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62.º Premio Nacional de Artes Visuales (Uruguay) 2026
Instituto Nacional de Artes Visuales – Dirección Nacional de Cultura, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura · Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguay's national visual arts prize, run by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The 62nd edition closed 8 July 2026; MEC acquisition prizes totalling UYU 950,000, a UYU 150,000 painting prize and up to 30 production grants of UYU 40,000.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Uruguay (by residence or nationality)
- Age
- 18 and over
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Any medium
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Uruguayan citizens (natural or legal persons) and foreigners with permanent legal residence; individuals or collectives; 18+.
About
The Premio Nacional de Artes Visuales is organised by Uruguay's Instituto Nacional de Artes Visuales within the Ministry of Education and Culture. The 62nd edition, honouring Clemente Padín and Ernesto Vila, is open to Uruguayan citizens and permanent legal residents aged 18 or over, as individuals or collectives, with no restriction on artistic language.
Applications were accepted exclusively online through culturaenlinea.uy until 8 July 2026 at 17:00. The jury (Andrea Finkelstein, Diego Focaccio and Hélio Menezes) selects up to 30 works, each supported for the first time with a production and installation grant of UYU 40,000, before awarding the Gran Premio and First, Second and Third MEC acquisition prizes (UYU 950,000 in total) and the UYU 150,000 Premio Julio Alpuy for painting.
Selected works are exhibited at the Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo (EAC) in Montevideo, curated by Fernando López Lage. The prize recurs roughly every two years.