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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

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

a room, once entered | Group Exhibition

Midnight Gallery · Bentonville

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
United States
Entry
US$10 ≈ £8
Prize
Exhibition only; no prizes (20% sal…
Open call / exhibition
Dates unconfirmed

Idemitsu Art Award 2027

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. · Tokyo

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
JP¥7,000 ≈ £37
Prize
JP¥4,700,000 ≈ £25k
Prize / awardPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+4
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

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

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

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

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2027

National Portrait Gallery of Australia · Canberra

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Australia
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
A$66,000 ≈ £34k
Prize / awardPhotography
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

RPS International Photography Exhibition 168

Royal Photographic Society · Bristol

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Selection for a touring exhibition…
Open call / exhibitionPhotography
Dates unconfirmed

Sobey Art Award 2026

National Gallery of Canada / Sobey Art Foundation · Ottawa

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Canada
Entry
Free
Prize
CA$465,000 ≈ £265k
Prize / award
Dates unconfirmed