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

28/08/2026

“A garden or a grave” by Lucas Emanuel�Oil on canvas, 100 × 100 × 5 cm

A close, horizonless view: pale, fur-like pruning waste fills the frame, crossed by thin branches and scattered leaves. The surface is built with soft, directional brushstrokes that make the mass feel dense and tactile, while small green accents and darker stems punctuate the field.

As the artist writes, this series fictionalizes pruning waste in dialogue with Anna Tsing’s concept of “non-traditional landscapes,” proposing a landscape without a horizon as a symptom of the contemporary context.

“A garden or a grave” is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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27/08/2026

“Light falls, unevenly” by Sebastian Haas�Oil, spray paint on reverse glass (framed), 24 × 30 cm

A small, framed reverse-glass painting built in layered greys and whites. The image is structured by a grid-like division and a horizontal band of darker marks, while bright, smeared passages and diagonal streaks suggest shifting illumination across the surface. The contrast between crisp divisions and hazy, sprayed areas keeps the composition in a suspended, atmospheric state.
“Light falls, unevenly” by Sebastian Haas is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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24/08/2026

“Topics of conversation — Act III” by Elisa Besozzi�Oil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm

A staged interior scene: a figure lies on a bed under a warm-toned blanket, set against a yellow headboard and a cool blue pillow. At the right edge, a second presence is only partially visible so the relationship between the two remains unresolved within the frame. The composition holds a quiet tension through what is shown and what is withheld.

Part of the series Topics of conversation, the work explores relationships and the ways people communicate across different “acts.” As the artist writes, it comes from a need to enter the mind by navigating spaces where communication is difficult—or absent—reflecting on the tension silence creates when connection is blocked, and inviting the viewer to inhabit the void that remains.

“Topics of conversation — Act III” is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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23/08/2026

“Kitchen” by Anskar Beau�Acrylic, oil and ink on canvas, 230 × 150 cm

A large vertical painting where a grey, architectural base layer is crossed by fast, translucent colour. Blocks and lines in green, violet, yellow, red and turquoise cut through the surface, with drips and smears that keep the image in motion. The composition reads as a layered construction: fragments of interior-like geometry sit underneath, while paint and ink marks build a second, more immediate register on top.

“Kitchen” by Anskar Beau is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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22/08/2026

“Torpore 1” by Steven Witzani (2025)�Diptych, oil and acrylic on canvas, 30 × 30 cm each

Torpore 1 is a diptych that deliberately holds two registers together: one panel remains figurative, where a sleeping face can be identified; the other shifts toward a more abstract, formal field. The two halves stay connected through soft transitions, cropped forms, and a shared palette—so the image feels continuous even as it splits into different modes of looking.
As the artist writes, the work starts from a found reference image and reflects on what happens when a photograph is translated into painting: not only flattening tones or pushing brushwork toward abstraction, but taking that shift seriously as a structural choice. Torpore suggests a state of sleep where the subject’s stillness expands into a continuation that can be sensed, but never fully defined.

“Torpore 1” by Steven Witzani is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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20/08/2026

“Let me lay here a little bit longer II” by Oana Cervinschi (2026)�Oil on canvas, 70 × 50 cm

A quiet interior scene: a figure lies curled on a green-covered sofa, face partly hidden, in a room rendered with soft edges and muted light. The composition stays simple and direct, focusing on the body’s weight and the stillness of the space around it.

As the artist writes, the work portrays a familiar feeling in contemporary life: exhaustion. Always on the run, with time seeming to slip away, the figure asks—like the title suggests—for a moment of rest.

“Let me lay here a little bit longer II” by Oana Cervinschi is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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19/08/2026

“Sugar Man” by Marcin Janusz
Mixed media (oil paint, sugar) on plywood, 120 × 150 cm

A white, sugar-like figure lies across a pastel meadow, surrounded by delicate grasses and small flowers. The body reads as both solid and dissolving: thick, dripping material sits on top of the painted surface, while the ground shifts into soft, powdered colours. In the hand, a pale dandelion head appears as a small, precise detail against the wider field.

As the artist writes, the sugar-like material refers to the fragility of life and the human condition. The “sweet” figure irreversibly dissolves into a candy-like landscape, holding a dandelion as a symbol of transience, impermanence, and the cycle of life and death.

“Sugar Man” is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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

14/08/2026

“Due bicchieri” by JungSoo Cho
Tempera and watercolor on paper, 27 × 20 cm

Two empty glasses overlap in a close, quiet view. Pale washes and soft brushwork describe transparency, reflections, and the slight distortions of glass against a light ground.
As the artist writes, Due bicchieri is “an ode to the poetry found in the hollows of empty glasses”—a small still life where absence becomes the subject.
“Due bicchieri” by JungSoo Cho 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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13/08/2026

“Mother of pearl” by Lando Klemann
Oil and charcoal on silver primed linen, 240 × 190 cm

A large abstract composition built from soft gradients and sharp interruptions: violet and pink atmospheres, pale blues, and areas of exposed silver ground. Charcoal lines and drips cut through the surface, while rounded, floating forms and blurred edges create a sense of suspension. The scale amplifies the painting’s physicality—stains, runs, and layered passages remain visible as part of the image.
“MOTHER OF PEARL” by Lando Klemann is a Finalist of the Prisma Art Prize.

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12/08/2026

“Fishing in the dull canal” by Ian Zoller
Egg tempera on canvas, 40 × 50 cm

A kneeling figure leans forward, holding a long wooden tool toward a dark, canal-like surface. Behind them, a pale landscape opens into a low horizon and a soft sky, while black birds cut across the scene. The palette stays muted—greys, blues, and washed tones—interrupted by the warm orange of the tool, which becomes the sharpest accent in the composition.
“Fishing in the dull canal” by Ian Zoller 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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