ArtPrize 2024 is Winding Down, and Winners Have Been Announced!
The winners of Art Prize 2024 were announced at the Closing Ceremony held at Kendall College of Art & Design on Friday, September 27, 2024 and we’ve plotted them on an interactive map to help you get out and see the winning art before it is taken down.
If you’re new to it, ArtPrize is Grand Rapids’ premier art competition happening throughout our city September 13 – 28, 2024.
This year, the big prize went to Dynamic Sunset, which is showing at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
What’s the Big Deal? $400,000 Prize Money.
As the name implies, at the conclusion of the event, ArtPrize uses funds collected from their year-round fundraising to award cash prizes to winners.
Winners are selected through public voting throughout the duration of the event plus additional juried awards.
Here’s the scoop:
The Public Vote Grand Prize winner was awarded $125,000. The Juried Grand Prize winner was awarded $50,000.
The Public Vote Awards give $10,000 to the top publicly voted entry in each of the six categories: 2D, 3D, Installation, Time-Based, New Media, and +Design. Six Juried Awards were awarded for the same categories, also for $10,000 each.
The Artist to Artist award is back for 2024. The artists awarded $10,000 to one of their peers.
Five $15,000 Visibility Awards were awarded to artists from underrepresented communities.
And the Outstanding Venue Award gave $10,000 to a venue that uses their space in ways that encourage delight and discovery for visitors.
- $125,000 Public Vote Grand Prize winner
- $50,000 Juried Grand Prize winner
- Five $15,000 Visibility Awards
- Six $10,000 Public Vote awards
- Six $10,000 Juried Awards
- $10,000 Artist to Artist Award
- $10,000 Outstanding Venue Award
Public Vote ArtPrize Winners List
Public Vote Grand Prize Winner – $125,000 prize
Exhibit: Dynamic Sunset
Venue: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Public Vote 2D Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: The Prophets
Venue: DeVos Place Convention Center
Public Vote 3D Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Tut’s Tomb
Venue: DeVos Place Convention Center
Public Vote Installation Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Reflective Journey
Venue: Lookout Park presented by Neighbors of Belknap Lookout
Public Vote Time-Based Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: My Poem Your Topic
Venue: DeVos Place Convention Center
Public Vote New Media Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Too Much Information
Venue: DeVos Place Convention Center
Public Vote +Design Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Ash desk with drawers
Venue: Clear Sky Eyecare
2024’s ArtPrize Winners Map
And the winners are… Check out the map and list below to locate the winning pieces. PS- the map is interactive – click on the icons.
2024 Art Prize Winners List!
"Old Stories" is an art series that retells famous myths about characters who feel trapped and alone, like Icarus, the Minotaur, Prometheus, Narcissus, and Orpheus. Each sculpture shows a moment where these characters hope to escape or find freedom, even though their stories seem already decided.
A large landscape painting made with acrylic and oil on polished brass
** Public Vote Grand Prize Winner **
A thought-provoking piece on how deities can help us save the planet and ourselves
Get a poem on the spot from Endlesswill, a spoken word poet, author, and typewriter artist. You give him one word, and he crafts a custom poem for you right then (on a vintage typewriter.)
SCHEDULE
Fri 09/13 to Sat 09/28
8 AM - 8 PM Daily
Lunch break is from 12-1 PM
Hand carved and painted life size wooden replica of King Tut’s coffin, Tomb and Artifacts from his Tomb. Movement, Lights, Sounds.
This Detroit-native reminds us to remember our childlike innocence, no matter how tough life gets
A mixed media piece that reflects how life can be overwhelming and full of too much information
Our emotions are the core of who we are and it's okay to express them
This is a collab from over 20 Grand Rapids artists. The 16 painting are paired with an 18 track album, meant to helps us address our trauma, face pain in our lives, and realize that we cannot do this battle alone.
** Juried grand prize winner **
Sustainable furniture designed for Haworth’s 2024 DesignLab
What Does It Mean To Be Queer? explores how the gender and sexual identity of individuals in queer relationships influences who they are.
Sovereign portrays a small Drag community in West Michigan, USA. In a society with rigid and polarized views of gender, Sovereign looks at the Drag artists involved, and asks the question "What is drag and what is gender today?"
This work attempts to present a different worldview; one that was dismissed as heathen, demonic or primitive. People are (re)learning that different viewpoints are valid, poignant and needed now more than ever
A painting that considers how life can feel suffocating
A huge installation of paper meant to symbolize bee hive's and other every day things we often ignore
A series of paintings that celebrate women of color
The artist's work, shown on screens with headphones, explores stereotypes of East Asians in media and personal childhood memories, turning these experiences into a new and empowering narrative.
Seven panels that look like closed doors from one side, but mirrors showing nature from the other. Makes you think about how your point of view changes things.
This installation reflects on the short time (15 months) the artist had with his father before he passed away
Large-scale aluminum composite metal sculpture that embodies the power of community, inclusivity, and hope.
This immersive experience invites participants of all ages to become the artists, authors, and messengers of encouragement by adding Words of Hope.
The art display incorporates journal entries from the artist's very own journals. The artist also provides journals for viewers to contribute their own stories, in hopes to encourage the healing process through sharing and journaling our experiences.
2024 Juried Award ArtPrize Winners
Juried Grand Prize Winner – $50,000 Prize
Exhibit: Trauma Project
Venue: 106 Gallery
Artist To Artist Award
Yes, ArtPrize is a competition, but it’s also a community. Artists collectively voted to recognize one of their peers with a $10,000 prize.
Artist to Artist Award – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Palabras De Esperanza. Words of Hope
Venue: Pekich Park
Visibility Award Winners
A select panel of jurists recognized five entries by artists from underrepresented communities.
Each winner takes home $15,000 for uplifting diverse perspectives.
Exhibit: Sovereign
Venue: En Vivo Church
Exhibit: The Journal Project
Venue: The Morton
Exhibit: What Does It Mean To Be Queer?
Venue: ArtRat Gallery
Exhibit: 456: A Reflection on Fatherhood
Venue: Muse GR
Exhibit: Fragments of Anima 1 & 2
Venue: Fountain Street Church
Based on strict category judging criteria, each of these winners takes home $10,000 for exemplary excellence in their respective categories:
Juried 2D Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Remember Who You Are
Venue: DeVos Place Convention Center
Juried 3D Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Old Stories
Venue: The Atrium at Uccello’s Downtown
Juried Installation Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: marshmallow polypore variant
Venue: Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University
Juried Time-Based Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: My Poem Your Topic
Venue: DeVos Place Convention Center
Juried New Media Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Me So Calgon
Venue: Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University
Juried +Design Category Winner – $10,000 prize
Exhibit: Understory
Venue: ArtPrize ClubHouse
Outstanding Venue Award
These two venues split $10,000 for using their spaces in ways that encouraged delight and discovery for visitors.
Venue: ArtRat Gallery
Venue: En Vivo Church
