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Mandorla Art Award 2028

The Mandorla Centre of Inner Peace Inc. · Perth

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$63,000 ≈ £33k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Birds in Art 2027 (Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum)

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum · Wausau, Wisconsin

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$60 ≈ £47
Prize
Exhibition at the Woodson Art Museu…
Open call / exhibitionPaintingSculptureDrawing+4
Dates unconfirmed

Ithra Art Prize (8th edition)

King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) · Dhahran

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros and 19 more
Entry
Free
Prize
US$100,000 ≈ £78k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Sunshine Coast National Art Prize 2026

Caloundra Regional Gallery (Sunshine Coast Council) · Caloundra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
A$45 ≈ £23
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+5
Dates unconfirmed

Taipei Art Awards 2027

Taipei Fine Arts Museum · Taipei

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grand Prize with a later solo exhib…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

SONGEUN Art Award (송은미술대상)

SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation · Seoul

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
South Korea
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grand prize money plus solo exhibit…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

AXA Art Prize US 2027

AXA XL / New York Academy of Art · New York

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$15,000 ≈ £12k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking
Dates unconfirmed

Kuenyehia Prize for Contemporary Art

Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Art · Accra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and 13 more
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$10,000 ≈ £7.8k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPhotography+2
Dates unconfirmed

Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (TARO Award)

Taro Okamoto Memorial Foundation for Contemporary Art / Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki · Kawasaki

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
JP¥3,500,000 ≈ £19k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Texas National 2027

School of Art, Stephen F. Austin State University · Nacogdoches, Texas

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
US$35 ≈ £27
Prize
Cash awards announced with each edi…
Open call / exhibition
Dates unconfirmed

ArtContest 2027

ArtContest · Brussels

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Belgium
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
First, second and third prizes, a j…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Serlachius Residency 2028

Serlachius Museums · Mänttä

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
Free accommodation and studio; no s…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

McCahon House Parehuia Residency

McCahon House Trust · Auckland

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
New Zealand
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
12-week residency with house, studi…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed

Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis

Kiefer Hablitzel Stiftung and Ernst Göhner Stiftung · Basel

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Switzerland
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CHF 105,000 ≈ £95k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Scottish Portrait Awards 2027 (Fine Art)

Scottish Arts Trust · Edinburgh

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
£9,000
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+2
Dates unconfirmed

Bay of Fires Art Prize 2027

Bay of Fires Winter Arts Festival · St Helens

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
A$50 ≈ £26
Prize
A$20,000 ≈ £10k
Prize / awardPaintingSculptureTextile & fibre+4
Dates unconfirmed

Absa L'Atelier 2027

Absa Group (with SANAVA) · Johannesburg

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Botswana, Ghana, Kenya and 9 more
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Three Art Ambassador Awards (solo e…
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed

Bundanon Artists in Residence 2028

Bundanon · Illaroo (Shoalhaven)

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Residency at Bundanon; terms set ou…
Residency
Dates unconfirmed