Art Competition - the Hopper Prize for Artists
The Hopper Prize is currently accepting entries for our Spring 2023 artist grants.
We are offering $3,500 and $1,000 grants to artists and photographers around the world.
Grants are awarded through an open call art competition juried by leading contemporary curators. Current Jurors:
— Emily Edwards, Assistant Curator, Dallas Contemporary
— Inês Costa, Curator, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
The Hopper Prize was established to increase the recognition of artwork that is created by artists and photographers. Our goal is to advance artists' careers by providing them with unrestricted financial support coupled with a platform for increased visibility. We accept submissions twice a year via an open call.
We are currently accepting submissions for the Spring 2023 grant cycle.
Program Highlights
Total Awards: $11,000.00 USD for visual artists
- $3,500.00 – 2 artists will each receive a $3,500 (USD) grant
- $1,000.00 – 4 artists will each receive a $1,000 (USD) grant
- 30 artists will have their work archived at hopperprize.org
- A selection from the submissions will be featured on our Instagram feed @hopperprize
- Additional exposure will be available to winners through our https://hopperprize.org/journal/
Connect with Curators https://hopperprize.org/#jurors
We collaborate with contemporary curators who hold prominent positions at major institutions in order to select our grant winners. Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. Jurors for the current awards are:
Emily Edwards
Assistant Curator
Dallas Contemporary
&
Inês Costa
Curator
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
Our jurors will be selecting 6 artists from our open call who will each receive an unrestricted cash grant.
2 artists will win $3,500 and 4 artists will win $1,000.
The jurors will also select a shortlist of 30 artists who will have their work archived at hopperprize.org.
Grant awards are unrestricted and may be used any way the recipients choose.
When submitting your work, you will have the option to opt-in to be considered for possible Instagram features on our feed @hopperprize, where we currently reach an audience of over 75k. Our editors will be featuring select submissions on a rolling basis prior to the application deadline.
In addition to grant awards, our shortlist, and Instagram reach, we will be providing an additional platform for exposure via our online Journal Insights Into Contemporary Art (https://hopperprize.org/journal/). We launched this digital publication to give artists a new channel to amplify their voice while providing an in-depth look at their work, practice, and background. Grant recipients and shortlisted artists will all receive the opportunity to publish an interview to include any work of their choosing as a means of providing continued support beyond the open call.
Eligibility
The Hopper Prize is open to all artists aged 18 and older working in any media. There are no restrictions on genre, subject matter, or media. We welcome entries in all media.
International artists are eligible to apply.
We are committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers. All artists are encouraged to apply.
Recent Winners hopperprize.org/fall-2022-grant-winners-finalists/
We support artists working in all media, from diverse backgrounds, in wide-ranging geographic locations. Recent grant winners include:
— Emily Kraus, London, United Kingdom
— M’hammed Kilito, Casablanca, Morocco
— Emily Weiner, Nashville, Tennessee
— Judd Schiffman, Providence, Rhode Island
— Mar Figueroa, New York, New York
— Eli Durst, Austin, Texas
— Britt Ransom, New Orleans, Louisiana
— Azadeh Gholizadeh, Chicago, Illinois
— Brittany Miller, Bronx, New York
— Galina Kurlat, Brooklyn, New York
— In June Park, Brooklyn, New York
— Rafael Perez Evans, London, United Kingdom
— Jazmine Harris, Chicago, Illinois
— Anya Roberts-Toney, Portland, Oregon
— Cathy Hsiao, Chicago, Illinois
— Julia Gutman, Sydney, Australia
— Sagarika Sundaram, New York, New York
— Abi Salami, Dallas, Texas
— Abigail Lucien, Baltimore, Maryland
— Hasani Sahlehe, Atlanta, Georgia
— Laura Berger, Chicago, Illinois
— Jennifer Sirey, Brooklyn, New York
— Cielo Felix-Hernandez, Richmond, Virginia
— Akihiro Boujoh, Utrecht, Netherlands
— Joey Solomon, Brooklyn, New York
— Lynnea Holland-Weiss, Cleveland, Ohio
— Susan Chen, Hartford, Connecticut
— Yannick Lowery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
— Andrea Ferrero, Mexico City, Mexico
— Christopher Desanges, Boston, Massachusetts
— Dominic Hawgood, London, United Kingdom
— Kira Dominguez Hultgren, San Francisco, California
— Vikesh Kapoor, Sunset Pines
— Adrian Coleman, London, United Kingdom
— Trish Tillman, New York, New York
— Nicholas Moenich, Brooklyn, New York
— Elena Bajo, Los Angeles, California
— Vanessa da Silva, London, United Kingdom
— Mark Baugh-Sasaki, San Francisco, California
— Genevieve Cohn, Bloomington, Indiana
— Sydney Cook, Baltimore, Maryland
— Jinyong Park, London, United Kingdom
— Isabel Yellin, Los Angeles, California
— Alex Callender, Northampton, Massachusetts
— Alicia Eggert, Denton, Texas
— Daniel McCarthy Clifford, Minneapolis, Minnesota
— Juan Giraldo, New York, New York
— Maja Ruznic, Los Angeles, California
— Letitia Huckaby, Benbrook, Texas
— Tracy Kerdman, Saugerties, New York
— Lebohang Kganye, Johannesburg, South Africa
— Christopher Meerdo, Chicago, Illinois
— Erik Parra, San Francisco, California
Simple Application
We made our grant application simple to reduce the stress of submitting your work and save you time. The application is short and can be completed in under 20 minutes.
To apply for a grant, you only need to submit this information:
— Name & Email
— Instagram Username (optional)
— Up to 10 Image or Video attachments
— Artwork captions
— Artist Statement & Biography (optional)
— $40 submission fee
Apply Now
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Event Website.
