About Us

Unfortunately, it has come to our attention that a foreign entity is attempting to solicit applications from artists using one of our juror's names. These messages are not legitimate - they are not coming from us. Any official correspondence from us will come from a hopperprize.org domain.

Additionally, our process does not work by nomination, and our jurors never reach out to artists directly.

If you have received an email from a Gmail address, claiming to be directly from one of our jurors, please disregard it, mark it as spam, and report it to Gmail as phishing. Do not correspond with the address and do not send them any of your information.

We are not currently accepting submissions.

We made the 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 have to submit this information:

• Name & Email
• Instagram Username (optional)
• Up to 10 Image or Video attachments
• Artwork captions
• Artist Statement (optional)
• Biography (optional)

We believe artists should be able to apply for support quickly and easily, so we made the application process as simple as possible. Many other grant applications are time consuming and complicated. We think artists should be able to spend their time focusing on their practice, not on paperwork, so we made our application process as straightforward as possible.

The only way to apply for The Hopper Prize is to follow the steps on our website, submit an application fee payment, and complete the application form.

Our process does not work by nomination.

We do not engage partner institutions or curators to nominate artists, even for the shortlist.

Our jurors do not nominate artists or contact artists directly to receive applications.

All official communication from The Hopper Prize will be via email addresses ending in hopperprize.org.

We do not use Gmail to contact artists.

Our jurors do not contact artists directly.

Any artist over the age of 18 is eligible to win The Hopper Prize. There are no restrictions on who can apply.

Yes, the awards are open to artists residing internationally.

There are no restrictions on media, the awards are open to all artists.

We encourage applications from painters, photographers, sculptors, digital artists, performance artists, experimental genres, filmmakers, printmakers, textile artists, and more — with only one exception — we regret that we cannot currently accept applications for sound based art.

We are not currently accepting submissions.

No, not all submissions will be featured.

When you submit your application, you have the option to choose to be considered for a feature on our Instagram. While we do our best to feature a wide range of submissions, not all artists who apply will be featured on our Instagram.

Applying for The Hopper Prize does not guarantee that your work will be featured. During the time we are accepting applications, we will be featuring submissions on a regular basis. If you opt in to be considered for a feature, we will potentially feature your work, however this is not a guarantee. If you do not choose to be considered for an Instagram feature, we will not feature your work at any time.

Yes, the awards are open to collaborative teams.

Twice annually.

Applications are accepted twice a year, in the Spring and Fall.

There is no word or character limit on either the optional biography or artist statement.

The decision for how you would like to represent the breadth of your practice is entirely up to you.

If you believe your strongest portfolio is made up of a series, please submit a series. If you feel your strongest presentation would be made via a selection of representative pieces spanning multiple bodies of work, styles, or media, please take that approach. In the interest of fairness to all artists who apply, we are unable to provide portfolio specific guidance relating to individual artist's submissions beyond these general suggestions.

There are no rules regarding what you may or may not submit, as long as the work is your own.

There is a non-refundable $40 application fee to submit your work, which helps offset the costs of administering our platform, allowing us to continue to support and promote a broad range of artistic production.

Winners may use their grants for any purpose, there are no restrictions.

Yes. Artists retain copyright to the work they submit.

Creating visibility is part of our mission statement. If you win and accept a grant, or are selected as a finalist, your submission grants The Hopper Prize the right to reproduce your art on our website and digital collateral. No other use will be granted or required. All artists have the option on the submission form to select if they would like to be considered for Instagram features as well.

Unfortunately we cannot provide information about individual application status prior to the notification date.

We will announce grant winners via our email list, Instagram, and on our website. Please sign up for our newsletter and follow our Instagram account to stay informed.