
$30,000+ Prize Fund
Nine award categories for digital innovation, spanning technology and creativity.
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2025 Prize Dates
Open Call
Jan 31 - May 23
Judging Commences
May 30
Winners Announced
October
Finalists Announced
August 15

Categories
These are the nine categories you may enter, each with a $2,000 prize.
All submissions will be reviewed by members of our International Selectors Committee. 50-75 artists will become finalists, whose work will then be reviewed and selected by the Jury Panel.
Each year the Jury also selects one Gold Award Winner, who is determined to have created the best work across all categories. In 2025, the Gold Award Winner will be awarded $12,000.
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Digital artworks in fixed form: photography, painting, illustration and AI-generated imagery
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Time-based works including film, video art and animation
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Live and recorded works combining digital technology with performance, dance, sound and music
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Innovative works across fashion, architecture, and product design using digital processes
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Artworks that co-exist in both the digital and physical spaces
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Interactive and/or immersive works including XR, installations, environments and light art
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Works exploring language and text through digital means
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Works examining environmental themes and our relationship with the natural world
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Works exploring personal and collective identity, heritage and cultural exchange
The Jury Panel
The Lumen Prize upholds a rigorous, two-stage judging process. An esteemed International Selectors Committee meticulously curates a longlist of up to 70 exceptional artworks, identifying them as finalists. These finalists are then critically evaluated by a distinguished Jury Panel comprising influential figures in art, technology, and culture. Ultimately, the Jury Panel selects the winners, including the prestigious Lumen Prize Gold Award, celebrating groundbreaking artworks fusing creativity and innovation.
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Ruth Catlow
Co-Director, Furtherfield
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Melanie Lenz
Digital Curator, V&A Museum
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Boris Magrini
Curator and art historian
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Rachel Falconer
Senior Lecturer and Head of Digital Arts Computing, Goldsmiths University London
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Myriam Achard
Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, PHI
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Kate Gu
Associate Curator, Digital Special Projects, M+ Hong Kong
On Sabbatical for 2025 -
Christiane Paul
Adjunct Curator, Digital Art, Whitney Museum
On Sabbatical for 2025
The International Selectors Committee
The International Selectors Committee is made up of over 50+ diverse professionals from around the world at the forefront of the digital art movement. Previous ISC members have hailed from institutions such as: Google, Royal College of Art, Sotheby’s, Goldsmiths, Tezos, Christie’s, and Parsons School of Design, among others.








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