17th Prisma Art Prize

17th Prisma Art Prize is now open for entries!

17th Prisma Art Prize : Il Varco Creative Hub presents the 17th edition of the Prisma Art Prize, an international art competition dedicated to promoting contemporary artists and their creative expressions through painting, drawing, and engraving.

➜ Short description

Il Varco organizes the 17th edition of its PRISMA Art Prize, an art prize that takes place every three months online with cash award and that will end with an annual group exhibition at the end of the fourth edition of the same year, with some of the artists that took place in the quarterly editions, chosen by the art direction.

With a strong emphasis on artistic innovation, this contest provides a significant platform for emerging and established artists to present their work to a global audience. Artists from around the world are encouraged to submit pieces that reflect originality, technical proficiency, and conceptual depth, contributing to the Prize’s reputation for fostering diverse artistic dialogues and cultural exchanges.

Participants have the freedom to explore traditional methods or experiment with new and mixed-media techniques, empowering them to push the boundaries of contemporary visual art.

Organizer is looking for paintings, drawings, graphic art and engraving of any size and on any support.

The competition’s international jury, composed of respected art curators, critics, and gallery owners, meticulously evaluates each submission, ensuring high artistic standards and enhancing visibility for artists whose works exemplify outstanding creativity and vision. An open number of finalists artists will exhibith in the collective exhibition at Contemporary Cluster in Rome in October 2026 and will be featured in the 5th year Catalogue, to be published before the opening of the exhibition.

Winners will be announced in .

➜ Who may enter?

Submissions to the quarterly calls are open to all living artists without limits of age, sex, nationality and ethnicity and to works of painting, drawing and engraving of any size and on any medium.

➜ Prize:

Prizes include €2,000 in cash awards distributed over four quarterly competitions, participation in a collective exhibition at Contemporary Cluster in Rome in Autumn 2026, opportunities for solo exhibitions at Isorrophia Gallery and the Pallavicini-Dettori Home Gallery, and artist residencies at Dar Meso in Tunis and Casacon Sirolo in Italy.

➜ Entry fees:

Entry fee is €34 (for 1-3 paintings). You can submit up to 5 additional works at a price of 5 euros per piece.