Nominations for the 2027 Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art are open to eligible nominators.
Who can be nominated?
Visual artists eligible for nomination for the Heineken Prize are those who:
- work in one or more of the following disciplines: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, printmaking, media art and video art;
- have already achieved a degree of professional recognition and whose artistic development and reputation as an artist would be supported by the Heineken Prize;
- have an established artistic practice in the Netherlands, having lived and worked in the country for a substantial period, and reside and work in the Netherlands at the closing date for nominations.
Who can nominate?
The following persons are eligible to nominate candidates
for the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art:
- members of the Society of Arts (Akademie van Kunsten);
- directors of art museums in the Netherlands;
- general directors of Dutch institutes of higher professional art education and post-graduate education;
- directors of the following post-academic art institutions: the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht and De Ateliers in Amsterdam;
- directors of visual arts presentation institutions in the Netherlands;
- the board of the Netherlands Gallery Association;
- laureates of the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art.
Nominations must be submitted in English using the nomination form provided by the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation.
Each nominator may nominate one candidate in each nomination round.
Please consult the Regulations for the full eligibility criteria and nomination requirements.
Nomination and selection process
1: Submit a nomination
Complete the nomination form in English and submit it together with the candidate’s artistic CV and a portfolio of selected works or links to webpages documenting the candidate’s artistic practice by 15 February 2027, 11:59 PM CET.
2: Confirmation
After submitting your nomination, you will receive a confirmation email. If not, please contact us at office@heinekenprizes.org.
3: Selection
An independent jury composed of leading experts will evaluate the nominations and select the laureate. Additional information may be requested during the selection process.
4: Notification
The selected laureates will be informed personally in April 2027. The laureates will be publicly announced in June 2027.
5: Award Ceremony
The laureates will receive their prizes during the 2027 Heineken Prizes award ceremony on Thursday 30 September 2027.