The Aesthetica Art Prize

Submissions are now open for the next edition of the Aesthetica Art Prize. This year, offering £10,000 for the Main Prize, which will allow artists to significantly expand their practice. The jury is looking to engage with as many ideas and practices (as possible) for works across multiple media, including Painting and Drawing; Video, Installation and Performance; Photography, Digital Art & Installation; Artists’ Film and more.

Awards include £10,000 for the Main Prize, £1,000 for the Emerging Prize, as well as publication within the Future Now: 125 Contemporary Artists Anthology and presentation in the annual Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition.

Alumni: "Our alumni have achieved further exhibitions at Tate Modern, Rencontres d’Arles, Venice Biennale, The Photographers’ Gallery, MoMA PS1, Foam Amsterdam, the V&A, the Barbican, LA County Museum, Centre Pompidou, Somerset House, Whitechapel, Detroit Institute of Fine Art, Aperture Foundation, London Design Festival, the Louvre, Whitney Biennial, Saatchi Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, and more. They’ve won, or been nominated for a range of prestigious awards, including the Prix Elysée, FOAM Talent, the Jarman Award, BIFA awards. They’ve achieved further publication and recognition in The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, Plastik, Frieze, Art Review, New York Times Magazine."