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Prisma Art Prize is an international competition dedicated to discovering and promoting emerging talent in contemporary visual arts.

10/09/2026

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY!

You still have time to join the 20th edition of Prisma Art Prize!

We are looking for painting, drawing, engraving and 2D traditional artworks from emerging and mid-career artists from all over the world.
By applying, you get the chance to:
- be selected for our collective exhibition in Rome
- win cash prizes and special mentions
- be featured in our annual catalogue and online interviews
- win solo shows and artist residencies
- connect with an international community of artists, curators and galleries

The annual exhibition will take place at Palazzo Merulana (Rome), November 5–8.
Submit your artworks until September 10th.

We can’t wait to discover new works and new voices within the Prisma community.

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09/09/2026

“DORSAL MESOATLÂNTICA (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)” by Luiz Escanuela (2025)�Oil, acrylic paste and cold porcelain on canvas, 160 × 105 × 5 cm

A thick, sculpted surface pushes beyond the rectangle of the stretcher, turning the painting into an uneven relief. Flesh and earth tones pool, fold, and compress into a dense mass, where the image reads as both body and terrain—creases, bulges, and cavities held in constant tension. Incised lines cut through the surface like fractures or routes, making the work feel mapped as much as painted.

As the artist writes, the title refers to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge—an underwater mountain range formed by the separation of tectonic plates, where new crust emerges through friction and fracture. In the painting, those geological dynamics become a pictorial topography: anatomy stretched to the point of losing contour, the body no longer representation but a landscape in motion. The process itself mirrors this: a thick paste overflowing the frame, oil paint fusing skin and earth, and gouged incisions recalling tectonic breaks and cartographies.

“DORSAL MESOATLÂNTICA (Mid-Atlantic Ridge)” by Luiz Escanuela is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

Submissions for the 20th edition are now open — apply via the link in bio.
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08/09/2026

“Paradise” by Dan Zhang (2025)�Oil on canvas, 60 × 80 cm

A dark, forest-like space is crossed by pale pink trunks and drifting, oversized fish. In the foreground, a small child figure stands beside a white animal-shaped form, connected to a red, hose-like line that runs across the ground. Soft, muted brushwork keeps the scene dreamlike, while a few sharp accents—pink, red, and white—pull the eye through the composition.

“Paradise” by Dan Zhang is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

Submissions for the 20th edition are now open — apply via the link in bio.
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08/09/2026

LAST 3 DAYS TO SUBMIT

You still have time to join the 20th edition of Prisma Art Prize!

We are looking for painting, drawing, engraving and 2D traditional artworks from emerging and mid-career artists from all over the world.
By applying, you get the chance to:
- be selected for our collective exhibition in Rome
- win cash prizes and special mentions
- be featured in our annual catalogue and online interviews
- win solo shows and artist residencies
- connect with an international community of artists, curators and galleries

The annual exhibition will take place at Palazzo Merulana (Rome), November 5–8.
Submit your artworks until September 10th.

Our sincere thanks go to the jury composed of Marco Crispano Marco Crispano, Domenico De Chirico Domenico de Chirico, Piersandro Pallavicini e Manuela Dettori Piersandro Pallavicini, Marco Pelligra , Anastasia Komar Anastasia Komar, Jappe Anselm, Ciprian Muresan , Andrea Vittoria Giovannini Andrea Vittoria Giovannini, Alberto Bellotto 𝙰𝚕𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘, Giulio Raffaele Silent Art Explorer, Nataša Radojević Why Nat Projects, Filippo Zagarese , Francesca Interlenghi Francesca Interlenghi, Stefano Cazzulo Stefano , Daniele Ferrara, Nick Farhi Nick Farhi.

We can’t wait to discover new works and new voices within the Prisma community.

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07/09/2026

“Broken Blocks (Ulassai)” by Cosimo Casoni (2025)�Oil, acrylic, spray paint, skateboard marks, marker, pencil on raw canvas, 200 × 230 cm
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A large, layered surface where an architectural image (a building block/house-like structure) sits inside a bright, open field. The painting combines photographic-looking fragments with loose drawing, sprayed marks, and bold colour accents—pink, orange, and blue—so the scene reads as both constructed and constantly revised.

As the artist writes, the works begin from fleeting encounters with ordinary environments, often first recorded through photography during travel, then distilled through painting. The process is built through layers—overlaps, erasures, cancellations—where action and reflection alternate. Unconventional gestures (including skateboard marks) are used as tools within the composition, creating a controlled tension between stillness and movement.

“Broken Blocks (Ulassai)” by Cosimo Casoni is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

Submissions for the 20th edition are now open — apply via the link in bio.
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03/09/2026

LAST WEEK TO SUBMIT

You still have time to join the 20th edition of Prisma Art Prize!

We are looking for painting, drawing, engraving and 2D traditional artworks from emerging and mid-career artists from all over the world.
By applying, you get the chance to:
- be selected for our collective exhibition in Rome
- win cash prizes and special mentions
- be featured in our annual catalogue and online interviews
- win solo shows and artist residencies
- connect with an international community of artists, curators and galleries

The annual exhibition will take place at Palazzo Merulana (Rome), November 5–8.
Submit your artworks until September 10th.

Our sincere thanks go to the jury composed of Marco Crispano Marco Crispano, Domenico De Chirico Domenico de Chirico, Piersandro Pallavicini e Manuela Dettori Piersandro Pallavicini, Marco Pelligra , Anastasia Komar Anastasia Komar, Jappe Anselm, Ciprian Muresan , Andrea Vittoria Giovannini Andrea Vittoria Giovannini, Alberto Bellotto 𝙰𝚕𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚘 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘, Giulio Raffaele Silent Art Explorer, Nataša Radojević Why Nat Projects, Filippo Zagarese , Francesca Interlenghi Francesca Interlenghi, Stefano Cazzulo Stefano , Daniele Ferrara, Nick Farhi Nick Farhi.

We can’t wait to discover new works and new voices within the Prisma community.

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02/09/2026

“The Italians Were Marvellous” by Adrian Cojocaru

Charcoal on canvas with an attached oil-on-linen element, 132 × 198 cm + 60 × 45 cm

A large charcoal-rendered interior is structured by strong horizontal and vertical bars, like a window frame cutting across the scene.

Within the grey space, a kitchen, work surfaces and a figure appear in soft tonal shifts. Attached to the lower left is a smaller oil-on-linen image in warm colour, showing a person in profile inside a compact, enclosed space—set apart from the larger field while still visually “belonging” to it.

The work holds two registers together: charcoal’s muted, architectural atmosphere and a concentrated colour fragment, physically added to the canvas as a second panel.

“The Italians Were Marvellous” by Adrian Cojocaru is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

Submissions for the 20th edition are now open — apply via the link in bio.

01/09/2026

“Kido” by Wictoria Gajowiak (2026)�Mixed media on paper, 200 × 140 cm

A close-up face fills the frame: wide blue eyes, a soft yellow-blond area above, and a dark field to the right. The features are rendered with smooth transitions and light washes, keeping the image direct and slightly suspended, as if caught mid-thought.

As the artist writes, the work holds memories tied to impulsive situations and compensatory gestures—actions that seem to soothe everyday crises while feeding an economy of artificial desires.

“Kido” by Wictoria Gajowiak is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

Submissions for the 20th edition are now open — apply via the link in bio.
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31/08/2026

We’re happy to announce a new partnership and a new prize for the 5th year of Prisma Art Prize: a residency award with The Nomadic Art Institute (Sardinia).

The Nomadic Art Institute is a non-profit organisation dedicated to contemporary art research and experimentation. Based in Sardinia and active between Laerru and Martis (Anglona), it treats the territory as an active field of inquiry—where landscape, history, and memory become starting points for shared research. Its work also includes the cultural programme of the Pinacoteca Contemporanea and the festival Ethno’s Arti Visive.

Residency prize (Martis, May 2027) includes: private accommodation + dedicated studio, airport transfers (and local support if needed), access to a fully equipped kitchen (meals self-managed), professional networking, and optional cultural/educational activities.

A sincere thank you to Eleonora Angiolini and Davide Tuseddu for making this collaboration possible.
Submissions for the 20th edition are now open — apply via the link in bio.

31/08/2026

“Peach Plum Pear” by Xingxin Hu (2026)�Oil on canvas, 45 × 45 cm

A close-up view of a woman’s thighs in warm, muted tones. Her hand rests between them, shaping the composition around a single, intimate gesture. The brushwork is smooth and restrained, with subtle shifts of light and shadow that keep the scene quiet, tactile, and close.

“Peach Plum Pear” by Xingxin Hu is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

Submissions for the 20th edition are now open — apply via the link in bio.
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