ISOLE ISOLE ISOLE ART PRIZE

The only prize in Europe dedicated to the idea of the “desert island”—a branching, connective force between Sicily and Venice through the lenses of artistic research and necro-ethical critique (triggering fascist heritage and tech performative gaze).

The ISOLE ISOLE ISOLE Prize offers a unique opportunity to hybridize Southern and Northern Italy, proposing a vision capable of shaping a new status of Landscape, Archive, and Infinite Drift (derive) of the artwork— understood as relation, hospitality, and lyrical formalization for the Care of the ‘Polis’.The prize is open to all art forms, including design, architecture, curatorial practice, and writing, and is supported by an international jury committed to both selection and curatorial guidance.

IN SHORT
• For Emerging Artists / Designers & Intellectuals
• Dedicated to Palermitan peace cooperator Giovanni Lo Porto
• Open Call: 28 November 2025 – 6 January 2026, 11:55 pm (Italian time)
Form on the official page www.cassatadrone.org/isole
• Solo show at SPAZIO SPUMA www.labiennale.org/it/bacheca/357

PRIZE / WHAT YOU RECEIVE
• Residency (accommodation in Venice and Sicily + reimbursement for domestic Italian travel)
• Residency program in Venice (including dérive by boat) and Sicily
• Cash prize: €1000
• Press coverage & independent bilingual catalogue with ISBN
• Solo exhibition at SPAZIO SPUMA in Venice
• Italian Hospitality in intellectuals home with view

JURY
Francesca Giubilei & Luca Berta
Cecilia Bengolea
Simona Squadrito
Paolo Bufalini
Giuseppe Diliberto
Razvan Dumitru
Francesca Castellani
Vision and Direction: g. olmo stuppia

With the support of:
• Venice Art Factory — https://www.veniceartfactory.org
• IUAV University of Venice — https://www.iuav.it
• ESAD Grenoble — https://www.esad-gv.fr