PRISMA ART PRIZE - ROME - 20th EDITION
Submit up to 8 original paintings, illustrations, or printmaking works for consideration in the 20th edition annual group exhibition and quarterly prizes.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 21 days left
- Entry fee
- $34
- Award
- $2,000
- Location
- Palazzo Merulana, Rome, Italy
- Exhibition window
- Nov 5, 2026
- Applicants notified
- Sep 1, 2026
About
Overview
Prisma Art Prize opens its 20th edition as an international platform dedicated to painting and two-dimensional artistic research. Based in Rome, the prize welcomes artists from all over the world and supports figurative, abstract, intimate visual narratives, experimental approaches, traditional techniques, and hybrid forms of image-making. The 20th edition leads to the annual group exhibition at Palazzo Merulana, Rome.
Key dates
- Submissions open: 4 June 2026
- Submissions close: 10 September 2026
- Winners announcement: September 2026
- Exhibition selections announcement: September 2026
- Annual prizes announcement: September 2026
- Annual exhibition opening: 5 November 2026, Palazzo Merulana, Rome
Eligibility
Open to painters, illustrators, printmakers, and traditional 2D artists from all over the world.
Entry fees
- €34 for 1–3 artworks
- €5 for each additional artwork, up to 8 artworks total
- Payment options: PayPal, credit card, bank transfer
Awards & opportunities
- Cash prizes: €2,000 per year, distributed across the four quarterly calls
- Group exhibition at Palazzo Merulana, Rome — opening 5 November 2026
- Solo shows: Isorrophia Gallery Prize + Pallavicini–Dettori Prize
- Artist residencies: Dar Meso Residency Prize, Osservatoriomaree Residency Prize
- Catalogue publication, artist interviews and online features
How to submit
Submit up to 8 original artworks at https://www.prismaartprize.com/submit/
Contact
- Email: [email protected]
- Marco Crispano, Palazzo Merulana, Roma 00154, Italy
- More info: https://www.prismaartprize.com/about/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prismaartprize/
- Award
- Cash prizes €2,000 per year distributed across quarterly calls; group exhibition at Palazzo Merulana, Rome; solo show opportunities (Isorrophia Gallery Prize, Pallavicini–Dettori Prize); artist residencies (Dar Meso Residency Prize, Osservatoriomaree Residency Prize); catalogue publication and online features.
- Entry fee
- €34 for 1–3 artworks; €5 for each additional artwork, up to 8 artworks total. Payment options: PayPal, credit card, bank transfer.
- Entries per artist
- Up to 8
- Theme
- Contemporary painting and two-dimensional artistic research, welcoming figurative to abstract, intimate visual narratives to experimental approaches, and traditional techniques to hybrid forms of image-making.
- Eligibility
- Open to painters, illustrators, printmakers, and traditional 2D artists from all over the world.
- Audience
- Open to artists from all over the world.
- Contact
- [email protected]
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