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.
- The artworks must not be larger than 200 x 200 cm.
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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.
- 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
