LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans whose work reinterprets existing knowledge and makes it relevant for today, whilst simultaneously reflecting its maker’s personal language and distinct hand. The Craft Prize is a showcase of the evolving contribution of craft to the culture of our times.

The winning work is selected by a Jury composed of leading experts and distinguished figures from the worlds of design, art, architecture, journalism and curatorship.

The winner and special mentions will feature alongside the shortlisted finalists in an exhibition and accompanying catalogue in Madrid in Spring 2025.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize is open to artists of all ages (over 18) and nationalities, regardless of experience or reputation. The Prize is judged on the strength of the work and values those who are pushing the boundaries of craft.

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An expert panel composed of artists, essayists and curators will consider all submitted works in order to select a shortlist of up to 30 submissions for the 2025 prize. New additions to the expert panel include Michelle Fisher, Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston; Kevin Grey, metal artist and finalist of the 2024 Craft Prize; Ibrahim Mahama, mixed media artist, and Aya Oki glass artist and finalist of the 2024 Craft Prize. The panel’s choice will be based on a number of key criteria: originality, clear artistic vision and merit, precise execution, material excellence, innovative value and a distinct
authorial mark.

The shortlisted works will be exhibited at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid. The prize’s Jury will select the winning piece from the exhibition and the winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025 will be announced in a ceremony at the museum in spring 2025.

The newest members of the 2025 Jury are Andrés Anza winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024, and Frida Escobedo, essayist and architect.

Andrés Anza was announced as the winner of this year’s Prize on 14 May 2024, coinciding with the opening of the exhibition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024 at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

Experts Panel
- Andrew Bonacina, LOEWE Art Advisor and Independent Curator.
- Antonia Boström, Director of Collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
- Hyeyoung Cho, Chairwoman at the Korea Association of Art and Design.
- Michelle Fisher, Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of FineArts, Boston.
- Sara Flynn, ceramicist and LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2017 finalist.
- Kevin Grey, metal artist and finalist of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024.
- Wolfgang Lösche, former Head of Exhibition and Fairs at the Chamber of Skilled Trades, Munich.
- Ibrahim Mahama, mixed media artist.
- Juha Marttila, LOEWE Leather Goods Design Director.
- Aya Oki, glass artist and finalist of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024.
- Anatxu Zabalbeascoa (Executive Secretary), Architecture and Design Correspondent for El País.

Jury
- Jonathan Anderson, LOEWE Creative Director.
- Andrés Anza, winner of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2024.
- Minsuk Cho, architect and winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014.
- Frida Escobedo, essayist and architect.
- Naoto Fukasawa, designer and Director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Tokyo.
- Olivier Gabet, Director of the Department of Decorative Arts, Louvre Museum, Paris.
- Sheila Loewe (Chairwoman), President of the LOEWE FOUNDATION.
- Magdalene Odundo, ceramicist.
- Wang Shu, architect and Pritzker Prize winner.
- Deyan Sudjic, essayist and Director Emeritus of the Design Museum, London.
- Abraham Thomas, Curator of Modern Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Patricia Urquiola, architect and industrial designer.
- Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, Architecture and Design Correspondent for El País.

Applications
Anyone over 18 years of age working in a craft-based profession is welcome to apply.

About the Craft Prize
The LOEWE FOUNDATION launched the international annual LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize in 2016 to showcase and celebrate newness, excellence and artistic merit in modern craftsmanship. The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize recognises artists who have made fundamentally important contributions to the development of contemporary craft, including ceramics, jewelry, textiles, woodwork, glass, metalwork, furniture, papercraft and lacquer. The Prize functions as a multigenerational snapshot of the utmost excellence in craft today.
The award, which was envisioned by LOEWE creative director Jonathan Anderson, aims to acknowledge the importance of craft in today’s culture and recognise working artists whose talent, vision and will to innovate set a standard for the future. The incentive for the prize was inspired by LOEWE’s beginnings as a collective craft workshop in 1846, reflecting fashion’s vital link to culture and the importance of advanced, specialised knowledge to the field. Art, craft and design remain fundamental cornerstones to the house’s present chapter.

About the LOEWE FOUNDATION
The LOEWE FOUNDATION was established as a private cultural foundation in 1988 by Enrique Loewe, a fourth-generation member of LOEWE’s founding family. Today, under the direction of his daughter Sheila Loewe, the Foundation continues to promote creativity, organise educational programs and protect cultural heritage in the fields of craft, design, photography, poetry and dance. The Foundation was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts by the Spanish government in 2002.