Picture: Kunstmuseum Olten / Rachel Bühlmann
Who we are
The association JKON aims to promote young artists. JKON offers a platform for presenting selected works of art and artistic positions to a wide audience. The exhibition is accompanied by a small supporting program on art and current discourses (talks, guided tours, performances, etc.). The aim is to promote exchange and networking between young artists and visitors as well as with galleries, museums and other art platforms.
Our principles
We work in a participative, reflective, respectful and non-financial way.
We support young artists.
We recognize the often precarious conditions in which young artists work and use our scope of action to support their work. All proceeds from works sold go to the participating artists.
We deliberately work on a voluntary basis, without financial compensation.
We experiment with different exhibition formats, use available spaces creatively and constantly redesign them.
We critically reflect on current discourses and ask, among other things, what art should cost the public and what the social position and function of art is and can be.
We are aware that JKON only exists thanks to the artistic positions of the artists, the sponsorship awards and the organizations that support us.
We promote the exchange between artists, the public and beyond.
Background
JKON is organized by the association "Junge Kunst Olten", JKON for short, which was founded in 2014.
Organising Committee
Florian Amoser, Nadia Bader, Lorenz Fischer, Stefanie Kurt, Lena Meier, Ferdinand Niedermann, Aline Petrò, Nermina Šerifović
Sponsorship awards & supporting organisations
Award of the Maurer-Billeter Foundation
The Hans and Beatrice Maurer-Billeter Foundation supports and promotes achievements in the fields of culture, science and humanity. The foundation presents a cash prize of CHF 5000 to promote artistic creation.
DIENSTRAUM
Kunstmuseum Olten
At the invitation of SBB, the Kunstmuseum Olten has been displaying contemporary art in a former service room on the central platform 7 of Olten railway station since 2018. The person who receives this award will present their own artistic practice in this glass cube in 2026. kunstmuseumolten.ch
J11 Offspace
Solo show at Offspace J11 in Bern's Old Town curated by Lorenz Fischer.
@j11_offspace