Imke Folkerts Prize for Fine Arts


The Imke Folkerts Prize is a competition for artworks. The Prize consists of 10,000 euros and a special exposition of the short-listed artworks within the Greetsiel Week. The award began in 2004 and is given to artists every other year since the 2005 award. The award is open without any thematical restrictions to artists all over the world. Award ceremony is in the German fishing village Greetsiel.
The jury consists of up to five members: artists, art critics, gallery owners, art historians, curators, academics and/or collectors. They can split the prize to reward young artists until the completion of their 30th year of life. The prize also can be split in different ways for specific reasons.

Former winners

The Prize is donated by David F. Folkerts-Landau and named after his grandmother.