WOMEN IN ART PRIZE CIC
Celebrating the vision and mastery of female artists.
9th Annual · Deadline 21 June 2026
Enter the 2026 Prize
Solo Exhibition
Overall Winner · Art Academy London
£1,000+
Cash Prize per Category
Gallery Shows
Hampstead · Marylebone · London
Artist Residency
Hosking Houses Trust
Press Features
Cultralee · AQ Society · Artvox
Art on a Postcard
All 25 Finalists Exhibited
Open to female visual artists worldwide · Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Printmaking, Illustration, Mixed Media & Digital Art
The Prizes
Full Details →Main Prize Overall Winner
Solo Show
Solo Show at Art Academy London.— Art Academy London
Painting First Prize
£1,000
The Women In Art Initiative.— The Women In Art Initiative
Photography First Prize
£1,000
The selected photographer will be featured in a special issue of Photo London's digital magazine to celebrate.— Eve Arnold Award / Photo London
Sculpture Prize
£1,000
First Prize for Sculpture.
Digital & Moving Image Prize
£1,000
Solo Exhibition at TAEX.— TAEX
Printmaking Prize
£1,000
The Print winner will receive a dedicated page on www.printed-editions.com for 3 months.
Special Awards
£2,000
The Susan Angoy Award
Awarded to a female artist of African and Caribbean heritage.
Prize TBC
Young Woman Artists Award
For artists 25 years and under.
£1,000
Best Overseas Artist
Open to all artists outside the UK.
Residency
The Hosking Houses Residency Award
Open to female artists aged 40+, offering up to one month free residency in 2027 or 2028 for a single person (or same gender couple equally engaged in a united project) at the Trust's cottage in Clifford Chambers, a Warwickshire village near Stratford-upon-Avon.
Exhibition
Hampstead School of Art Prize
Abstract Painting Prize — Exhibition at Hampstead School of Art.
The Judges
Meet the Panel →
Empowering Female Voices.
The Women in Art Prize discovers and elevates emerging female artists across the UK and overseas. We bridge the gap between traditional prestige and digital accessibility.
Read More→Being part of the Women in Art Prize has been such an uplifting experience. From the very beginning, there was a level of care that really stood out—in the way the team spoke about our work, how it was exhibited and presented, and even down to the way each piece was handled and packaged at collection. Every detail reflected a real respect for us as artists and for what the art itself meant. What struck me most was how empowering the whole atmosphere was. It didn't feel competitive at all; everyone was genuinely happy for one another.
Kirsty Bekoe-Tabiri
Artist
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