The Bâloise Art Prize is a prize awarded to two people each year at "Art Statements" sector of the international Art Basel fair. It is awarded by the Bâloise group (insurance and banking), a company that works to promote contemporary, emerging art. The Prize has been in existence since 1999. Each winner gains CHF 25,000. The winners acquired works are then donated to the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna and the Hamburger Kunsthalle.[1]
1999 - Laura Owens, Matthew Ritchie
2000 - Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij, Navin Rawanchaikul
2001 - Ross Sinclair, Annika Larsson
2002 - Cathy Wilkes, John Pilson
2003 - Monika Sosnowska, Saskia Olde Wolbers
2004 - Aleksandra Mir, Tino Sehgal
2005 - Jim Drain, Ryan Gander
2006 - Keren Cytter, Peter Piller
2007 - Haegue Yang, Andreas Eriksson
2008 - Duncan Campbell, Tris Vonna-Michell
2009 - Nina Canell, Geert Goiris
2010 - Claire Hooper, Simon Fujiwara
2011 - Ben Rivers, Alejandro Cesarco