Winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025

Having met in Madrid for their deliberations, the Craft Prize jury has named Kunimasa Aoki as the winner of this year’s edition for Realm of Living Things 19, 2024.

In addition, the jury has awarded two special mentions. One goes to Nifemi Marcus-Bello for his work TM Bench with Bowl, 2023, while another special mention goes to X, by Studio Sumakshi Singh.

Digital exhibition 2025

Explore the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize through our digital exhibition, which presents the 30 shortlisted pieces alongside insights into the artists and their processes, as well as exclusive studio tours. The 2025 finalists showcased works spanning a wide range of mediums, including ceramics, woodwork, textiles, furniture, paper, glass, metal, jewellery and lacquer.

The Room

Discover an evolving digital platform that showcases works by all artists nominated for the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, past and present.

The Finalists of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025

30 works have been selected as Finalists by the Experts Panel. These works will take part of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025 exhibition that will travel to Madrid in Spring 2025.

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Jury:

- Naoto Fukasawa, Designer and Director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Tokyo.
- Olivier Gabet, Director of the Decorative Art Department at the Louvre Museum, Paris.
- Andrés Anza, winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024.
- Minsuk Cho, architect and Venice Golden Lion winner.
- Frida Escobedo, essayist and architect.
- Sheila Loewe (Chairwoman), President of the LOEWE FOUNDATION.
- Magdalene Odundo, ceramist.
- Wang Shu, architect and Pritzker Prize winner.
- Deyan Sudjic, essayist and Director Emeritus of the Design Museum, London.
- Abraham Thomas, Curator of Modern Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Patricia Urquiola, architect and industrial designer.
- Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, architecture and design correspondent for El País.
 

Expert Panel:

- Andrew Bonacina, independent curator.
- Antonia Boström, former Director of Collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
- Hyeyoung Cho, Chairwoman at the Korea Association of Art and Design.
- Michelle Millar Fisher, Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- Sara Flynn, ceramicist and finalist of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2017.
- Kevin Grey, metal artist and finalist of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024.
- Wolfgang Lösche, former Head of Exhibitions and Fairs at the Chamber of Skilled Trades, Munich.
- Ibrahim Mahama, mixed media artist.
- Juha Marttila, designer.
- Aya Oki, glass artist and finalist of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024.
- Anatxu Zabalbeascoa (Executive Secretary), architecture and design correspondent for El País.