Heidi Lau and Wong Ping have been named joint winners of the Sigg Prize 2025, awarded by the M+ museum in Hong Kong. Each artist receives HK$300,000 ($39,000). The other shortlisted artists—Bi Rongrong, Ho Rui An, Hsu Chia-Wei, and Pan Daijing—each receive HK$100,000 ($13,000). Their works are on view at M+ until 4 January. Lau, based in New York, creates ceramics exploring time, space, mythology, and personal grief; Wong, based in Hong Kong, produces animated videos addressing social and political issues.
The Sigg Prize, established in 2018 by M+, celebrates outstanding contemporary artists from Greater China and its diaspora. It evolved from the Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA), founded by Swiss diplomat and collector Uli Sigg in 1997. The prize's joint award underscores the diversity of contemporary Chinese art, spanning ceramic sculpture and digital animation, and highlights M+'s role in elevating regional artists to international attention.