An installation artwork includes a large screen in the centre of a darkened room. In front of the screen, several speakers are on the floor. A video is projected onto the screen, displaying an orchestra conductor, standing with his back against the viewer, facing a musical ensemble.

Sigg Prize

Overview

Open to artists born or working in the Greater China region, the Sigg Prize recognises important artistic practices in the region and aims to highlight and promote diverse works on an international scale.

The six artists shortlisted for the third edition of the Sigg Prize are Bi Rongrong (b. 1982, Ningbo, works Shanghai), Ho Rui An (b. 1990, Singapore, works Singapore), Hsu Chia-Wei (b. 1983, Taichung, works Taipei), Heidi Lau (b. 1987, Oakland, works New York and Macau), Pan Daijing (b. 1991, Guiyang, works Berlin), and Wong Ping (b. 1984, Hong Kong, works Hong Kong).

The shortlisted artists are invited to present their work in the Sigg Prize 2025 exhibition, which will open at M+ in September 2025. The announcement of the Sigg Prize 2025 winners will be postponed from 4 December to 16 December 2025 in respect for those affected by the devastating fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong.

2025 Sigg Prize Finalists

Bi Rongrong

Bi Rongrong (b. 1982, Ningbo, works Shanghai) received her MA in traditional Chinese landscape painting at Sichuan University in 2008, followed by an MFA in painting at the Frank Mohr Institute in the Netherlands. In recent years, her creative approach has involved collecting and extracting patterns from nature, architecture, and everyday objects. Working across various mediums, from painting and textile to animation and installation, Bi continually seeks new methods to forge organic connections between materials. She was a resident at TaDA – Textile and Design Alliance in 2024 and presented her work in the 4th Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art at the Zhejiang Art Museum in 2022.

Ho Rui An

Ho Rui An (b. 1990, Singapore, works Singapore) holds a BA in fine art and art history from Goldsmiths University and an MA in anthropology from Columbia University. Known for his lecture performances, Ho recently expanded his practice to installation and film, often mapping and tracing the forces that shape geopolitics, globalisation, and media production. He has held a solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2021), and his work has been presented at Centre Pompidou, Paris (2024); Centre for Heritage, Arts & Textile, Hong Kong (2024); 14th Shanghai Biennale (2023); and Singapore Art Museum (2022).

Hsu Chia-Wei

Hsu Chia-Wei (b. 1983, Taichung, works Taipei) graduated from Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in 2016. As an artist, filmmaker, and curator, Hsu works primarily in moving image, exploring transregional history and memory as well as the connections between humans, materials, and places often overlooked in dominant history. In 2018, he held a feature screening exhibition at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. His work has been presented at Hong Gah Museum, Taipei (2024); 3rd Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai (2023); 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (2021); and esea contemporary, Manchester (2019).

Heidi Lau

Heidi Lau (b. 1987, Oakland, works New York and Macau) received her BFA from New York University. Drawing inspiration from ancient mythology and Taoist philosophy, Lau proposes alternate configurations of time and space through her ceramic practice, channelling generative diasporic perspectives through ritual, grief, and memory. She has held solo exhibitions at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn (2022) and the Macau-China Collateral Exhibition at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2019). Her works have been presented at the 14th Shanghai Biennale (2023); UCCA Dune, Beijing (2022); and Shanghai Museum of Glass (2020).

Pan Daijing

Pan Daijing (b. 1991, Guiyang, works Berlin) is an artist and composer whose artistic practice lies at the intersection of visual art and music. Informed by her background as a composer, musician and performer, Pan engages primarily with sound, film, performance, installation, and choreography. Pan has held solo exhibitions at Haus der Kunst, Munich (2024); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2021); and Tate Modern, London (2019), with an upcoming exhibition at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in 2025. Her work has been presented in Musée du Louvre, Paris (2023) and 13th Shanghai Biennale (2021).

Wong Ping

Wong Ping (b. 1984, Hong Kong, works Hong Kong) received his BFA at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. An animator and graphic designer, Wong creates vividly coloured and dreamlike worlds that reflect modern society while alluding to social and political issues. He has held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (2023); New Museum, New York (2021); and Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2019). His work has been presented at Somerset House in London (2024) and Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul (2022).

Supplementary Information

Members of the Jury

Suhanya Raffel (Museum Director, M+, Hong Kong)
Maria Balshaw (Director, Tate, United Kingdom)
Gong Yan (Director, Power Station of Art, Shanghai)
Mami Kataoka (Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo)
Glenn D. Lowry (The David Rockefeller Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Dr Uli Sigg (collector and member of the M+ Board, Switzerland)
Xu Bing (artist, Beijing)

Nominating Committee:

Amy Cheng (independent curator, Taipei)
Ying Kwok (senior curator, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong)
Chelsea Liu (independent curator and art writer, Beijing)
Sam I-shan (independent curator, Singapore)
Wang Weiwei (curator, CHAT, Hong Kong)
Weng Xiaoyu (independent curator, New York)

Award Details

About the Sigg Prize

Open to artists born or working in the Greater China region and its diasporas, the Sigg Prize aims to recognise important artistic practices in the region.

For each prize edition, a jury comprised of international museum directors, art critics, writers, curators, artists, and collectors selects six artists based on their past two years of work. The shortlisted artists are invited to participate in the Sigg Prize exhibition before the winner is selected. The winner is awarded HKD 500,000 and each finalist receives HKD 100,000.

The Sigg Prize, a programme established by M+ in 2018, was formerly the Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA), founded by Dr Uli Sigg in China in 1998.

How Artists are Selected

For each prize edition, a nominating committee which has profound knowledge of art practices in the Greater China region will propose candidates for the consideration of the jury. When making their selection, the jury will focus on each artist’s practice over the past two years, reinforcing the prize’s commitment to bringing the most current production to a wider international audience. There is no age requirement for artists to be nominated. Shortlisted artists selected by the jury will be invited to present their works in the Sigg Prize exhibition. A winner will be selected by the same jury based on the works displayed.