Nominees for the 2026 Minerva Awards announced

Every year, graduates from the four bachelor’s degree programmes are nominated for the four Academie Minerva Awards.

A total of four prizes will be awarded. One prize of €1,500 each will be made available for the programmes Fine Art (Award for Fine Art), Design (Award for Design) and Fine Art and Design in Education (Art Education Award). Artistic research is rewarded with a research prize (Research Award) of €500.

A number of external experts nominate final exam candidates for these awards. The quality of the work assessed by the jury is the deciding factor.

Genomineerden Minerva Award for Design:

• Aleks Ivković
• Alessio Usvat
• Arina Podsekina
• Bente van Spijk
• Carlota Joia
• Emma Jongschaap
• Emma Vos
• Filippos M. Parousis
• Gyanu Lewe
• Hanna Jovanov
• Kasper Heijne
• Luna Jongsma
• Myrthe Pijlman
• Sara Khalili
• Selena Kitana
• Tessa Drenth
• Vera Esperança

Genomineerden Minerva Award for Fine Art:

• Chloe Ní Fhiontaigh
• Emma Straňáková
• Gerben Oolbekkink
• Kyrah Klemme
• Shervin Atighehchi

Genomineerden Minerva Kunsteducatieprijs:

• Jaron Smedes van den Berg
• Yasmin Hasan

Genomineerden Minerva Research Award:

• Beniamin Visarion
• Ioana Drăgușin
• Jaron Smedes van den Berg
• Miruna Matei
• Prisha Goyal
• Yasmin Hasan