The call for entries of the 14th edition of Prisma Art Prize, an international art prize born to promote emerging painters and visual artist, is now open for submissions. As our name and logo suggest, we want to be a prism that refracts all the possible outcomes of the painting process: we aim to collect and exhibit a selection of works of art that is inclusive, diverse and representative of the possibilities that the medium of painting offers to artists.
Prisma Art Prizes hosts four quarterly art competitions with €2400 prize money every year, over €3000 in partners' awards, the possibility to take part in the collective exhibition in 2024 at the Contemporary Cluster of Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, one of most innovative art institutions in the international contemporary scene, the change to get a solo show organized by our partners Isorrophia Gallery and Pallavicini-Dettori Collection and to win a two weeks residency at Dar Meso, in the very heart of Tunisi. With the artistic direction of Marco Crispano, curated by Domenico De Chirico and a jury of esteemed professionals with different backgrounds in the arts panorama. The competition is open to all living artists without limitation of age, gender and ethnicity. Works of painting, drawing, and engraving of any size and on any medium are allowed.
TIMELINE Submissions opens: 07 February 2024
Submissions deadline: 22 April 2024
Announcement of winners of cash and service prizes: April 2024
Announcement artists selected for catalog, exhibition and annual prizes: October 2024 Catalog publication: December 2024
Exhibition: December 2024 AWARDS Prisma Art Prize: € 500 Exhibition prize: Participation in our collective exhibition in December 2024 at the Contemporary Cluster, Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome Catalog
Award: the winning artists will be published in the annual catalog Sponsored prizes: consult the updated list of sponsored prizes at the link Honorable mention: interview curated by the artistic director, published on the prize’s website ANNUAL PRIZES: Dar Meso Art Reisdency: two-week residency at Dar Meso, an artistic institution based in the heart of Tunis, to take place in 2025. Pallavicini-Dettori Show: Solo exhibition for an artist in the Home Gallery of Pallavicini – Dettori collectors, to take place in 2025. Isorrophia Gallery Prize: solo exhibition for an artist organized by Isorrophia Gallery, to take place in 2025.
SUBMISSION FEES Submission fee: 29 euros (1-3 works) – up to 5 additional works can be registered for 5 euros each
Benefits of entering
AWARDS Prisma Art Prize: € 500
Exhibition prize: Participation in our collective exhibition in December 2024 at the Contemporary Cluster, Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome
Catalog Award: the winning artists will be published in the annual catalog
Sponsored prizes: consult the updated list of sponsored prizes at the link Honorable mention: ANNUAL PRIZES: Dar Meso Art Reisdency: two-week residency at Dar Meso, an artistic institution based in the heart of Tunis, to take place in 2025. Pallavicini-Dettori Show: Solo exhibition for an artist in the Home Gallery of Pallavicini – Dettori collectors, to take place in 2025. Isorrophia Gallery Prize: solo exhibition for an artist organized by Isorrophia Gallery, to take place in 2025.
Who is it for
The competition is open to all living artists without limits of age, gender and ethnicity. Works of painting, drawing, and engraving of any size and on any medium are allowed.
Apply here: Website