In 2026,
the Lake Constance district will award its prize for figurative painting and drawing for the ninth time.
Competition details at a glance:
• Conditions of participation
- Artists who
will not be older than 35 in 2026 are eligible to participate.
- They must be enrolled at an art school, university,
technical college, or academy of fine arts in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria, or hold a degree in fine arts from one of
these institutions. Their current place of residence must be in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria.
- Three
works of art must be submitted. They must be representational, drawn or painted. There is no specified theme.
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The artworks must not be larger than 200 x 200 cm.
- The artworks must not be older than two years.
They must not be submitted to any other competition at the same time. They must not have won any prizes yet.
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Canvases must be delivered stretched on frames or stretched and mounted by the participant at the Galerie Bodenseekreis.
- Artworks
that are not delivered on time (late) cannot be accepted.
• A jury of experts will select around 30 artists
whose works will be presented in an exhibition at the Galerie Bodenseekreis in Meersburg (March 27–July 3, 2026).
• The winner will also be determined by the jury. The prize money is 4,000 euros (it is possible to split this between painting
and drawing).
• The jury prize is accompanied by a solo exhibition in the following year at the Städtische Galerie
Fähnle in Überlingen.
• In addition, an audience prize of 1,000 euros will be awarded.
• A catalog will
be published to accompany the exhibition.
Important:
Applications
can only be submitted via the online
application portal.
Application deadline: November 16, 2025
The application portal can be accessed
via:
• the Lake Constance district website:
www.bodenseekreis.de/foerderpreis• the link in the call for entries (point 7) see PDF in the download
