The Still Image Award

Our longest running award, The Still Image Award, honours digital artworks in fixed form, such as photography, painting, illustration and AI-generated imagery. Submissions to this award have evolved extensively since launching in 2016, artists have traced a progression from formal algorithmic experimentation to critical engagements with emerging technologies.

Early submissions used generative grammars and evolutionary code to reinterpret corporate iconography and ecological forms. Over time, artists have adopted machine learning, blockchain, and robotics—as seen in collaborative human-machine drawing performances and blockchain-linked visualizations of value—to explore authorship, memory, and systems of exchange.

Other works have challenged sensory norms by generating imagery from sound, or by training neural networks on specific geographies to expose cultural and algorithmic bias. This evolution reflects a deepening inquiry into the politics of image-making in computational contexts.

Meet the International Selectors Committee for the
Still Image Award

This year’s Still Image Award is evaluated by a panel whose combined expertise spans the full spectrum of digital image-making—from its conceptual foundations to its most cutting-edge applications. With deep roots in curating institutional programmes, shaping digital art markets, pioneering Web3 and blockchain-based practices, and advancing the discourse around digital preservation, their perspectives are uniquely attuned to the complexities of contemporary visual culture.

Collectively, they bring decades of experience in photography, AI, immersive media, and decentralised technologies—ensuring a rigorous and future-facing evaluation of the works submitted.

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

  • Trilitech, Tezos

  • 10Pearls

  • Tate

  • EVA London

  • Sothebys

  • Art Historian & Independent Writer

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.