Join the very best artists working with technology

2023 Longlist Is Here!

2022 Gold Award - Jitr by Nitcha Tothong & Kengchakaj Kengkarnka

We Support Artists

The Lumen Prize celebrates the very best art created with technology through a global competition. Now in its 12th year, it has distributed more than US$100,000 in prize money and created opportunities with partners worldwide for artists who have been longlisted, shortlisted or won Lumen Awards.

Watch & Read

Our blog and social media channels are a platform to showcase the artists in our community, all of whom have won awards or have been shortlisted or longlisted for The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology.

Blog

Longlist 2023: A Deep Dive

Does AI make us less or more human? These are one of the many questions raised by this year’s Longlisted artists, writes Anastasia Pineschi, ISC Member and Curator,

Onkaos: Free Entry Opportunity

This year, Onkaos is a Community Partner for the Lumen Prize 2023! Onkaos is covering application fees (42$) for 10 artists to submit their artwork for the 2023 Lumen Prize. Read more…

Raising Issues

For the past five years, the BCS Chartered Institute of IT has been sponsoring a Lumen Prize category. Brian Runciman, Head of Content and Insight at BCS takes a look at this year’s shortlist of the BCS Immersive Environment Award. Read more.

Meet the 2022 Winners

Meet the 2022 Shortlist

Meet the 2022 Longlist

Prize Highlights

$14,500 Prize Fund

12 artists will win cash prizes of up to $4000.

Join the Lumen Artist Community

Up to 70 artists are longlisted annually and are automatically included in the Lumen Artist Community. Lumen Art Projects, our parent company, works to connect these artists to our partner organisations for paid opportunities, we also regularly highlight our community through interviews and articles.

Meet The Jury

The Lumen Prize selection panel is composed of leading international art curators who specialize in art and technology. Learn more about our judging process.

Judges

Ruth Catlow

Adjunct Curator, Digital Art, Whitney Museum

Melanie Lenz

Digital Curator, V&A Museum

Nathan Ladd

Assistant Curator, Tate Britain

Boris Magrini

Curator, HeK Basel

Kate Gu

Producer, Digital Special Projects, M+

Why Enter

We’re building a community. Lumen is dedicated to providing opportunities for our longlisted, shortlisted and winning artists, but don’t take our word for it. Read more here.

Why Enter blog

Julieta Gil

“Lumen provides an opportunity to be part of a community who believes in the need to shape the conversation about what it means to make art with technology in the current world.”

Béatrice Lartigue

"The prize allowed us to develop our visibility, to increase our legitimacy in the field and to expand our ability to exhibit our work worldwide”

Andy Lomas

“The prize was an important enabler, allowing me to take my art practice to a higher level”

Rachel Ara

"Lumen gave me confidence in my practice and has led on to me exhibiting in large venues"

Jake Elwes

”Lumen is passionate about keeping up with the artists and establishing a community”

Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm

“Winning the Lumen Prize introduced me to a large community of actors within the Tech Art scene that has been able to push my career forward.”