Inaugural Foundwork Artist Prize

Foundwork, the new online artist platform for the contemporary art community, is pleased to announce the first annual Foundwork Artist Prize, an unrestricted juried grant of 10,000 USD to be awarded in October 2019 to an outstanding artist chosen on the platform.

The winner will also receive a studio visit with each of the inaugural jurors, all of whom are members of Foundwork’s Advisory Board:

DeWitt Godfrey, Artist, Professor, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, Past President, College Art Association, New York

Becca Hoffman, Director, Outsider Art Fair, New York and Paris, former Director, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York

Tod Lippy, Founding Editor, ESOPUS, President, Esopus Foundation Ltd., Brooklyn

Manuela Paz, Co-Founder & Director, EMBAJADA, San Juan, Director of Development & Strategic Planning, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York, former Membership Director, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), New York

Helen Toomer, Fair Director, IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair, New York, Co-founder & Artistic Director, STONELEAF RETREAT, Kingston, NY, former Director, PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York and Miami

How to Participate
Artists are invited to create a profile and art professionals may research artists on Foundwork any time.

To be considered for the prize, an artist must be a US resident and have a profile with at least five artworks published on Foundwork throughout the selection period—5pm ET September 1–5pm ET September 30, 2019. 

Foundwork has a 4 USD/month membership for artists, but is free for students at accredited graduate or undergraduate studio art programs.

The Foundwork Artist Prize reflects Foundwork’s purpose to be a resource for artists regardless of their prior network or recognition. Accordingly, the selection process will ignore exhibition history and will consider only artwork and artist statements published on Foundwork.

Please see the FAQ and Official Rules for full terms and instructions on how to participate. The 2019 Foundwork Artist Prize is limited to US residents due to foreign regulations. However, Foundwork is a global platform and is proud to feature artists based in more than thirty countries.

If you have any questions, please contact support [​at​] foundwork.art.

About Foundwork
Foundwork is a new online artist platform for the contemporary art community. The site was established by Adam Yokell, a former Brooklyn gallerist, as a response to the limitations that artists and exhibitors often face trying to find and connect with one another. Foundwork is a focused venue for artists to introduce their work to a global art audience, where curators, gallerists, and other collaborators can research and engage with practicing artists wherever they are based.

Foundwork seeks to generate visibility and interest for artists on the platform, and hosts an ongoing Guest Curators program where leading practitioners are invited to highlight participating artists. The platform now features self-taught artists together with alumni and students from over 150 graduate and undergraduate studio art programs. Artists working in any media and at any career stage are welcome.

For press inquiries, please contact press [​at​] foundwork.art.