Jurys
The artists who receive the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin excellence award grant are selected by diversely composed selection committees, made up of acknowledged experts in the respective fields. These juries, whose membership changes regularly, meet each year in Berlin.
VISUAL ARTS
Bani Abidi, artist, Berlin
Rashida Bumbray, curator, choreographer, author, visual and performing arts critic, New York City
Galit Eilat, artist, independent curator and writer, Amsterdam
Inga Lāce, curator & C-MAP Fellow at MoMA, New York City / Riga
Penwadee Nophaket Manont, independent curator, researcher and cultural worker, Bangkok
Emiliano Valdes, Head Curator, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Medellín
FILM
Birgit Kohler, co-director, Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V., Berlin
Cristina Nord, director, Berlinale Forum, Berlin
Hila Peleg, curator & filmmaker, Berlin
Ines Johnson-Spain, filmmaker, Berlin
Can Sungu, co-founder and artistic director, Sinema Transtopia / bi’bak, Berlin
LITERATURE
Ricardo Domeneck, literary critic, São Paulo / Berlin
Maha El Hissy, literary critic, Berlin
David Hugendick, editorial journalist, ZEIT ONLINE, Berlin
Rike Scheffler, poet, performer and musician, Berlin
Samir Sellami, literary critic, Berlin
Uljana Wolf, poet and translator, Berlin
MUSIC & SOUND
Sandeep Bhagwati, composer, artist, curator and author, Montreal
Talia Vega León, cultural manager, director & curator of Radical Sounds Latin America, Berlin
Gascia Ouzounian, associate professor of music, University of Oxford
Matana Roberts, sound experimentalist, visual artist, jazz saxophonist & clarinetist, composer, improviser, assistant professor of music, UC San Diego
Edgardo Rudnitzky, composer, sound artist and percussionist, Berlin
meLê yamomo, researcher, theatre maker & composer, Amsterdam
VISUAL ARTS
Nana Adusei-Poku, Ph.D., associate professor & Luma Foundation scholar, Bard College, New York City
Daniel Garza Usabiaga, curator & researcher, Mexico City
Nida Ghouse, visiting lecturer at Princeton University and co-artistic director of the Singapore Biennale 2022, New York / Berlin
Dr. Angela Harutyunyan, associate professor, American University, Beirut
Paula Nascimento, architect & curator, Luanda
Haegue Yang, artist & professor, Städelschule, Berlin / Seoul
FILM
Enoka Ayemba, film curator & scholar, Berlin
Enrico Ippolito, journalist & author, Berlin
Birgit Kohler, co-director, Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V., Berlin
Maria Mohr, filmmaker, Berlin
Ines Johnson-Spain, filmmaker, Berlin
LITERATURE
Yevgeniy Breyger, lyricist, translator and publisher, Frankfurt a.M.
Olga Grjasnowa, author, Berlin
David Hugendick, literary editor & journalist, ZEIT ONLINE, Berlin
Benjamin Loy, literary scholar, critic and translator, Wien
Samir Sellami, literary scholar and critic, Berlin
Eva Tepest, author & journalist, Berlin
MUSIC & SOUND
Ketan Bhatti, composer, musician & artistic director, Trickster Orchestra, Berlin
Ash Fure, composer & artistic co-director, The Industry, Boston / Los Angeles
Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen, executive & artistic director, Ultima, Oslo
Talía Vega León, cultural manager, director and curator of Radical Sounds Latin America, Berlin
meLê yamomo, researcher, theatre maker and composer, Amsterdam / Berlin
Du Yun, composer, performer & advocator, New York City
VISUAL ARTS
Zoe Butt, curator & artistic director Factory Contemporary Arts Centre Ho Chi Minh City (until 2021)
Mariana Castillo Deball artist & professor for sculpture at Kunstakademie Münster, Berlin
Miguel A. Lopez,Curator, writer and researcher, Lima
Nontobeko Ntombela, head of department, history of art, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Alya Sebti, curator & director, ifa Galerie, Berlin
Joanna Warsza, independent curator, Berlin
FILM
Birgit Kohler, co-director, Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V., Berlin
Zhenhua Li, director and founder, Beijing Art Lab, Zurich/Beijing
Maria Mohr, filmmaker, Berlin
Cristina Nord, director, Berlinale Forum, Berlin
Ines Johnson-Spain, filmmaker, Berlin
Can Sungu, artistic director, bi‘bak & Sinema Transtopia, Berlin / Istanbul
LITERATURE
Ibou Diop, literary scholar, Berlin
Lena Gorelik, author & journalist, München
Federico Italiano, lyricist & literary scholar, Wien
Verena Lueken, literature and film critic, Berlin
Alexandra Ortiz Wallner, literary scholar, Berlin
Mathias Zeiske, literary mediator & curator, Berlin
MUSIC & SOUND
Ata Ebtekar, Musiker (aka Sote), musician (aka Sote) & curator, Tehran
Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen, executive & artistic director, Ultima, Oslo
Rebekah Heller, musician & curator, New York
Luka Mukhavele, musicologist & musician, Weimar
Elke Moltrecht, musicologist & curator, Berlin
Susanna Niedermayr, journalist & moderator, ORF, Vienna
VISUAL ARTS
Raphael Chikukwa, chief curator, National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Gridthiya Gaweewong, artistic director, Jim Thompson Art Center
Iman Issa, Artist, professor, Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna
Lisette Lagnado, curator, 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Shubigi Rao, Artist, curator Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2020
Franciska Zólyom, director, Stiftung Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
FILM
Birgit Kohler, co-director Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art e.V., Berlin
Karina Griffith, media artist and film scholar, Berlin
Maria Mohr, filmmaker, Berlin
Cristina Nord, director, Berlinale Forum, Berlin
Enoka Ayemba, film curator and media consultant, film scholar, Berlin
Biene Pilavci, filmmaker and actress, Berlin
LITERATURE
Robin Detje, author & translator, Berlin
Ricardo Domeneck, literary scholar, São Paulo / Berlin
Dominique Haensell, literary scholar, Berlin
Anna Jäger, curator & translator, Berlin
Barbara Wahlster, author, journalist and critic, Berlin
Alexandra Ortiz Wallner, literary scholar, Berlin
MUSIC
Jessica Ekomane Etoua, musician, composer, sound artist, Berlin
Gregor Hotz, director, Musikfonds, Berlin
Luka Mukhavele, musicologist & musician, Berlin
Emeka Ogboh, sound & installation artist, Berlin
Kirsten Reese, Composer, sound artist, professor UdK, Berlin
Ute Wassermann, vocalist, composer and sound artist, Berlin
VISUAL ARTS
Ato Annan, artist, co-director, Foundation for Contemporary Art, Ghana
Övül Durmuşoğlu, independent curator, Berlin
Aleksandra Jach, independent curator, formerly Museum Sztuki, Łódź
Mauricio Marcín, chief curator Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Christine Tohmé, director Ashkal Alwan, Beirut
Nikita Yingqian Cai, chief curator Times Museum, Guangzhou
FILM
Toby Ashraf, film critic, curator, Berlin
Madhusree Dutta, artistic director Akademie der Künste der Welt, Cologne
Alexander Horwath ,film critic, curator, Vienna;
Birgit Kohler, co-director Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin
LITERATURE
Priya Basil, author, journalist, London/Berlin
Tomás Cohen, author, translator, Santiago de Chile/Berlin
Ricardo Domeneck, literary critic, São Paulo/Berlin
Gregor Dotzauer, editorial journalist for literature Tagesspiegel, Berlin
Gabriele von Arnim, author, journalist, Berlin
Isabelle Vonlanthen, program director, Literaturhaus Zurich
MUSIC
Ata Ebtekar Musiker (aka Sote), co-founder SET-Festival, director Zabte Sote, Tehran
Natalia Fuchs, curator Gamma Festival, St. Petersburg
Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen, artistic director Ultima Festival, Oslo
Lydia Jeschke, program director new music/ jazz, SWR, Freiburg im Breisgau
Susanna Niedermayr, program director ORF Ö1 Zeit-Ton, Vienna, co-curator ORF musik-protokoll, steirischer herbst, Graz, SHAPE, ICAS
Bert Palinckx, artistic director November Music, ’s-Hertogenbosch