Deadline
Who may enter
The competition is open to professional artisans of 18 years or older.
Short description
The competition is organized by the Loewe Foundation, a Spanish company based in Madrid.
“All entries should
– fall within an area of applied arts, such as ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, paper, wood, etc.
– be an original work, handmade or partly handmade
– have been created in the last five years
– be one-of a-kind
– have won no prizes previously
– demonstrate artistic intent.
Entries must be submitted through the www.loewecraftprize.com webpage.
Previous winners
Craft Prize 2022
Winner: Dahye Jeong
Name of work: ‘A Time of Sincerity’
Category: Textiles
Materials: horsehair
Craft Prize 2021
Winner: Fanglu Lin
Name of work: ‘SHE’
Category: Textiles
Materials: Cloth and wood
Craft Prize 2019
Winner: Genta Ishizuka
Name of work: ‘Surface Tactility #11’
Category: Lacquer
Materials: Urushi, styrene foam balls, 2 way tricot, linen cloth
Craft Prize 2018
Winner: Jennifer Lee
Name of work: ‘Pale, shadowed speckled traces, fading elipse, bronze specks, tilted shelf’
Category: Ceramics
Materials: Stoneware clay plus natural oxides mixed into the clay
Entry fee
The competition is free to enter.
Prizes
The winner will receive a cash prize of € 50,000 €.
The Prize for the works awarded with a Special Mention is 5,000 €.
Competition website
For further information visit the official competition website.