ArtPrize is an art competition and festival held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. People who are 18 years old or older can show their artwork, and any space within the three-square-mile ArtPrize area can be used as a venue. There are usually more than 160 places where art is displayed, such as museums, galleries, bars, restaurants, hotels, parks, bridges, laundromats, and auto body shops.

ArtPrize lasts for 19 days, starting in late September. During the event, $500,000 in cash prizes is given to artists based on public votes and the opinions of a group of art experts.

ArtPrize was started in 2009 by Rick DeVos, who is the son of Dick DeVos, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, and Betsy DeVos, the United States Secretary of Education. In 2017, artist Eric Millikin criticized the connection between ArtPrize and the DeVos family’s wealth and political views in his artwork called “Made of Money,” which was displayed at ArtPrize.

In 2014, The Art Newspaper listed ArtPrize as one of the most-visited large art events, with 440,000 people attending. This number was about one-fourth of the 1.6 million visitors who attended the Russian Imperial Costume exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. ArtPrize was mentioned along with Slows Bar BQ and the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park as a reason to visit Grand Rapids in The New York Times’ “52 Places To Go in 2016.”

In 2018, ArtPrize announced a new exhibition called Project to display larger artworks and planned to hold the event every two years. However, the first Project event in 2019 had fewer visitors than expected. The twelfth ArtPrize was delayed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 event took place from September 15 to October 2, 2022, but many visitors said the art displayed was smaller than usual.

Concept

ArtPrize was created as a special art competition with these goals: any artist from anywhere in the world could take part; anyone who owned property in downtown Grand Rapids could use their space as an art display area; and any visitor could vote for their favorite artwork. Event organizers did not choose winners through committees or curators. Instead, the biggest cash prize in the art world was given completely based on public votes.

At the first ArtPrize event in 2009, winners were decided only by the public, who voted using mobile phones and the ArtPrize website. In 2010, ArtPrize added categories where art experts judged the entries. In 2014, the awards format was changed to include two separate paths: one based on public votes and one based on expert judgments. Both paths had equal prize amounts.

2009 competition

The 2009 ArtPrize event happened in an area that was 3 square miles (7.8 km²) large in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. It took place from September 21 to October 9, 2009. A total of 1,262 artists or groups of artists showed their work in 159 different places. About 200,000 people visited the event, and 334,219 votes were cast over the 19 days.

ArtPrize 2009 official numbers:
• 1,262 artist entries
• 159 venues
• 37,264 registered voters
• 334,219 total votes cast
• About 200,000 visitors came to Grand Rapids, Michigan

The prizes for 2009 totaled $449,000:
• 1st place: $250,000
• 2nd place: $100,000
• 3rd place: $50,000
• 4th through 10th place: $7,000 each

On October 1, the top 10 entries were announced. Their final rankings were shared on October 8:
1. Open Water no.24 – Ran Ortner (displayed at The Old Federal Building)
2. Imagine That! – Tracy Van Duinen (displayed at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum)
3. Portraits – Eric Daigh (displayed at The Old Federal Building)
4. The Grand Dance – David Lubbers (displayed on the Grand River near the Blue Bridge)
5. Moose – Bill Secunda (displayed at The B.O.B.)
6. Nessie on the Grand – The Nessie Project (displayed on the Grand River near the Blue Bridge)
7. Field of Reeds – John Douglas Powers (displayed at The Old Federal Building)
8. The Furniture City Sets the Table for the World of Art – Sarah Grant (displayed on the Blue Bridge)
9. Ecstasy of The Scarlet Empress – Jason Hackenwerth (displayed at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA))
10. winddancer 2 – Michael Westra (displayed on the Blue Bridge)

Two special awards were given:
• Curators Choice Award ($5,000): salt & earth – Young Kim, Winston-Salem, N.C.
• Sustainability Award ($2,500): The Image Mill: Sustainable Cinema #1 by Scott Hessels

2010 competition

The 2010 event occurred from September 22 to October 10. During this time, the event introduced "Exhibition Centers," which are local cultural spaces managed by experts. Each ArtPrize Exhibition Center had to help people register to vote and also include a place where items could be sold. ArtPrize aimed to have at least one Exhibition Center in each neighborhood of downtown Grand Rapids.

ArtPrize 2010 official participation numbers:

• 1,713 artist entries
• 193 venues
• 21 countries and 44 U.S. states
• 44,912 registered voters
• 465,538 votes cast
• 250,000 (estimated) visitors to Grand Rapids, Michigan

The 2010 prizes, chosen by public voting, totaled $449,000. The prizes were:

• 1st place: $250,000
• 2nd place: $100,000
• 3rd place: $50,000
• 4th through 10th place: $7,000 each

On September 30, the 2010 Top 10 entries were announced. Their final rankings were shared during the Winners Announcement on October 7:

• Cavalry, American Officers, 1921 – Chris LaPorte, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Svelata – Mia Tavonatti, Santa Ana, California
• Lure/Wave, Grand Rapids – Beili Liu, Austin, Texas
• A Matter Of Time – Paul Baliker, Palm Coast, Florida
• Vision – David Spriggs, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Helping mom one penny at a time – Wander Martich, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Dancing With Lions – Bill Secunda, Butler, Pennsylvania
• salt & earth (garden for Patricia) – Young Kim, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• SteamPig – The Steam Pig Experiment Birks, Jensen, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Elephant Walk – Fredrick Prescott, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Event organizers added four juried awards for ArtPrize 2010. Organizers said more juried awards might be added depending on sponsor support.

• Two-Dimensional: Garden Party, Chez Hatfield – Andrew Lewis Doak and Adrian Clark Hatfield, Royal Oak, Michigan
• Three-Dimensional: XLoungeSeries – Mark Wentzel, Atlanta, Georgia
• Time/Performance: The Jettisoned – Yoni Goldstein, Chicago, Illinois
• Urban Space: Plan B – Rick Beerhorst and Rose Beerhorst, Andre Beaumont and Mike Hoyte, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• International: Evaporative Buildings – Alex Schweder La, Berlin, Germany / New York, New York
• Sustainability: A Matter Of Time – Paul Baliker, Palm Coast, Florida

2011 competition

The 2011 event took place from September 21 to October 9. A major change to the competition was the addition of an exhibition area for performance art, called St. Cecilia Music Society. The organization also received a $100,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

ArtPrize 2011 official participation numbers:

• 1,582 artists participated
• 164 venues
• Artists from 39 countries and 43 U.S. states
• 38,811 registered voters
• 383,106 votes cast
• 322,000 visitors visited Grand Rapids, Michigan

The 2011 prizes, decided by public voting, totaled $449,000:

• 1st place: $250,000
• 2nd place: $100,000
• 3rd place: $50,000
• 4th through 10th place: $7,000 each

On September 30, the 2010 Top 10 entries were announced. Their rankings were shared during the Winners Announcement on October 6:

• Crucifixion by Mia Tavonatti from Santa Ana, California
• The Metaphorist Project by Tracy Van Duinen from Chicago, Illinois
• Rain by Lynda Cole from Ann Arbor, Michigan
• President Gerald Ford Visits ArtPrize by Sunti Pichetchaiyakul from Thailand and Montana
• Rusty: A Sense of Direction/Self Portrait by Ritch Branstrom from Rapid River, Michigan
• Grizzlies on the Ford by Llew “Doc” Tilma from Wayland, Michigan
• The Tempest II by Laura Alexander from Columbus, Ohio
• Ocean Exodus by Paul Baliker from Palm Coast, Florida
• Under Construction by Robert Shangle from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Mantis Dreaming by Bill Secunda from Butler, Pennsylvania

In addition to the public-vote awards, seven juried awards were given at ArtPrize 2011. A new award for outstanding venues was added in 2011. Each juried award winner received $7,000.

• Two-Dimensional: One Ordinary Day of an Ordinary Town by Mimi Kato from St. Louis, Missouri
• Three-Dimensional: Nature Preserve by Michelle Brody from New York, New York
• Time/Performance: Remember:Replay:Repeat by Caroline Young from Chicago, Illinois
• Urban Space: Salvaged Landscape by Catie Newell from Detroit, Michigan
• International: DISAPPEARANCES – an eternal journey by Shinji Turner-Yamamoto from Cincinnati, Ohio
• Venue: SiTE:LAB by Curator Paul Amenta from Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Sustainability: Walking Home: stories from the desert to the Great Lakes by Laura Milkins from Tucson, Arizona
• Ox-Bow Residency: Progressive Movement(s) by Evertt Beidler from Portland, Oregon

2012 competition

The 2012 ArtPrize competition took place from September 19 to October 7. The event made changes to the ArtPrize Juried Awards program, including category prizes worth $20,000 (an increase from $7,000) and a new $100,000 Juried Grand Prize, chosen by a group of three art experts.

ArtPrize 2012 official participation numbers:

• 1,517 artist entries
• 161 venues
• 46 countries, 41 U.S. states and territories
• 47,160 voters
• 412,560 votes cast
• 375,000 (estimated) visitors to Grand Rapids in 19 days

The 2012 prizes, decided by public vote, totaled $360,000:

• 1st place: $200,000
• 2nd: $75,000
• 3rd: $50,000
• 4th through 10th: $5,000 each

The top 10 entries were chosen by a record 412,560 votes and announced on October 10.

• Elephants – Adonna Khare, Burbank, Calif.
• Song of Lift – Martijn van Wagtendonk, Colbert, Ga.
• Rebirth of Spring – Frits Hoendervanger, Detroit, Mich.
• Stick-to-it-ive-ness: Unwavering pertinacity; perseverance – Richard Morse, Fennville, Mich.
• Lights in the Night – Mark Carpenter and Dan Johnson, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Life in Wood – Dan Heffron, Traverse City, Mich.
• Origami – Kumi Yamashita, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• The Chase – Artistry of Wildlife – Marlette, Mich.
• Return to Eden – Sandra Bryant, Lynden, Wash.
• City Band – Chris LaPorte, Grand Rapids, Mich.

In addition to prizes decided by public vote, the organization gave seven juried awards worth $200,000 during ArtPrize 2012 across five categories and a juried grand prize. Each category winner received $20,000. The Juried Grand Prize winner received $100,000. The award was decided by a three-member jury panel.

• Displacement (13208 Klinger St.) – Design 99, Detroit, Mich.
• Two-Dimensional: Habitat – Alois Kronschlaeger, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Three-Dimensional: More or Less – ABCD 83, Chicago, Ill.
• Time/Performance: Three Phases – Complex Movements, Detroit, Mich.
• Urban Space: Flight – Dale Rogers, Haverhill, Mass.
• Venue: SiTE:LAB – Curator: Paul Amenta, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Ox-Bow Residency: Collective Cover Project – Ann Morton, Phoenix, Ariz.

2013 competition

The 2013 ArtPrize competition took place from September 18 to October 6.

Official numbers for ArtPrize 2013:
• 1,805 artist entries
• 169 venues
• Artists from 47 countries and 45 U.S. states and territories
• 49,000 voters
• 446,850 votes cast
• An estimated 400,000 visitors to Grand Rapids, Michigan

The 2013 prizes, decided by public voting, totaled $360,000. The prizes were:
• 1st place: $200,000
• 2nd place: $75,000
• 3rd place: $50,000
• 4th through 10th place: $5,000 each

The top 10 entries received a record 446,850 votes and were announced on October 4. The entries were:
1. Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore – Ann Loveless, Frankfort, Mich.
2. Polar Expressed – Anni Crouter, Flint, Mich.
3. UPlifting – Andy Sacksteder, Port Clinton, Ohio
4. Dancing With Mother Nature – Paul Baliker, Palm Coast, Fla.
5. Botanical Exotica a Monumental Collection of the Rare beautiful – Jason Gamrath, Seattle, Wash.
6. Earth Giant – Benjamin Gazsi, Morgantown, W.Va.
7. Myth-or-Logic – Robin Protz, New Hartford, Conn.
8. Finding Beauty in Bad Things: Porcelain Vine – Fraser Smith, St. Pete Beach, Fla.
9. Taking Flight – Michael Gard, San Francisco, Calif.
10. Tired Pandas – Nick Jakubiak, Battle Creek, Mich.

In addition to the public-vote prizes, the organization gave seven juried awards totaling $200,000 during ArtPrize 2013. These awards were given across five categories and a juried grand prize. Each category winner received $20,000. The Juried Grand Prize winner received $100,000. A three-member jury panel decided the juried awards. The winners were:
• Ecosystem – Carlos Bunga, Barcelona, Spain
• Two-Dimensional: Europa and the Flying Fish – Kyle Staver, New York, N.Y.
• Three-Dimensional: Through the Skies for You – Kevin Cooley / Phillip Andrew Lewis, Chattanooga, Tenn.
• Time/Performance: The Last Post – Shahzia Sikander, New York, N.Y.
• Urban Space: united.states : an everydaypeople project – J.D. Urban, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Venue: The Fed Galleries @ KCAD, Kendall College of Art and Design – Curator: Michele Bosak, Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Ox-Bow Residency: Erase – Greg Bokor, Beverly, Mass.

David Dodde’s Fleurs et riviere was an entry that placed magnetic flowers on the Alexander Calder sculpture La Grande Vitesse. After receiving complaints, the city of Grand Rapids contacted the Calder Foundation for guidance. Alexander S. C. Rower, Calder’s grandson, stated: “The initiative is luckily temporary and shows a lack of understanding and respect for Calder’s work.” The city decided to remove the flowers before the exhibition ended.

2014 competition

The 2014 ArtPrize competition took place from September 24 to October 12.

ArtPrize 2014 official numbers:

• 1,536 artist entries
• 174 venues
• 41,956 voters
• 398,714 votes cast
• 441,000+ (estimated) visitors to Grand Rapids, Michigan

The public vote decided three $20,000 category winners and one $200,000 grand prize winner. The grand prize winner did not receive $20,000 for their category win.

• Intersections – Anila Quayyum Agha, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Two-Dimensional: Outcry – Gretchyn Lauer, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Three-Dimensional: Reciprocity – Marc Sijan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Time-Based: Your Move? – Robert Shangle, Sparta, Michigan
• Installation: Intersections – Anila Quayyum Agha, Indianapolis, Indiana

The jury awarded five $20,000 category winners and one $200,000 grand prize winner. A tie for the grand prize meant each winner received $100,000.

For the first time in ArtPrize history, the Grand Prize Jury recognized two outstanding works, splitting the $200,000 Juried Grand Prize.

• Intersections – Anila Quayyum Agha, Indianapolis, Indiana
• The Hair Craft Project – Sonya Clark, Richmond, Virginia

This was also the first time the voting public and the jury of art experts agreed on a top prize, awarding it to one piece: Intersections by Anila Quayyum Agha.

• Two-Dimensional: The Hair Craft Project – Sonya Clark, Richmond, Virginia
• Three-Dimensional: Tengo Hambre – Maximo Gonzalez, Mexico City, Mexico
• Time-Based: respirador (breather) – Dance in the Annex, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Installation: Symptomatic Constant – Julie Schenkelberg, Brooklyn, New York
• Outstanding venue: SiTE:LAB @ The Morton – Curator: Paul Amenta, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2015 competition

The 2015 ArtPrize competition (also called ArtPrize Seven) took place from September 23 to October 11.

ArtPrize 2015 official participation numbers:

• 1,649 artist entries
• 162 venues
• 35,481 registered voters
• 422,763 votes cast
• 438,000+ (est.) visitors to Grand Rapids, Michigan

The public vote selected three $12,500 category winners and a $200,000 grand prize winner. The grand prize winner did not receive $12,500 for their category win.

• Northwood Awakening – Loveless Photofiber, Frankfort, Michigan

• Two-Dimensional: Northwood Awakening – Loveless Photofiber, Frankfort, Michigan
• Three-Dimensional: Greatest Generation/Beta Team/November – Fred Cogelow, Wilmar, Minnesota
• Time-Based: Whisper – Emily Kennerk, Zionsville, Indiana
• Installation: REACH and SPLASH – Andy Sacksteder, Gladstone, Michigan

The jury selected five $12,500 category winners and a $200,000 grand prize winner.

• Higher Ground – Kate Gilmore, Queens, New York

The category winners were:

• Two-Dimensional: The Fearless Brother Project Presents – Monroe O'Bryant, Kentwood, Michigan
• Three-Dimensional: The Last Supper – Julie Green, Corvallis, Oregon
• Time-Based: That Was Then – Prince Thomas, Houston, Texas
• Installation: In Our Element – Ruben Ubiera, Miami, Florida
• Outstanding venue: SiTE:LAB @ The Rumsey Street Project – Curator: Paul Amenta, Grand Rapids, Michigan

2016 Competition

The 2016 ArtPrize competition, also called ArtPrize Eight, happened from September 21 to October 9.

• 1,453 artist entries
• 170 venues
• 37,433 registered voters
• 380,119 votes cast
• 507,000+ (estimated) visitors to Grand Rapids, Michigan

The public vote decided three winners who each received $12,500 for their category and one grand prize winner who got $200,000. The grand prize winner did not receive the $12,500 from their category.

Wounded Warrior Dogs – James Mellick, Milford Center, Ohio

• Two-Dimensional: Portraits of Light and Shadow – Joao Paulo Goncalves, Pompano Beach, Florida
• Three-Dimensional: Wounded Warrior Dogs – James Mellick, Milford Center, Ohio
• Installation: The Butterfly Effect – Allison Leigh Smith and Bryce Pettit, Durango, Colorado
• Time-Based: Sweeper's Clock – Maarten Baas, Den Bosch, North Brabant, Netherlands

The jury gave five winners $12,500 each for their category and one grand prize winner $200,000.

The Bureau of Personal Belonging – Stacey Kirby, Durham, North Carolina

• Two-Dimensional: les bêtes – Isaac Aoki, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Three-Dimensional: Excavations – William Lamson, New York, New York
• Installation: This Space is Not Abandoned – 912 CollABORATIVE, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Time-Based: Search Engine Vision “ISIS” – Eric Souther, Mishawaka, Indiana
• Outstanding Venue: Split between EVERYTHING IS TRANSFORMED, SiTE:LAB / Rumsey St. Project and This Space is Not Abandoned, 912 Grandville Avenue.

The ArtPrize Eight jurors included:

2017 Competition

The 2017 ArtPrize competition, also called ArtPrize Nine, happened from September 20 to October 8.

• 'Red Dirt Rug Monument' by Rena Detrixe (1,346 artist entries)
• 175 venues
• 43,010 people who signed up to vote
• 384,053 votes cast
• About 522,000 visitors to Grand Rapids, Michigan

People voted to choose three winners who each received $12,500 for their category. The grand prize winner received $200,000 instead of the $12,500.

A. Lincoln – Richard Schlatter, Battle Creek, Michigan

• Two-Dimensional: A. Lincoln – Richard Schlatter, Battle Creek, Michigan
• Three-Dimensional: Lux Maximus Fused Glass, Copper, Bronze and Metal – Daniel Oropeza, Costa Mesa, California
• Installation: Oil + Water – Ryan Spencer Reed, Ludington, Michigan; Richard App, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Time-Based: Red Dirt Rug Monument – Rena Detrixe, Tulsa, Oklahoma

A group of judges awarded five winners who each received $12,500 for their category. The grand prize winner also received $200,000.

The Heartside Community Meal – Seitu Jones, St. Paul, Minnesota

• Two-Dimensional: Sofía Draws Every Day: Years 2, 3, and 4 – Sofía Ramírez Hernández, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Three-Dimensional: Flint – Ti-Rock Moore, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Installation: Society of 23's Locker Dressing Room – Jeffrey Augustine Songco, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Time-Based: Red Dirt Rug Monument – Rena Detrixhe, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Outstanding Venue: The Fed Galleries @ KCAD, Kendall College of Art and Design – Curator: Michele Bosak, Grand Rapids, Mich.

The ArtPrize Nine jurors included:

2018 Competition

The 2018 ArtPrize competition, also called ArtPrize 10, took place from September 19 to October 7.

Public Vote Grand Prize Winner
The String Project by Chelsea Nix and Mariano Cortez

Category Award Winners – Public Vote
– Two-Dimensional: The String Project by Chelsea Nix and Mariano Cortez
– Three-Dimensional: The Phoenix by Joe Butts
– Time-Based: Moving Experience by #shangled
– Installation: Sonder by Megan Constance Altieri

Juried Vote Grand Prize Winner
Brown, Carmine, and Blue by Le'Andra LeSeur

Category Award Winners – Juried Vote
– Two-Dimensional: PULSE Nightclub: 49 Elegies by John Gutoskey
– Three-Dimensional: 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice by Nikesha Breeze
– Installation: Heidelbergology; 2+2=8 by Tyree Guyton Heidelberg
– Venue: Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives

Independent Award Winners
– Best Feature Film: Love, Gilda by Lisa D'Apolito
– Best Short Film: Starry Skies by Sarah Schmidt
– Hopcat WYCE ArtPrize Song of the Year: Shine by Molly
– Youth Collaboration Award: More Than Words by Zeeland Public Schools
– Youth Collaboration Award: Creation: 20 Paneled Public Art by Lakeland Cardinal Collaborative
– Educator Award: Cities of Silhouettes: A Visual Journa l by Missy Dunaway
– Contemporary Black Art Award: 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice by Nikesha Breeze
– Artista Latino Award: THE STRING PROJECT by Chelsea Nix & Mariano Cortez
– Asian Artist Award: Black Panther by YanFang Inlow
– Asian Artist Award: Pure Michigan by Huaming Wang
– Decon + Reuse Vote Award: Abiding in the Shadow by Jeff Best
– American Civil Liberties Union Award: By Her Own Hand by Lora Robertson
– Social Action Committee Award: Reverse Alchemy by Anthony Thompson

2019 Project 1

In 2019, ArtPrize started its "Project" exhibition series, with Project 1 running from September 7 to October 27.

Project 1: Crossed Lines was a series of public art exhibitions in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Five artists from around the world created different types of art projects, including installations, public space art, and community-focused works. These projects explored how lines can connect or separate people in a city and what it means to feel like part of a community.

• Skywalks – Downtown GR: Kaleidoscopic by Amanda Browder
• Community Center – MLK Jr. Park: Kaleidoscopic by Amanda Browder
• Tanglefoot Facade: Kaleidoscopic by Amanda Browder
• Rosa Parks Circle: Oracle of the Soulmates by Heather Hart
• MLK Jr. Park: Oracle of the Soulmates by Heather Hart
• Louis St. and Monroe Ave., Downtown GR: The Boom and the Bust by Olalekan Jeyifous
• Tanglefoot Building: Critical Infrastructure by Paul Amenta and Ted Lott

2021 Competition

The ArtPrize 2021 competition took place from September 16 through October 3.

Public Vote Grand Prize Winner
Before You Go by Christian Reichle and Monica Pritchard

Category Award Winners – Juried Vote
• Two-Dimensional: Aging Out / 18 years old by John Paul Goncalves
• Three-Dimensional: Soaked by Holly Ross
• Time-Based: Art pod by Stephen Smith (in collaboration with other artists)
• Installation: Project Unity: Ten Miles of Track in One Day by Hwa-Jeen Na and Yuge Zhou

• Contemporary Black Art Awards: Planted by the Sacred Streams of Grace by Brian Whitfield
• Contemporary Black Art Awards: Ile Itaja – Shoppinglist by Olaniyi R. Akindiya Akirash
• Asian Art Awards: Before You Go by Christian Reichle and Monica Pritchard
• Asian Art Awards: Paper Cinderella by Michal Overholts
• Artista Latino Awards: The 20ths of January (Lunar Eclipse over Grand Rapids) by Russell Cooper
• Artista Latino Awards: Guardians of Sacred Space by Florencia Clement de Grandprey

2022 Competition

The ArtPrize 2022 competition took place from September 15 to October 2.

Awards Based on Visitor Votes
– 2D Art Winner: In My Eyes by Florencia Clement de Grandprey
– 3D Art Winner: AMERICAN EAGLE by Kasey Wells
– Installation Art Winner: Twigg the Forest Dragon by Jennifer Dunahee
– Time-Based Art Winner: Embodied-Healing Through Body Art by Kristen Zamora
– Digital Art Winner: Urban Arterials by Rob Finch

Awards Based on Juried Votes
– 2D Art Winner: For Dorothy Afro Harping by Harold Allen
– 2D Art Runner-Up: In Bello (In Time of War) by Erica Kuhl
– 3D Art Winner: LAST by Mo Jauw
– 3D Art Honorable Mention: Embedded by Mark Mennin
– Installation Art Winner: Seeking a Pleasant Peninsula by Maddison Chaffer
– Installation Art Honorable Mention: Who's Next by Brian Whitfield
– Time-Based Art Winner: Fusion
– Time-Based Art Honorable Mention: Ineffable Lypophrenia by C. Glass Dance Company
– Digital Art Winner: Derivations of a Gothic Arch Part 2 by Gary Mesa-Gaido
– Digital Art Honorable Mention: Algorithm + You = Art by Charles Cusack
– Contemporary Black Art Award: Poetry on Demand – My Poem, Your Topic by William Davis
– Asian Art Award: Sold to Slaughter by Stacie Tamaki
– Artista Latino Award: In My Eyes by Florencia Clement de Grandprey
– ArtPrize Venue Winner: Monroe Community Church

Artist-to-Artist Award
– Creation, Destruction, Reflection by Brad and Bryan Caviness

2023 Competition

The ArtPrize 2023 competition took place from September 14 to October 1.

• Raining Wisdom by Abdoulaye Conde
• Award Winners Chosen by Public Vote
• 2nd Place: Tale of Ten Dresses by Rebecca Humes
• 3rd Place: An Iris Collection of 5 by Peggy Slattery

• 2D Winner: Mandy With Orchid by Stephen Brennan
• 2D Honorable Mention: Ménage by Roger Bruinekool
• 3D Winner: The Lost Mystics by Kumkum Fernando
• 3D Honorable Mention: The SpLaVCe Ship by Christopher Blay
• Installation Winner: The Art of Disruption by DisArt
• Installation Winner: The Zone of Authenticity by Whitney Pyles
• Installation Honorable Mention: Gambling on the Horizon by Mandy Cano Villalobos
• Time-Based Winner: The Future is a Constant Wake by Aryel Jackson
• Time-Based Honorable Mention: Being (T)here by Rene MG
• Digital Winner: Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies by Eric Souther and Benjamin Rosenthal
• Digital Honorable Mention: Fascism Killed the Old Gods by Matt Schenk

• Vanguard Award: #NOMORESTOLENSIST(A)S by Maya James
• Prism Award: Technophobia by Christopher Shields
• Originators Award: Serenity by Juan Pimentel
• Crossroads Award: Isa(moving) by Minyoung Kwak
• Horizontes Award: Caminantes / Wayfarers by Salvador Jimenez-Flores

• Grand Rapids African American Arts & Music Award: Dimensional Dissection by Aidan Gardner
• Asian Art Award: After Party Guests by Harminder Boparai
• Artista Latino Award: Identity by Johnny Camacho
• Grand Rapids African American Arts & Music Award: From a Place of Privilege: A Celebration of the Black Woman by Laura Wilson

2024 Competition

The ArtPrize 2024 competition took place from September 13 to September 28.

• Public Vote Category Awards:
• 2D Winner: The Prophets by Robert VanderZee
• 3D Winner: Tut's Tomb by Bruce Gorsline
• Installation Winner: Reflective Journey by Shirin Abedinirad
• Time-Based Winner: My Poem Your Topic by Endlesswill
• New Media Winner: Too Much Information by Bruce Holwerda
• +Design Winner: Ash desk with drawers by Zak Doezema-Nunez
• Entry: Dynamic Sunset by John Katerberg

• Juried Vote Category Awards:
• 2D Winner: "Remember who you are." by Jonathan Harris
• 3D Winner: Old Stories by H. Highwater
• Installation Winner: marshmallow polypore variant by Samuelle Green
• Time-Based Winner: My Poem Your Topic by Endlesswill
• New Media Winner: Me So Calgon by Stafford Smith
• +Design Winner: Understory by Common Object Studio
• Entry: TRAUMA PROJECT by Trauma Project

• Additional Exhibits:
• 456: A Reflection on Fatherhood by Keyon Lovett
• The Journal Project by Ruth Crowe
• What Does It Mean To Be Queer? by Isabel Dowell
• Fragments of Anima 1 & 2 (diptych) by Chris Pappan
• Sovereign by Pat ApPaul