DAI salutes Eric Philippoz (DAI, 2012) who has been awarded the "Prix culturel Manor 2016", one of the major Swiss prizes in the domain of contemporary art.

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"The Ayent based artist "stands out through his work on the persistence of personal histories as well as the interdisciplinarity of his media (video, installation, performance, drawing, curation and writing). This year Eric will furthermore be awarded with the ArtPro-bursary of the State of Valais."

The Prix culturel Manor 2016 has now been awarded for the fifth time in Valais and an exhibition dedicated to Eric Philippoz will open at the Musée d’art du Valais, Fall 2017."

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Read more about Eric at our Alumni Embassy