Announcement of the 3 finalists for the 2025 Digital Arts Prize

In February 2025, the Fondation Etrillard and the French Académie des beaux-arts (Academy of Fine Arts) launched the first edition of the Digital Arts Prize. Open to candidates of any nationality residing in Europe, with no age limit, this unique prize is awarded each year to a recent digital work that resonates with the artistic disciplines represented at the Academy.

429 applications from across Europe were received following the call for entries. The jury then carried out several stages of pre-selection, which resulted in 20 entries being examined on 10 July 2025 during the final jury meeting held at the Academy of Fine Arts. During this jury meeting, three artists were selected as finalists for the competition.

The winner will be announced on Wednesday 22 October under the dome of the Palais de l'Institut de France. The prize, which recognises excellence in digital art, comes with a cash award of €20,000.

The three finalists are, in alphabetical order:

- Justine Emard, for her work Hyperphantasia. Des origines de l'image
- Jonas Lund, for his work MVP (Most Valuable Painting)
- Thomas Marcusson, for his work A.I. Ball

Visit the page dedicated to the finalists to discover their work.

Read the press release.