- Deadline
- 60 days left
- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Award
- $5,000
- Location
- Gallery TPW, Toronto, Ontario; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Exhibition window
- Jan 1, 2027 → Jan 31, 2027
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About
Submit screen-based digital artwork in one of five categories (Still Image, Moving Image, Screen-Based Interactive, Extended Reality, or Digital Installation) along with artist statement, biography, and CV.
Overview
EQ Bank presents the 12th edition of the Emerging Digital Artists Award (EDAA), Canada's award for critical experimentation in digital media. The award celebrates screen-based works created with digital technologies that engage with the concerns, ethics, and constructs of virtual space and their production.
Eligibility
Artists within the first seven years of their professional careers are encouraged to apply.
Categories
- Still Image: A single image or series of images created through digital processes such as generative imagery, scanning technology, photo manipulation, illustration graphics, or renders of 3D models or virtual worlds.
- Moving Image: A time-based work using digital processes in its creation, including but not limited to video, animation, machinima, and GIF art.
- Screen-Based Interactive: An interactive artwork experienced on a digital display, computer, tablet, or mobile phone such as game art and web art.
- Extended Reality (XR): A virtual, augmented, or mixed reality work experienced through a smartphone, tablet, or headset, or as a 360-degree video.
- Digital Installation: A multi-component, primarily screen-based work produced and presented with digital technologies that engages audiences in physical space.
Awards
- Five $5,000 prizes
- Participation in a group exhibition at Gallery TPW, Toronto, in January 2027
- An annual subscription to BlackFlash Magazine (both print and online)
- An annual subscription to Pilot Art List
- One recipient: funded opportunity to produce a commissioned artwork for exhibition at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, in 2027-28
- One recipient: funded opportunity to produce an Artist Project in the Fall 2027 issue of BlackFlash Magazine, both print and online
How to Apply
Read full details on How to Apply, including the Terms and Conditions. Fill out the online application with your artwork submission along with an artist statement, a short artist biography, and artist CV.
Key Dates
- Deadline for Submissions: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, by 11:59pm ET
- Exhibition: Gallery TPW, Toronto, January 2027
Contact
Questions about the EDAA can be sent to [email protected]. For the latest information about the 2026 prize, follow @edaa_eqb on Instagram.
About the Award
Established in 2015, the EDAA has awarded over $175,000 to 60 artists and celebrated a range of screen-based practices including video, animation, virtual reality, game art, and web art. The EDAA is presented by EQ Bank with partners: MacKenzie Art Gallery, Gallery TPW, and BlackFlash Magazine.
- Award
- Five $5,000 prizes; participation in group exhibition at Gallery TPW, Toronto, January 2027; annual subscription to BlackFlash Magazine (print and online); annual subscription to Pilot Art List; one commissioned artwork opportunity at MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, 2027-28; one Artist Project opportunity in BlackFlash Magazine Fall 2027 issue (print and online)
- Eligibility
- Artists within the first seven years of their professional careers; open to Canadian artists.
- Audience
- Artists within the first seven years of their professional careers
- Contact
- [email protected]
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