guidelines for the artists
2025 Erarta Prize nominees
The longlist is the result of the museum’s review of the entire pool of entries submitted by artists representing all genres and forms of contemporary art, including painting, graphic arts, sculpture, photography, installation, video and multimedia art.
The works by the following 40 artists will be displayed at the special exhibition staged by Erarta to determine the winners through a public vote:
| Konstantin Alekseyev | Matvey Körn | Dmitry Trubin |
| Olga Arkadyeva | Sergey Kiyanitsa | Yulia Trubina |
| Varvara Balashova | Sergey Kozhara | Alan Khatagty |
| Katerina Borodavchenko | Evgeniy Kravtsov | Konstantin Khudyakov |
| Alexander Brashkin | Irina Kuvshinova | Irek Shamanayev |
| Ksenia Vlasova | Anna Kuznetsova-Smertina | Ksenia Shinkovskaya |
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Aleksey Vorobyov & Ekaterina Stoycheva |
Gabibulla Magomedov | Aleksey Yusupov |
| Aleksey Golovin | Anastasia Nesterova | Sofia Yalalova |
| Alexander Grekov | Olga Petrova | AnyaManya |
| Vadim Grigoryev-Bashun | Ivan Pokidyshev | Liza Dandy |
| Svetlana Guzhva | Denis Saunin | Rust2D |
| Ilya Gurko | Sergey Sekirin | Stakan Psof |
| Victoria Iva | Victor Sirenko | |
| Anna Kevrel | Anastasia Slavnova |
The 3.5 million rubles worth of prize money will be distributed among the 40 nominees. At the close of the first voting round, scheduled to last from 7 February through 21 April, 15 artists ranked from 40th to 26th will receive a guaranteed reward of 50,000 rubles each. 15 more artists ranked from 25th to 11th will be awarded 75,000 rubles each. The top 10 artists securing the majority of votes in the first voting round will qualify for the second.
The second voting round will last from 22 April through 5 June. The 10 shortlisted artworks will compete for the following money prizes: the artists ultimately ranking from 10th to 6th are guaranteed to win 100,000 rubles each; the top five artists will receive 125,000 rubles for the 5th place, 150,000 rubles for the 4th, 175,000 rubles for the 3rd, 200,000 rubles for the 2nd, and the Grand Prix of 500,000 rubles for the 1st place respectively.
Good luck to all the participants!
Prize submission guidelines
Early submission of entries ensures that any technical or organisational issues related to the staging of the nominees’ exhibition are handled by the artist together with Erarta Museum’s Curatorial Team in the most efficient way possible.
Only one artwork per artist will be featured in the exhibition. To improve the chances of being selected, every artist could submit up to three artworks. All artists that had been nominated for the 2023 Erarta Prize and the 2024 Erarta Prize could also submit their entries for the 2025 Erarta Prize without including previously submitted artworks.
The call for entries for the 2025 Erarta Prize was closed on 20 October 2024.