Art Prizes and Other Opportunities for Emerging Artists

Art Prizes and Awards are vital for helping an artist gain recognition and a collector base - so it's important that artists apply regularly for prizes. Compiled below is a list of notable Art Prizes for emerging artists along with details of New Blood Artists who have been commended or awarded these prizes. See artists' achievements in 2022 See artists' achievements in 2021 See artists' achievements in 2020 See artists' achievements in 2019 See artists' achievements in 2018 See artists' achievements in 2017 See artists' achievements in 2016

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Abbey Awards Scholarships and Fellowships for Painting Selected NBA Artists: Scholarship in painting Iain Andrews -2015 The Aesthetica Art Prize Now in its 10th year, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in contemporary art from across the world. Prizes include an exhibition, £5,000 courtesy of Hiscox, publication and more. Angus Hughes - LUBOMIROV - Summer Salon & Open Call Selected NBA artists: Enzo Marra - 2015 Orlanda Broom - 2015 Sophie Baker - 2015 Daisy Clarke - 2016 The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Awarded to artists showing significant potential, interesting ideas and a relevant message. The Prize is for the emerging artists of all ages and career paths, whether student, graduate, full-time or part-time, and from any country, and aims to find and build the careers of emerging talented artists and get their work seen by a wider audience. Ashmolean Museum Vivien Leigh Prize Selected NBA artists: Emiko Aida - 2014 ART LEVEL design festival Finalist: Glib Franko - 2015 The BP Portrait Award Selected NBA artists: 1st Prize Peter Monkman - 2009 Shortlisted: James Matthew O'Connell - 2013, 2014 Beers Contemporary Award for Emerging Art The annual Beers Contemporary aims to identify current trends in contemporary art through the discovery of artists working in all artistic disciplines. This is a remarkable opportunity for young, emerging artists. Selected NBA artists: Charlotte Jonerheim - 2014 Bienal Douro Invited NBA Artist: Margaret Ashman - 2014 Bloomberg New Contemporaries New Contemporaries is the leading UK organisation supporting emergent art practice from British Art Schools. Selected NBA artists: Myka Baum - 2009 British School at Rome Visual Art Prize Shortlisted NBA artist: Iain Andrews - 2009 The Catlin Art Prize
 Selected NBA artists: Bartosz Beda - 2012 Chelsea Arts Club Trust The Trust has established a range of bursaries and awards for practising artists and designers, emerging art and design graduates, and secondary schools. The aim is to recognise and enable talent, create opportunities for those lacking funds, support research, and set artists and designers on the path to long-term professional careers. Celeste Art Prize Selected NBA artists: Shortlisted: Iain Andrews - 2007 The Columbia Threadneedle Prize Focuses on figurative (representational) art. Selected NBA artists: Keith Robinson - 2014 Emma Hartley - 2015 Keren Luchtenstein Shortlisted: Orlanda Broom - 2016 Contemporary British Painting Prize Selected NBA artists John Brennan - 2017 Paul Smith - 2017 Converse x Dazed Emerging Artist Award The Creekside Open Selected NBA artists: Enzo Marra - 2015 Beau Rouse - 2015 DAIWA Foundation Art Prize The DAIWA Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity, establishes on 1988 with the support of DAIWA Securities Co Ltd. Its Purpose is to support closer links between Britain and Japan in all fields of activity, including the visual arts. Dazed A non-conformist art prize. There are no constraints on medium or intention. It is designed to support young talent at the moment it needs it most and welcomes the applicants who are unrepresented and out of education. Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation - set up in 1955 to contribute to the success and development of emerging artists from around the world. Selected NBA artists Blair McLaughlin Royal Society of Portrait Painters De Laszlo Foundation Prize for an outstanding portrait by an artist under 35 The John Ingram Memorial Prize for young artists. The Future Generation Art Prize Est. in 2009 and is an international contemporary art prize that support young emerging artists. Exhibition of the previously shortlisted artists is held in the framework of Collateral program of the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Frieze Artist Award Now in its second year, it is a major opportunity for UK and International artist between 25 – 40 years of age. The award includes a budget of up to £20,000 for production, research and development, artist fees and travel expenses. Griffin Gallery Open Selected NBA artists: Iain Andrews - 2015 Orlanda Broom - 2015 Paul Smith - 2015 Art Gemini Prize To promote international contemporary art for emerging and established artists around the world. Selected NBA artists: First Prize: John Brennan - 2015 (painting and sculpture) Eigil Nordstrom - 2014 Arte Laguna Prize Selected NBA artists: Finalist: John Brennan - 2015 Griffin Art Prize The Griffin Art Prize 2014 UK is an exciting opportunity for emerging artists in painting and drawing. The prize offers one outstanding candidate a six month residency in the Studio Building, 21, Evesham street, London W11 4AJ. Selected Artists from NBA: Andreas Soldini - 2014 Hans Brinker Prize Selected NBA artists: First Prize: James Matthew O'Connell - 2014 The Haworth prize 
 The NEAC seeks submissions of northern English landscape or cityscape by young artists living in the North of England. Hidden Door Hidden Door is a not for profit arts festival that takes place in abandoned or hidden places in Edinburgh. Selected NBA artists: Mary Watson - 2016 Discerning Eye exhibition A show of small works. It provides an opportunity for lesser-known artists to showcase alongside contributors from internationally recognised names. Selected artists from NBA: John Clark - 2015 Margaret Ashman - 2015 Rosemary Lewis - 2014 Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf - 2014 John Hainsworth - 2014 Keith Robinson - 2014 Beau Rouse - 2014 Debbie Ayles - 2010 International Print Prize, Guanlan Print Biennial Selected NBA artists: Margaret Ashman - 2011 Emiko Aida - 2011 International Print Biennale, Print Award One of the biggest events for printmaking in the UK. Jerwood Drawing Prize Jerwood Painting Fellowships - a structured development opportunity for three exceptional painters within the five years of beginning their practice. Eligibility: UK resident and be within 5 years of graduating. Bursaries: Three bursaries of £10,000 to create new work, a group exhibition and critical mentoring support over one year period. Selected NBA artists: Prize winner: Iain Andrews - 2011 Shortlisted: Iain Andrews - 2011 (Jerwood Painting Fellowship) Karen Grainger - 2011 ( Jerwood Photography Awards) Joanne Hummel-Newell - 2011 (Jerwood Drawing Prize) John Moores Painting Prize A biennial award to the best contemporary painting, submission is open to the public. Selected NBA artists: Shortlisted: Enzo Marra - 2014, 2016 David Ohm - 2014 Paul Smith - 2013 Keith Robinson - 2016 Long listed: Paul Smith - 2014 Debbie Ayles - 2004, 2010 John Ruskin Prize Selected NBA artists: Shortlisted: Julian Bovis - 2015 Krakow International Print Triennial Long listed: Emiko Aida - 2015 The London Group Open The London Group holds a prestigious biennial Open Exhibition where artists, at all stages of their careers, are invited to submit work to exhibit alongside members’, with at least half the exhibitors being non-members. Shortlisted: Enzo Marra - 2015 Orlanda Broom - 2015 London Photographic Awards Selected NBA artists: Elayne Barre - 2006 (still life) Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize is an annual art award, intended to encourage creative representational painting and draughtsmanship. It gives out prizes totalling £25,000.[1] The prize originated in London in 2005. Selected NBA artists: Debbie Ayles - 2014 John Clark - 2017 Anna McNeil - 2017 LUKAS Drawing Prize Selected NBA Artists: Iain Andrews - 2002 Marmite Prize for Painting Selected NBA artists: Prize Winner: Iain Andrews - 2011, 2008 National Open Art Competition
 The National Open Art Competition is administrated by the Chichester Art Trust a registered charity whose aim is to provide a truly open and fair platform for all UK and the Republic of Ireland artists to exhibit, sell and promote their work through the medium of an annual National Open Art Competition with well respected judges producing exhibitions which are shown in London, Chichester and other venues around the UK. Selected NBA artists: Prize Winners: Emiko Aida - 2014, 2015 (The Ward Thomas Award for her work ‘Requiem’,) Bartosz Beda - 2012 (The TOWRY AWARD for the Best of North of England in) Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf - 2012 (NOAC Catherine Petitgas Award) Iain Andrews - 2011 (The TOWRY AWARD for the Best of North of England ) Shortlisted: Emiko Aida - 2015 Electra Costa - 2013 & 2014 Charlotte Munro - 2015 Joanna Hulin - 2015 Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf - 2015 John Hainsworth - 2015 NEAC Drawing School Scholarship. Neo: Art prize Selected NBA artists: Enzo Marra - 2015 Paul Smith - 2015 Electra Costa - 2013 Neo: Graduates Selected NBA artists: Charlotte Jonerheim - 2013 Open Up North Selected NBA artists: Iain Andrews - 2014 Palm Art Award Certificate of Excellence: Brigitte Yoshiko Pruchnow - 2015 Phyllis Roberts Award
 An award of £2,000 in memory of Phyllis Roberts ROI to encourage and support young painters. THE ROI Annual Open Exhibition The only national art society devoted exclusively to oil painting. As part of their Annual Exhibition they award number of awards for artists under 35. Royal Society of British Artists Royal Watercolour Society Award - St Cuthberts Mill for contemporary watercolour works on paper. Winner: Joanne Hummel-Newell - 2015 Shortlisted: Anna McNeil - 2013 John Ingram Memorial Prize Winner: India Bunce - 2011 Saatchi New Sensations Selected NBA artists: Shortlisted: Bartosz Beda - 2012 Soo Jin Yoo - 2014 Jack Towndrow - 2014 Long listed: Blair McLaughlin - 2014 Charlotte Jonerheim - 2012 Signature Art Prize Competition Selected NBA Artist: Shortlisted: Electra Costa - 2013, 2012 Sir Leslie Joseph Young Artist Award Open to young practising artists, graduate and post graduate art students who have received part of their education in Wales. It offers the winning artist an opportunity to stage their first solo exhibition in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. Selected Artists: Shortlisted: Iain Andrews - 2007 Shoosmiths Art Prize Selected NBA artists: Shortlisted: Teo Klein-Velderman - 2015 Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year Selected NBA artists: Shortlisted: Hester Berry - 2014 The Threadneedle Prize Selected Artists: Shortlisted: John Clark - 2015 Emiko Aida - 2015 Beau Rouse - 2014 Longlisted: Emma Hartley - 2015 The Wakelin Award This award aims to assist Welsh artists of merit whose work is not yet well represented in public collections and to add works by such artists to the permanent collection of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.

Westward Ho! and Bideford Art Society Ken Doughty Prize Selected NBA Artists: Hester Berry - 2014

Winsor and Newton Painting Prize Selected NBA artists: Torie Wilkinson – finalist at the Windsor and Newton Young Painters Award - 2007 The Lynne Painter-Stainers Prize The Northern Art Prize The Northern Art Prize celebrates contemporary visual artists based in the North of England. Selected NBA Artists: Longlisted: Iain Andrews - 2013 The Royal Academy of Art’s Annual Summer Exhibition Is the world’s largest open submission contemporary art show. Selected NBA Artists: Coral Churchill - 2013, 2008 John Clark - 2013 Royal Scottish Academy, RSA Open Exhibition Provides an extensive number of awards for young, emerging Scottish artists: RSA New Contemporaries Award: Natasha Russell - 2014 RSA Guthrie Award and Medal: Julie-Ann Simpson - 2015 Visual Art Open VAO The VAO Prize is an emerging artist awards with £5000 of prizes and an international art exhibition. Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship ...funds British citizens to investigate inspiring practice in other countries, and return with innovative ideas for the benefit of people across the UK. Selected NBA artists: Laura Menzies - 2015 Zeitgeist Art Projects Open The Zeitgeist Open Exhibition is a vibrant and critical showcase for new and established artists. It has become renowned for having a significant impact on artists' careers by raising their art world profiles through press, sales and exhibition opportunities as well as creating new networks with collectors, curators and other artists. The Zeitgeist Open is one of the pioneers of making the selection process of the competition anonymous. Selected NBA artists: Enzo Marra - 2015 The Zsuzsi Roboz Prize by The Alfred Teddy Smith and Zsuzsi Roboz Art Trust