Young Masters Art Prize 2023

Open call for artists who show originality, skill and imagination in response to the art of the past

Young Masters encourages contemporary artists to look back to the art of the past and art history to inspire their work, whether through technique, concept, theme or medium.

The initiative highlights emerging artists of any gender, age, or nationality, working in any media, whose work responds to the art of the past.

The Young Masters Art Prize has launched an open call for artists, with shortlisted artists being showcased in a printed catalogue and at a London exhibition in October 2023.

Awards and prizes

The awards include:

• Young Masters Art Prize: Winner’s Prize of £1,500 and Two Highly Commended Awards of £500.
• Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize: Winner’s Prize of £1,000 and a Highly Commended Award of £500.
• Emerging Woman Artist Award: £1,000 prize including mentoring, career advice and inclusion in an upcoming Art Fair.
• Young Masters Lerouge Knight Cross-Cultural Award: £1,000 cash prize.
• Cockpit Prize: Two shortlisted artists working within the expanded field of craft will receive the new Cockpit Prize, including four sessions with a Cockpit business coach, and participation in the Make It Count programme.
• People’s Choice Award: £500 prize.
• Rudolph Blume Foundation Acquisition Award: Acquisition of a work by an artist shortlisted for the Young Masters Art Prize or Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize.

Find out more and apply for the Young Masters Art Prize.

First published 12 June 2023