and Copenhagen, she completed her studies and research in Lisbon and Ghent/Belgium, where she now lives and works. In her most important work to date, “Dove Fermarsi?”, a multi-part video work that she developed and completed over several years, seven birds wander through a wide range of European landscapes, driven by the loss of their belonging and the search for a possible new purpose.”

More information about the award winner can be found at: https://lindajasminmayer.com/