Material Works Art Award 2026

Visual artists working worldwide in painting, photography, installation, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media, experimental, and conceptual art are eligible to apply. Please note that submissions for music, writing/poetry, film and time-based media are not being accepted at this time.

The award grants (1) selected artist $2500.00 based on the merit of their submitted portfolio The award is exchanged for an original artwork ( one of similar monetary value to the award ) The artwork will be negotiated and determined with the selected artist upon award The artwork joins our collecti

Upload (1-15) images that best express your work and practice (~2 mb jpegs each) Upload (1) image of an artwork for our collection in exchange for the award (optional) Upload an image list for each submitted work ( title, medium, date, size, and additional details) Upload an Artist Statement (~500 w