Three-panel composition showing a light blue dress on a mannequin outdoors, a blue-lit fountain at night, and a close-up of a hand lettering the word “UTOPIA,” with the text “how to know when it’s ready” overlaid across the center.

Invitation

Artist Talk: Jiajia Zhang

On the occasion of the fifth edition of our biennial Art Award, A New Gaze, Art Vontobel invites you to our upcoming Artist Talk with the winner Jiajia Zhang. Join us on June 12, 2026, at our headquarters in Zurich, for a conversation exploring the artist’s practice, the ideas behind the awarded project, And in 2084, You Are 62, and the broader themes shaping her work.

Black and white picture of young people in an urban setting by Jiajia Zhang

Venue

Foyer and Auditorium, Vontobel, Gotthardstrasse 43, 8002 Zürich

Program June 12, 2026

12:00	Welcome Apéro
12:30	Welcome Address	Dr. Maria-Antonella Bino, General Counsel and member of the Vontobel Arts Commission
12:35	Artist Talk	Jiajia Zhang, artist and winner of A New Gaze 5 Georgina Casparis, Head & Curator, Art Vontobel
13:30	Reception
14:30	End of the event

We look forward to your participation and kindly ask you to register by Tuesday, June 9, 2026:

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About Jiajia Zhang

Zurich-based artist Jiajia Zhang works across photography, video, and installation. She studied architecture at ETH Zurich, Photography at the International Center of Photography, New York City, and Fine Art at ZHdK in Zurich.

About A New Gaze 5

The artist Jiajia Zhang (b. 1981, Hefei, China) was selected by our expert jury as the winner of the fifth edition of the Art Vontobel sponsorship prize A New Gaze. Over 45 young and emerging artists from across Switzerland, or of Swiss nationality, were invited to submit projects responding to this edition’s theme, “Switzerland 2084.” From the many candidates nominated by local experts, Zhang impressed the jury with her expansive approach to photography and her vision that is simultaneously personal and collectively oriented, offering a compelling interpretation of a speculative future.