The Hopper Prize is now accepting entries for our Spring 2023 artist grants.

We are offering $3,500 and $1,000 grants to artists & photographers around the world.

For this open call, we will be providing 6 grants totaling $11,000 USD.

2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000.

This is an open call, all media eligible.

Submissions will be juried by

— Emily Edwards, Assistant Curator, Dallas Contemporary

— Inês Costa, Curator, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea

Our open call provides you with a direct path to get your work in front of these forward thinking exhibition makers. In addition to grants, 30 artists will be selected for a shortlist. Additional exposure is available via our online Journal as well as our Instagram feed, currently reaching an audience over 74k.

Past grant winners working in Photography

— M’hammed Kilito, Casablanca, Morocco (2022)
— Eli Durst, Austin, Texas (2022)
— Galina Kurlat, Brooklyn, New York (2022)
— Jazmine Harris, Chicago, Illinois (2021)
— Akihiro Boujoh, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2020)
— Joey Solomon, Brooklyn, New York (2020)
— Christopher Desanges, Boston, Massachusetts (2020)
— Vikesh Kapoor, Sunset Pines, Pennsylvania (2020)
— Sydney Cook, Baltimore, Maryland (2019)
— Juan Giraldo, New York, New York (2018)
— Letitia Huckaby, Benbrook, Texas (2018)
— Lebohang Kganye, Johannesburg, South Africa (2018)

Simple Application

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 under 20 minutes.
To apply for a grant, you only need to submit this information:
— Name & Email
— Instagram Username (optional)
— Up to 10 Image or Video attachments
— Artwork captions
— Artist Statement & Biography (optional)
— $40 submission fee

Apply Now
Show us your work at https://hopperprize.org