Prix Arts numériques

The Prix Arts numériques is an annual award created in 2025 by the Geneva-based Fondation Etrillard in partnership with the Académie des beaux-arts of the Institut de France. The prize recognises a recent work of digital art that “echoes” the disciplines represented at the Académie—painting, sculpture, architecture, engraving and drawing, music, cinema, photography and choreography—and promotes dialogue between tradition and new media.

Overview

Open to artists of any nationality residing in Europe and to collectives, the prize is awarded on the basis of a public call for entries followed by the selection of three finalists and one winner. Eligible works are digital in their creation process, must have been created between 2021 and 2024, and must have been publicly exhibited at least once.

Calendar

For the first edition, applications opened on 4 February 2025 and closed on 30 April 2025; the three finalists were announced on 10 September 2025 and the winner was announced on 22 October 2025, during a ceremony at the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris.

Jury

The jury is composed of members of the Académie des beaux-arts and the Académie des sciences, together with figures from the field of digital art. The 2025 jury consists of:

Valérie Belin – photographer and visual artist, member of the Académie des beaux-arts
Philippe Bettinelli – curator, New Media Department, Centre Pompidou
Jean-Marie Dallet – digital artist and professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Patrick Flandrin – physicist, member of the Académie des sciences
Alain Fleischer – artist; former director of Le Fresnoy
Sabine Himmelsbach – director of HEK (House of Electronic Arts), Basel
Margit Rosen – Head of Collections, Archives & Research, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe
Marjane Satrapi – artist, comics author and film director; member of the Académie des beaux-arts

The jury is chaired by Gilles Etrillard, President of the Fondation Etrillard. Laurent Petitgirard, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des beaux-arts, serves as a permanent guest of the jury.

Finalists and winner

For the inaugural edition, the finalists and winner announced by the Fondation Etrillard are:Winner: Jonas Lund — MVP .Finalists:

* Justine Emard — Hyperphantasia. The origins of the image
* Jonas Lund — MVP
* Thomas Marcusson — ''A.I. Ball''