Short Description

The Municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre is organizing the “Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Painting Arts Prize 2025”, which highlights painting in its contemporary form. Aimed at a broad audience — including art school graduates, students from art academies, and amateur painters — the “Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Painting Arts Prize 2025” seeks to acquire a work from the winner selected by a jury of experts and professionals from the visual arts and cultural sectors.

The goal of this competition is to support artists by building a municipal art collection that reflects the diversity of contemporary painting styles. Consequently, the acquisitive nature of the Prize is a fundamental part of its identity.

Eligibility

The Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Painting Arts Prize 2025 is open to all artists practicing painting, who are residents of Belgium, with no age restriction. However, a certificate of residence must be submitted along with the registration form.

The following are excluded from the competition:

  • Members of the teaching staff of the Academy of Arts of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and RHoK Academie voor beeldende en audiovisuele kunsten, as well as their relatives up to the third degree;
  • All jury members;
  • Any artist who has already won the Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Arts Prize in the same discipline.

Each candidate must submit three artworks that meet the following criteria:

  • Recent (created within the last 3 years);
  • Of high aesthetic and technical quality;
  • Original, created by the candidate using free materials and painting-related techniques;
  • Must not have previously won any prizes.

Technical requirements for the artworks:

  • Maximum dimensions: 200 x 200 cm (H x W), including diptychs and polyptychs;
  • A hanging or presentation system must be provided by the artist;
  • Artworks must be clearly labeled with the following information: artist’s name, first name, title of the work, address, and phone number.

Submission Requirements

  • portfolio;
  • Proof of residence.
  • Entry Form

How to Apply

Online Application

Program Benefits & Awards

  • The Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Painting Prize is an acquisitive prize. Consequently, the winner agrees that their artwork will be purchased by the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre at the conclusion of the exhibition.
  • The amount allocated for the acquisition of the artwork is 5,000 euros.
  • The Jury reserves the right not to award the Prize.

Entry Fee

15 euros

Location

Brussels, Belgium

Timeline

  • Application Deadline: 16 May 2025

Website Link: https://www.woluwe1150.be/culture-et-loisirs/expositions/prix-art/

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