Hopper Prize Spring 2026 grant USD 4,500
Denis Sarazhin
Contemporary painter living and working in New Jersey; practice moves between abstraction and figuration. Graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts in 2008.
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The Hopper Prize Spring 2026
The Hopper Prize
United StatesWinners: Denis Sarazhin, Farren van Wyk, Alteronce Gumby +3 more.
The odds
6
The organiser did not publish how many applied.
- Finalists30
- Winners6
From 3 countries
Winners
Hopper Prize Spring 2026 grant USD 4,500
Farren van Wyk
South AfricaSouth AfricaSouth African and Dutch photographer and filmmaker.
Hopper Prize Spring 2026 grant USD 1,000
Alteronce Gumby
New York City artist working in painting, ceramics, installation, performance and film; MFA Painting and Printmaking, Yale School of Art, 2016.
Hopper Prize Spring 2026 grant USD 1,000
Jacqueline Surdell
Practice at the intersection of sculpture, painting and performance, grounded in fiber and process, using rope, industrial textiles, drawing, found materials and steel.
Hopper Prize Spring 2026 grant USD 1,000
Michelle Im
Korean-American ceramic artist based in Queens, NY, making figurative sculptures rooted in personal history and the Asian diaspora.
Hopper Prize Spring 2026 grant USD 1,000
Nelson Hernandez
United KingdomUnited KingdomPainter born in Chilean Patagonia; lives and works in London.
Finalists
30Hopper Prize Spring 2026 finalist
- Andrea Samory
- Arthur Boothby
- Braden Bandel
- Carolina Aguirre
- Ci Demi
- Darcy Whent
- Debora Brune
- Delaney Allen
- Filip Lav
- Giordanne Salley
- Graham Silveria Martin
- Hai-Hsin Huang
- Hattie Quigley
- Hazal Özgür
- Jack Whitelock
- Johnny Floyd
- Jose Lopez Vergara
- Journie Cirdain
- Katie Shapiro
- Lorella Paleni
- Marina Ross
- Matt Bollinger
- Nicolina Morra
- Pol Morton
- Rainen Knecht
- Rosalie Gamache
- Sona Lee
- Stan Van Steendam
- Teela DeLeon
- Tomoya Imamura
Prizes, shows and programme
- prize
- USD 4,500 each to 2 artists; USD 1,000 each to 4 artists; 30 finalists archived
- What the call offered
- $4,500 (2 awards) and $1,000 (4 awards) unrestricted grants. Archival on website and high-reach Instagram promotion.
- Who could apply
- All visual artists worldwide over age 18. All media accepted (excluding sound-based art).
Sources
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