guidelines for the artists
2026 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 are currently displayed at the special exhibition staged by Erarta to determine the winners through a public vote:
| Anna Berzina. Bare Feet, Square Shoulders | Oksana Mylnikova. Apple Tree. From the Plastic World Series |
| Masha Bogoraz. Pushmi-Pullyu | Anastasia Nesterova. Garden Ark |
| Oleg Vecher. As You Are Now, So Once We Were; As We Are Now, So You Shall Be | Irina Pyankova. Dad’s Coat |
| Aleksey Golovin. Wanderer | Yulia Saltykova. Tale of the Old Forest |
| Anastasia Golubeva. Illusion | Maria Safronova. District 22 |
| Irina Denisova (Irisa Didrisa). Divided Whole | Kirill Svityashchuk. Blue Cow |
| Alyona Zhamozdik. Memory No. … | Vladimir Semenskiy. Break. Diptych |
| Ksyusha Kabachek. In Favourite Black | Aleksey Sergeyev. Trampling Death by Death |
| Lev Kozhin. Ozymandias | Anna Sosenskaya. Mum, I’m Scared |
| Maxim Korolkov. Time Is on My Side | Sasha Suvorova. Skull of a Quagga |
| Evgeniy Kravtsov. From the Corrosion Series | Uspekh Provalov. Midsummer Night |
| Marina Kudrina. Ponies | Fyodor Hiroshige & Nestor Engelke. Naruto Whirlpools |
| Anton Kuznetsov. Icebergs II | Ilya Shanin. Before the Thunderstorm |
| Elena Kulik. White Ribbon | Anelia Sharifullina (OUR RUG). ERROR 90 |
| Alexander Kulikov (Peshe). The Belvedere Mystery | Andrey Shatilov. Enough for All! |
| Nikolai, Grigoriy & Anastasia-Ksenia Lysak. The Lovers. Triptych | Elena Shulga. Mirror-World |
| Tatyana Mazok. No. 3. From the Memory Gaps Project | Alex Ko. Power |
| Olga Melnikova. In Memory of Mikhail Vrubel | Liza DANDY. Blue Tuner |
| Eduard Mishkin. A Time to Gather | Dima ПЖ. Conjunction |
| Viktor Mosielev. Three Brothers | DIMITRIEV & YANAK. Touching |
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 6 February through 20 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.
For the 2026 edition of the Prize, all nominated artists enjoy the opportunity to sell their works featured in the exhibition through the agency of the museum. This means that the viewers not only have their say in the prize money distribution but can also acquire their favourite artwork for their private collection. All nominated exhibits that are sold prior to the awarding of the Prize will remain on display for the duration of the show and will be transferred to their new owners only after the project’s results are announced. To find out more, please call the Erarta Prize Curatorial Team at +7 (921) 655 96 86.
Good luck to all the participants!
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 previous editions of the Erarta Prize could also submit their entries for the 2026 Erarta Prize without including previously submitted artworks.
For the 2026 edition of the Prize, all nominated artists will enjoy the opportunity to sell their works featured in the exhibition through the agency of Erarta Museum. This means that from now on the viewers not only have their say in the prize money distribution but can also purchase their favourite artwork, lending additional support to its creator. All nominated exhibits that are sold prior to the awarding of the Prize will remain on display for the duration of the show and will be transferred to their new owners only after the project’s results are announced. Please inquire with the Erarta Prize Curatorial Team for more information.
The call for entries for the 2026 Erarta Prize has closed on 19 October 2025.
