Grants Hopper Prize: $4,500 & $1,000 Artist Grants
Opportunity Description
International Deadline: May 12, 2026 – The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our 2026 artist grants. For our current open call, we have grant amounts of $4,500 (2 available) and $1,000 (4 available) for artists working in all media, and photographers worldwide.
Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of an international community of curators, artists, gallerists, and arts administrators. Grant winners and finalists will join an international roster of past recipients who have gone on to exhibit their work at major galleries, museums, arts fairs, and biennials.
ELIGIBILITTY
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. We are committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers.
International artists are eligible to apply.
BENEFITS & AWARDS
Total Awards: $13,000.00 USD for visual artists.
- $4,500.00: 2 artists will each receive a $4,500 (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 Journal: Insights into Contemporary Art
Grant awards are unrestricted and may be used any way the recipients choose.
Shortlisted Benefits: 30 artists will have their work archived at hopperprize.org.
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.
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.
EASY ONLINE APPLICATION – $40/10 images
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 quickly.
RECENT FINALISTS & WINNERS
We support artists working in all media, from diverse backgrounds, in wide-ranging geographic locations. Recent grant winners include:
— Roxanne Jackson, New York, New York
— Jo Dennis, London, United Kingdom
— Johanna Seidel, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
— Luke Austin, Los Angeles, California
— Grade Solomon, New York, New York
— J. Carino, Riverside, California
— Derek Franklin, Portland, Oregon
— Ingmar Björn Nolting, Leipzig, Germany
— Abdulhamid Kircher, Los Angeles, California
— Allison L. Wade, Chicago, Illinois
— Anna Perach, London, United Kingdom
— Jimena Chávez Delion, Lima, Peru
— Krystle Lemonias, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
— Ville Kansanen, California
— Emily Kraus, London, United Kingdom
— M’hammed Kilito, Casablanca, Morocco
— See more
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