The Lumen Prize is an international award and tour for digitally created art. Its goal is to focus the world’s attention on this genre of fine art through an annual juried competition and global tour.
Founded by Carla Rapoport in 2012, The Lumen Prize has staged 29 exhibitions in 10 cities around the world including Amsterdam, Athens, Hong Kong, New York, Riga, and Shanghai. In collaboration with its partners, including the Computer Arts Society, Lumen advances the understanding of digital art through seminars, artist talks, workshops and symposiums, and to date Lumen has staged 15 seminars across the world.
Lumen's team aims to provide a range of opportunities to past and present winners and shortlisted artists. These have included but are not limited to: sales, commissions, solo shows as well as opportunities to appear at seminars and retrospectives.
Lumen has collaborated with the Computer Arts Society and from 2016 the EVA London Conferences.
Gold Award: Fabio Giampietro and Alessio De Vecchi, Milan, Italy for Hyperplanes of Simultaneity
Founders' Prize: Carla Gannis, Brooklyn, New York, USA for The Selfie Drawings
3D/Sculpture Award: Esther Rolinson and Sean Clark, Hastings, UK for Flown10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.57
Moving Image Award: boredomresearch (Vicky Isley and Paul Smith), Southampton, UK for AfterGlow
Interactive Award: Seb Lee-Delisle, Brighton, UK for Laser Light Synths
Mixed Reality Award: Matteo Zamagni, Ben Hur, and David Li, London, UK for Nature Abstraction
Still Image Award: Jon McCormack, Melbourne, Australia for Fifty Sisters
Web Based Award: Sylvia Grace Borda, Vancouver, Canada Farm Tableaux
Distinction for Games: Wengu Hu, New York City, USA for Eddy Melody
People's Choice Award: Kim Chaeyeon, Gangneung, South Korea for Capitalism
Gold Award: Gibson/Martelli, London, UK for MAN A
Silver Award: Scenocosme : Grégory Lasserre & Anaïs met den Ancxt, Lyon, France for Metamorphy
Bronze Award: Golan Levin, Kyle McDonald and Christine Sugrue, Pittsburgh, USA for Augmented Hand Series
Immersive Environments Award: Michael Takeo Magruder, Coventry, UK for A New Jerusalem
Creative Coding Award: XCEED, Hong Kong for RadianceScape
WNO Performance Award: Lab212 Collective, Montreuil, France for Portée
Founder’s Prize: Scott Draves, New York, USA for Electric Sheep
Still Image Award: Filip Vest, Copenhagen, Denmark for Lundbyes Coast – Oblivion
People’s Choice Award: Fabiano Mixo, Berlin, Germany for Woman without Mandolin
Gold Award: Andy Lomas, London, UK for Cellular Forms
Silver Award: Studio Chevalvert, Paris, France for Murmur
Bronze Award: Patrick Tresset, London, UK for 5 Robots Named Paul
Animate Award: Christine Hooper, London, UK for On Loop
Creative Coding Award: Merja Nieminen and James Andean, Järvenpää, Finland for Re:****Sitruuna ja meduusa (Generative Art)
People’s Choice Gold Award: Alexandra Handal, Amsterdam, Holland for Dream Homes Property Consultants
People's Choice Silver Award: Alejandro Dávalos, Quito, Ecuador for House at the Beach
Founder’s Prize: Sally Sheinman, Rothersthorpe, UK for WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU
First Prize: Katerina Athanasopoulou for her time-based work, Apodemy
Runner-up: Bonjour Interactive Lab for its interactive work, Passage
Finalist: Nicolas Feldmeyer for his 2D work
People’s Choice Award: Ginevra Boni for her 2D work, Wilderness
Founder’s Award: Genetic Moo for their interactive, time-based work, Mother
First Prize: Tommy Ingberg for his photomontage, Torn
Runner-up: Patrick Van Roy for his photomontage, Church
Third Prize: Stephen Hilyard for his time-based work, One Life
People’s Choice Award: Elly Wright for Summer Walk by the Hogsmill
2016/17
July 13, 2016 - Electronic Visualisation & the Arts Conference, London
September 29, 2016 - Winners' Gala & Seminar, London
October 20, 2016 - Art @ CBTC, Cardiff
November 11, 2016 - Electronic Visualisation & the Arts Conference, Berlin
November 16 - December 3, 2016 - Lumen Presents: Adventures in Digital Art, London
November 17, 2016 - Art @ The FCA, London
November 23–28, 2016 - Lumen @ Caerphilly Castle, Wales
August 19, 2015 – International Symposium On Electronic Art, Vancouver
September 24, 2015 – Winners’ Gala, London
November 12, 2015 - Art @ The FCA, London
November 20–22, 2015 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Shanghai
December 8–10, 2015 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, New York
December 10, 2015 – Digital Art Seminar, New York
January 11–22, 2016 – Winter Lights Festival, London
April 25–30, 2016 – Lumen @ Leeds Digital Festival, Leeds
April 28, 2016 – Digital Art Debate, Leeds
April 30 – May 5, 2016 – Lumen @ Creative Tech Week, New York
April 30, 2016 – Visualising Music: Kids Workshop, New York
May 4, 2016 – Digital Art: Breaking Out, New York
May 2016 – Lumen @ Hackney House
October 7, 2014 – Lumen Prize Exhibition Preview, Llandaff Cathedral, Wales
October 7–8, 2014 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Cardiff
October 8 2014 - Digital Art Seminar
October 22, 2014 – Digital Art Seminar, Athens
October 31 - November 30, 2014 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Athens
November 6, 2014 – Lumen @ The FCA, London
December 1–5, 2014 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, New York
December 3, 2014 – Lumen Prize Panel, New York
January 9–30, 2015 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Amsterdam
January 17, 2015 – Digital Art Seminar, Amsterdam
March 11, 2015 – Lumen @ CBTC, Cardiff
May 14–22, 2015 – Lumen Exhibition, London
May 14, 2015 – Digital Art Seminar, London
October 5–8, 2013 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Cardiff
October 8, 2013 – Winners’ Gala, Cardiff
November 1–5, 2013 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, New York
November 5, 2013 – Lumen Prize & Peace Direct Auction, New York
November 7, 2013 – Digital Art Seminar, New York
January 30, 2014– Lumen @ FCA, London
March 18–22, 2014 – Lumen @ Chelsea, London
March 20, 2014 – Digital Art Seminar, London
June 10 – 14 2014 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Hong Kong
June 11, 2014 – Bring Your Own Beamer, Hong Kong
June 14, 2014 – Creative Coding For Kids, Hong Kong
July 2014 – Lumen @ Treberfydd House, Wales
October 19, 2012 – Winners’ Gala, Cardiff
January 21, 2013 – Lumen Prize Exhibition And Charity Auction, London
January 22–26, 2013 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, London
January 24, 2013 – Breakfast Briefing On Digital Art, London
February 8–10, 2013 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Riga, Latvia
February 8, 2013 – Digital Art Seminar, Riga, Latvia
February 23 – March 3, 2013 – Lumen Prize Exhibition, Shanghai
April 26, 2013 – Moving Image Festival, Hong Kong
April 26, 2013 – Lumen Panel Discussion, Hong Kong
