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Open Call: 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize
Foundwork is pleased to announce the open call for the 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize, an annual juried award for emerging and mid-career artists working in any media.
Now in its seventh year, the award includes an unrestricted USD 10,000 grant, remote studio visits with each of this year’s esteemed jurors, and an interview as part of Foundwork’s Dialogues program. In addition, three shortlisted artists will be named to the 2025 Short List.
The jury for the 2025 Foundwork Artist Prize includes highly acclaimed and visionary voices hailing from New York, Los Angeles, Boston, London, and Paris:
- Carmen Hermo, Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator of Contemporary Art, MFA Boston, Boston
- Ebony Haynes, Senior Director, David Zwirner and 52 Walker, New York City
- Lauren Mackler, Independent Curator, Writer, and Designer, Los Angeles
- Antonia Marsh, Curator and Founder, Soft Opening, London
- Hugo Vitrani, Curator, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
The Prize is open to artists residing anywhere in the world with limited exceptions. To be considered, artists will need to register and maintain a profile on the Foundwork website, with at least six artworks and an artist statement published on their profile page, throughout the 2025 selection period: 5:00pm PT, September 26, 2025–5:00pm PT, December 31, 2025.
Artists should see the FAQ and Prize Rules for instructions and terms that apply to the program. If you have other questions, please email support@foundwork.art.
Visit www.foundwork.art/signup to register.
Past jurors include: Olivia Aherne, Mohamed Almusibli, Lorraine Kiang, Rachel Uffner, Founder, Monsieur Zohore, Alex Gartenfeld, Davida Nemeroff, Shinique Smith, Emiliano Valdés, Nicola Vassell, Edgar Arcenaux, César García-Alvarez, Lauren Kelly, Eva Langret, Javier Peres, Vanessa Carlos, Qu Chang, Bridget Donahue, Cédric Fauq, Thomas Lawson, Thiago de Paula Souza, Rachel Adams, Anat Ebgi, Natasha Ginwala, Kalup Linzy, Humberto Moro, DeWitt Godfrey, Becca Hoffman, Top Lippy, Manuela Paz, Helen Toomer.
Previous artist cohorts:
2024: Satpreety Kahlon (Honoree, Brooklyn), Adam Farah-Saad (London), Minne Kersten (Amsterdam), Joyce Joumaa (Beirut)
2023: Valerie Asiime-Amani (Honoree, London), Catalina Ouyang (Los Angeles), Sonia Almeida (Boston), Clifford Prince King (New York)
2022: Dominique White (Honoree, London), Anna Perach (London), Junghun Kim (Netherlands), Chris Zhongtian Yuan (London)
2021: Kent Chan (Honoree, Singapore), Onyeka Igwe (Honoree, London), Selva Aparicio (Chicago), Bri Williams (Los Angeles), Law Yuk Mui (Hong Kong)
2020: Tracey Snelling (Honoree Berlin), Melanie McLain (Mexico City), Joiri Minaya (New York), Andrea Heimer (Bellevue)
2019: Edra Soto (Honoree, Chicago), Christian Ruiz Berman (New York), Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. (New York), Julie Schenkelberg (Detroit)
About Foundwork
Foundwork is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that supports access and recognition for contemporary artists worldwide. We provide a focused digital platform for emerging and mid-career artists of all backgrounds to introduce their work to curators, gallerists, and other collaborators across the field. We also host ongoing programs to encourage interest and engagement for participating artists. Artists working in any media are welcome to share their work on the platform.
