Aesthetica Art Prize

The Aesthetica Art Prize was launched in 2007, five years after the launch of Aesthetica Magazine, as a way to support the next generation of talent across new visual media. It welcomed both established and emerging practitioners to submit pieces on any theme, celebrating innovative works from a range of media. These works were published in the Creative Works Annual.  In 2013, the prize evolved into an exhibition as well as a publication, presenting longlisted and shortlisted works from March to August in York, UK. Both Main and Emerging prize winners have since been awarded prize money amongst other accolades. The exhibition moved to York Art Gallery in 2017, and has since exhibited works from today’s leading practitioners including Magnum photographers, Turner Prize-nominees, RSA Film directors, World Press Photo winners and Prix Pictet nominees.  We have worked with thousands of artists, putting their work in front of a jury of key curators and gallerists from across the globe, including those from Tate Modern, Guggenheim, Brooklyn Museum, British Journal of Photography, Creative Review, British Council, BALTIC, Frieze, V&A, FACT Liverpool and more. The prize attracts thousands of entries from across the globe, from countries including Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Singapore, the UK and US.  Our alumni have achieved further exhibitions at Tate Modern, The Photographers’ Gallery, MoMA PS1, Foam Amsterdam, V&A, Barbican, Guggenheim Museum, Saatchi Gallery, Centre Pompidou and more. They’ve won, or been nominated for a range of prestigious awards, including the Prix Elysée, FOAM Talent, the Jarman Award and BIFA awards. They’ve achieved further publication in The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, Plastik and New York Times Magazine.