2026
International Jury - 2026
Amina Berdin — Independent curator and researcher (Milan), with experience at Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, kaufmann repetto, and Palazzo Grassi | Punta della Dogana; trained at Goldsmiths, University of London and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
Bianca Mafodda — Contemporary art professional active in the international market through Clio Art Fair, Alessandro Berni Gallery, and Galleria Valentina Bonomo; academic background from the Università degli Studi di Firenze and Northumbria University.
Anna Dermitzaki — UK-based curator and creative practitioner, with key roles at the Eden Project, Heong Gallery (University of Cambridge), Tate St Ives, and STUDIO Dermitzaki; holds an MA Fine Art from Anglia Ruskin University.
OVERALL WINNERS
PAINTING SECTION WINNERS
1° Prize
Manuel Dampeyroux (France) — “Birth of an Icon”
2° Prize
Oni Speelman (South Africa) — “Too Messy”
3° Prize
Víctor Sanclement (Países Bajos) — “I deleted your city”
SPECIAL CURATORIAL AWARD
Anish Nandy (India) — “Tongue-Tied”
SCULTURA E INSTALLAZIONE | ARTE DELLA TERRA | VINCITORI DELLA SEZIONE ARTE URBANA
1° Prize
Tajinder Dhami (UK) — “The Bardo”
2° Prize
Zhiqiang Li (UK) — “digital Birch Bark Jar”
3° Prize
Shilpa Girish Kamble (India) — “Through the first roof of air”
SPECIAL CURATORIAL AWARD
Arindam Manna (India) — “Portals of unthinkable”
VIDEO ARTE | GRAFICA DIGITALE | PRESTAZIONI | SUONO ART
1° Prize
Silinta Jancauskaite (Spain) — “COCOON - phase I + II”
2° Prize
Jolene Mok (Hong Kong) — “Plant-based Film Developer Experiments”
3° Prize
Daniel Muchina (Kenya) — “OSAINA”
SPECIAL CURATORIAL AWARD
Salt Salome (Germany) — “I am not where you think I am. I am where you think I am not”
SHORTLISTED ARTISTS — FINALISTS
Yashita Singhal (India) — “Bhookh ek rog hai”
Ritu Sinha (India) — “Wake-up call”
Sunil Thapa (India) — “Carrying the Future”
Harshal Khatri (India) — “Known & Unknown”
Andrea Ranieri (Italia) — “Amore infetto”
Ritik Kumar (India) — “Selflessness”
Brojeswer Mondal (India) — “Migrated whisper XI”
Om Kumar (India) — “The unseen weight”
Anshika Chaudhary (India) — “Avastha (State of Being)”
Aksinia Kupriianova (Portugal) — “Two faces”
Vishal (India) — “Measuring to Adjust”
Oleksandra Voronina (Sweden) — “Prolog — WITH HEAD IN THE CLOUDS”
Isabell Müller (Germany) — “2,071,490,000,000 Each Year”
Olwen Kelly (Ireland) — “Stigmata”
Rajat Mondal (Norway) — “Echoes of Resilience: Nature’s Unyielding Spirit II”
Puyi Guo (UK) — “After Play”
Yimou Huang (UK) — “Sediment”
Jolene Mok (Hong Kong) — “an inimitable place called home”
On Daydreaming Leave (United Kingdom) — “Bottle Gourd Orchestra”
Ping Lam Lin (UK) — “FARM HIERARCHY”
Utkarsh Singh (India) — “till we all breathe the same”