Hopf studied at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen and at the Berlin University of the Arts. Since 2008 she has been teaching at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main in the field of fine arts. With her versatile œuvre Judith Hopf is one of the most renowned artists in the contemporary art scene. With numerous international exhibitions in Great Britain, Italy and the USA, among others, she made a name for herself early on. Characterized by manifold forms of artistic expression, her work is difficult to categorize. Using diverse media in the form of films, videos, sculptures, drawings and performances, she lends her works a poetic and surreal aura. Critical and at the same time narratively humorous, Hopf questions social norms and constraints, as well as structures and power relations. Hopf's works challenge the viewer to reconsider their own conventions and to question themselves as consumers in the art world.

The jury members of the award state: "With her always topical and ethical questions, Hopf addresses our current conditions in a profoundly cartoonish way, thus steering her art in a progressive groundbreaking direction."