Experience the Eye Prize 2025 Exhibition featuring Sohrab Hura's Groundbreaking Art at Eye Filmmuseum

The Indian artist Sohrab Hura has been awarded the eleventh Eye Art & Film Prize for his compelling portrayal of contemporary surreal realities. His work fluidly combines photography, film, and painting to explore themes ranging from violence and inequality to mental health and the distortion of reality by digital media.

Sohrab Hura, the eleventh winner of the Eye Art & Film Prize, is recognized for his profound ability to visually translate the surreal realities of our time. The international jury celebrated his seamless navigation across photography, film, and painting, which he employs to investigate a wide array of themes including violence, inequality, religion, mental health, his personal family life, and the pervasive distortion of reality through digital imagery. Hura's artistic practice often intertwines the personal with a critical societal perspective. His projects range from intimate accounts of living with his ill mother to raw, absurd depictions of violence and disinformation. He also sheds light on tensions and fault lines within Indian society, as seen in his poetic photo essay on life in the contested region of Kashmir. Hura himself describes his oeuvre as a tree with branches reaching for light, while its roots are intertwined with those of other trees in a larger underground network, signifying how his films, books, photographic works, drawings, and paintings form an interconnected whole. The jury praised his ability to work across disciplines, creating a visual language that resonates globally and redefines storytelling in an era of fragmentation and uncertainty.

The Eye Prize winner receives €30,000 and a (joint) presentation of their work at Eye Filmmuseum. Further details regarding the presentation dates and access are not specified on this page.