The AXA Art Prize US is pleased to announce our 2026 winners. First Prize has been awarded to Rumi Agarwal from Pratt Institute for her painting titled The Night Wears Prussian Blue. Second Prize has been awarded to Ashton Burton of the Cleveland Institute of Art for his drawing, Threaded Roots. Both artists were selected by Prize Jurors, Ann Craven, Amy Cutler and Kiki Smith alongside AXA XL's Jennifer Schipf. Honorable mentions have also been awarded to Chelsea Harris of Cranbrook Academy of Art for En Route, Kelly Micca of the New York Academy of Art for Death Valley, and Noah Volk from the University of North Carolina, Asheville for Telophase.
The AXA Art Prize is one of the leading student art competitions in the United States. The competition is open to any style of figurative paintings, drawings, and original printmaking created by undergraduate and graduate art students.
Enter now for a chance to: SHOWCASE your work in front of our panel of jurors from educational institutions across the US, major curators, and world-renowned artists; be FEATURED in the AXA Art Prize virtual gallery and in a live exhibition in New York; and WIN a First Prize of $10,000.
Submissions for the 2026 AXA Art Prize US are now closed.
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