What is The Earth Partner Prize 2026?

The 2026 Earth Partner Prize is an open call that generates conversations around the urgent need for ecological justice. It is specifically designed for artists aged 14-30 to encourage youth engagement leading up to COP in November, and to ensure the voices of younger generations are heard.

Art Partner invites artists and creatives of all nationalities, races, genders and faiths, between 14 and 30 years of age, to submit work that responds to and creates conversations around the urgent need for climate action. The Earth Partner Prize seeks to amplify the call to environmental action by providing a platform where the voices of the next generation of concerned creatives can be seen and heard. Especially members of the global majority, who are often underrepresented, highlighting the unique ways in which they each view the perils of climate change, and its social roots and consequences. The 2026 Earth Partner Prize is taking place in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Re:wild. Through these collaborations, participants will have a chance to have their work featured in international forums and seen by climate leaders.

Applicants can apply with any medium, including, but not limited to, photography projects, docu-style and experimental film, performance art, app development, spoken word, musical compositions, dance, fashion design, new media, and social media projects.

Eight finalists will be awarded cash prizes of $10k, $5k or $2k. An additional 20 creatives will receive honourable mentions, selected by a globally recognised panel of judges.

This year, our jury includes:

• Hans Ulrich Obrist, art curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries
• Ferdinando Verderi, art director
• Shaway Yeh, founder of Yehyehyeh and pioneer of Asia's sustainable fashion movement
• Musonda Mumba, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• Derrick O. Boateng, acclaimed afrofuturist artist
• Robin D. Moore, photographer and CCO at Re:wild
• Giovanni Testino, founder of Art Partner
• Marcela Villafaña, first filmmaker of the Arhuaco community
• Marina Testino, sustainability advocate

All finalists and honourable mentions will have their work showcased on artpartner.com, earthpartner.com and featured on @artpartner (420k followers) and @earthpartner.

Art Partner is committed to leveraging its creative expertise to raise awareness and inspire action on global issues. We've hosted several exhibitions showcasing winners and honourable mentions of the Earth Partner Prize to international audiences. Exhibitions were held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Vatican Gardens of Borgo Laudato Si', Fotografiska Shanghai during Shanghai Climate Week 2024, and Photo London 2024 at Somerset House.

How to enter

• If the project involves the use of AI tools, even in part, this must be clearly indicated in the project description.

• If the project has received any awards or press coverage, please include this information in the project description.

About Art Partner and Earth Partner.

Art Partner is a creative agency at the centre of fashion, luxury & beauty. Together with our artists, we create unique universes, strategize 360, develop assets for all social media, and build contemporary cultural experiences for the world's leading brands.

Since its founding, Art Partner has significantly helped shape the fashion industry at an impressive scale, consistently spearheading some of the most important and successful campaigns and editorials over the last 30 years.

Officially established in 2019 as Art Partner's sustainability division, Earth Partner leverages Art Partner's network and expertise in the fashion industry and creative communication to amplify the call to environmental and social action, where the voices of the next generation of concerned creatives can be seen and heard. Through the Earth Partner Prize, travelling exhibitions and year-round initiatives, Earth Partner exists to harness the power of creative expression and captivating visual storytelling to advance action through culture. Our purpose is to be a community where art can inspire care for creation through connection, collaboration, and cultural transformation.