LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2026 in Singapore

This year’s edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize presents a selection of works that approach making as a careful negotiation between balance, instability and tension. Ordered systems have been subtly unsettled: restrained palettes are interrupted by sudden shifts in colour, smooth surfaces are breached by moments of rupture, and precise geometries are softened, warped or displaced. References to the natural world have informed both material choice and process, and growth, decay and cyclical transformation are embedded through acts of cutting, bending, weaving and layering. Cultural traditions have provided further points of orientation: practices drawn from basketry, textile, dyeing and architectural making have been reinterpreted through contemporary contexts, scales and collaborations. Taken together, the works position craft as a living language, shaped by continuity and interruption alike.


All 30 of the shortlisted works are exhibited at National Gallery Singapore from 13 May until 14 June 2026. The exhibition is available to view online and will be documented in an exhibition catalogue.


Selected artists:
Baba Tree Master Weavers × Álvaro Catalán de Ocón (Spain).
Jobe Burns (United Kingdom).
Soohyun Chou (Republic of Korea).
Morten Løbner Espersen (Denmark).
Liam Fleming (Australia).
Oskar Gustafsson (Sweden).
Susan Halls (United Kingdom).
Gjertrud Hals (Norway).
Chia-Chen Hsieh (Taiwan Region).
Adelene Koh (Singapore).
Maria Koshenkova (Denmark).
Jong In Lee (Republic of Korea).
Somyeong Lee (Republic of Korea).
Misako Nakahira (Japan).
Fadekemi Ogunsanya (Nigeria).
Jieun Park (Republic of Korea).
Jongjin Park (Republic of Korea).
Rafael Pérez Fernández (España).
Dorothea Prühl (Germany).
Kirstie Rea (Australia).
Vivi Rosa (Brazil).
Hervé Sabin (Haiti).
Xanthe Somers (Zimbabwe).
Coco Sung (Republic of Korea).
Nobuyuki Tanaka (Japan).
Graziano Visintin (Italy).
Rayah Wauters (Belgium).
Nan Wei (China).
Jane Yang-D’Haene (United States of America).
Ayano Yoshizumi (Japan).


They were selected from over 5,100 submissions by artists representing 133 countries and regions in February 2026 by a panel of experts. Those shortlisted represent 20 countries and regions, and work across a range of mediums including ceramics, woodwork, textiles, furniture, bookbinding, glass, metal, jewellery and lacquer.

A tribute to LOEWE’s beginnings as a collective craft workshop in 1846, the annual Craft Prize was launched by the LOEWE FOUNDATION in 2016 to celebrate excellence, artistic merit and innovation in modern craft. The award aims to acknowledge the importance of craft in today’s culture and to recognise artists whose talent, vision and will to innovate promise to set a new standard for the future.


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National Gallery Singapore is a leading visual arts institution and the largest modern and contemporary art museum in Southeast Asia. Dedicated to making art accessible to all, the Gallery engages audiences of all ages through its exhibitions, educational programmes, and public festivals. Home to the world’s largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian art, the Gallery is redefining the region’s art history through pioneering research, strategic acquisitions, and thoughtfully curated exhibitions.
By offering new perspectives, it recontextualises the region’s artistic contributions within global narratives. Located in the heart of the Civic District, the Gallery is housed in two national monuments – the City Hall and former Supreme Court – making it an iconic cultural landmark where architectural grandeur meets deep historical significance.
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