The Drawing Now Prize

For the past 15 years, the Drawing Now Prize has celebrated contemporary art by highlighting the pioneering role of galleries and recognizing the talent of an artist featured at the fair. In 2026, Conté in Paris, a historic institution dedicated to drawing, is joining the Drawing Now Prize as an official partner, thereby increasing the prize fund to 20,000 euros:
— A 5,000-euro cash prize for the winning artist;
— 5,000 euros in materials from Conté à Paris, distributed among the Prize nominees;
— 10,000 euros in production support for a three-month exhibition at the Drawing Lab and the publication of a monographic catalog.

Among the artists under 50 featured by the 71 participating galleries, the fair’s selection committee has named the following this year:
— Guénaëlle de Carbonnières, born in 1986 (Galerie Binome);
— Roman Moriceau, born in 1976 (Archiraar Gallery)
— Chloé Vanderstraeten, born in 1996 (Traits Libres Gallery);
— Maxime Verdier, born in 1991 (Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou);
— Katarzyna Wiesiołek, born in 1990 (Galerie Eric Dupont).

The winner of the Drawing Now 2026 prize

Chloé Vanderstraeten was born in 1996. She lives and works in Paris. She graduated in 2021 from the Beaux-arts de Paris with honors and from the Arts décoratifs de Paris. Her work, which focuses on drawing and paper, has been exhibited at FRAC Picardie, CRAC Alsace, CAC Brétigny, Fondation Van Gogh in Arles and Fondation Boghossian in Brussels, among others. In 2023, she was awarded a residency at the Anni and Josef Albers Foundation in the United States, where she studied the textile work of Anni Albers. In 2025, she is the winner of the Émergence ADIAF grant and a finalist for the Prix des Amis du Palais de Tokyo. She has exhibited at the Frac Picardie and the Maison de la Culture d'Amiens as part of the exhibition Codes dessinés: notations urbaines, écritures intimes (curated by Joana P. R. Neves). She recently exhibited at the Antonio Dalle Nogare Foundation in Italy, invited by curators Julia Marchand and Eva Brioschi, in dialogue with Duchamp's Boîte-en-valise and the typographic and editorial work of Georgian artist Iliazd. She is resident at Artagon, Pantin, until 2026.