The Experiential Award

The Lumen Prize is thrilled to spotlight a new category this year: The Experiential Award — created to honour artists who are pushing the boundaries of digital creativity through immersive, interactive, and environment-based works. Whether it’s extended reality (XR), responsive installations, dynamic light art, or multisensory experiences, this award exists to recognise artists who blur the line between audience and artwork, creating spaces that are felt as much as they are seen.

This category was born out of a growing global appetite for artworks that go beyond the screen — pieces that invite audiences to step inside, move through, or engage with them in meaningful, often physical, ways. These works might use cutting-edge technologies or age-old techniques, but what ties them together is their ability to immerse, captivate, and transform.

Meet the International Selectors Committee for the Experiential Award

To fairly assess these powerful, often complex creations, we’ve assembled a panel of jurors whose combined knowledge spans curation, engineering, immersive storytelling, digital publishing, and artistic practice. 

Representing both academic research and industry innovation, this year's Experiential Award jury brings together experts working at the forefront of immersive art, from XR curators and interactive engineers to digital art publishers and creative directors. Their collective experience spans global exhibitions, pioneering creative technologies, and the cultivation of new forms of audience engagement. 

Together, they offer a rich and nuanced understanding of what makes an experiential work not only technically impressive, but emotionally resonant and culturally relevant.

Please note: This list includes ISC members who have chosen to publicly share their involvement, while others remain anonymous or are still being confirmed.

  • Royal College of Art

  • Immersive Curator

  • Yuga Labs

  • TeamLabs

  • Breezy Art

  • Synthesis Gallery

  • Royal College of Art

  • UBS Digital Art Museum

  • Off Site Project

  • MASSAGE MAGAZINE

Are you an artist working at the intersection of art and technology?

The Lumen Prize celebrates the very best art created with technology through a global competition. Now in its 14th year, The Lumen Prize has distributed more than $125,000 in prize money and created opportunities worldwide for the artists selected as finalists and winners.

Click the button below to submit your artwork – entries close May 23rd.