Li3Re Prize

We live in an era of a return to quality; every bite must be unique, because life may be short, but it should be good, beautiful, and original. For this, craftsmanship is essential on one side, to create products made with artistry, and art itself is needed on the other, to make them unique, true masterpieces of excellence. This is why Italian and international companies invest in the unique quality and aesthetics of their products. Just think of Nescafé Dolce Gusto® collaborating with NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) in Milan, Poste Italiane with the “Pacco d’Artista,” Eni with Gaetano Pesce’s exhibition, or the recent partnership between Louis Vuitton and the artist Yayoi Kusama.

It is becoming increasingly clear to everyone: we need to bring art everywhere.

1. LI3RE – Competition for Painting, Sculpture, and Digital Arts
The Li3Re project was born with the idea of promoting the culture of beauty, providing artists with the necessary tools to evolve, direct their art, and develop a greater sense of collective sensitivity.
The goal is to build a relationship that fosters knowledge and connection, sensitizing both the audience and the artist. The union of art and business is becoming an essential synergy for any industry. Promoting artists and helping them become leaders of excellence means encouraging industries to engage in these collaborations, improving product quality, and contributing to the spread of a growing awareness and culture of beauty.

2. Purpose and Objectives – LI3RE PRIZE
The purpose of the Li3Re Competition is to raise awareness among businesses about the importance of art and to encourage artists to collaborate, creating a new hub that inspires and facilitates a meeting point between art and industry. Discovering new talents and encouraging creativity represents a social commitment, similar to the role the Church played in the past by funding artists.
Li3Re is proud to organize, in collaboration with Space Gallery of Modena, the First Edition of an important initiative: the LI3RE PRIZE Art Competition.

The primary goal of the LI3RE PRIZE is to make art accessible and encourage its use. Equally important is to provide all competition participants with feedback on their work, including a technical sheet describing strengths and weaknesses, as well as a review of their work. This ensures that every artist, even those not selected for the final event, receives constructive suggestions and material to improve upon.

3. Theme and Categories
The competition is open-themed, leaving it entirely up to the participants to decide.
The categories include painting, drawing, printmaking, calligraphy, sculpture, photography, digital art (2D, 3D, or NFT), artistic jewelry, mixed media, ceramic art, video art, installation, performance, textile art, and fiber art.

4. Participation Criteria
There are no age or professional restrictions for entering the competition.
Each applicant can participate by emailing all required documentation, images, and attachments to prize@li3re.com, as per the Official Regulation, duly completed and signed (see ATTACHMENTS 1,2,3). Applicants must also submit high-resolution images of up to three (3) artworks and pay a participation fee of €70,00 to partially cover the organizational and management expenses of the competition. Students from Schools and Academies can benefit from a discounted participation fee of €50,00.
For members of the ERGO platform community, registration is free until February 20th. After this date, the participation fee for ERGO members will be €35,00 (converted to the current exchange rate).

The submitted artworks must be original and may be either previously published or unpublished. The jury will have the discretion to select one artwork from each candidate to include in the competition, adhering to the projects goals of promoting creative quality and excellence.

5. Jury and Selection
The Preselection Jury is composed of Maestro Lorenzo Fioranelli (www.lorenzofioranelli.com) and Maestro Giosuè Deriu (www.li3re.com). For the final winner selection, an exclusive International Jury (I.J.) will be involved, consisting of esteemed professionals and representatives from the international art and business scene. Preselection involves evaluating artists’ works through a technical and artistic analysis of the submitted pieces. A detailed EVALUATION SHEET will be compiled for each artist, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of their work. This sheet will be shared with the respective candidates and will include an overall score based on various criteria (quality, research, originality, technique, and contemporaneity). Based on the scores, 100 candidates will be preselected. Following further careful analysis, this list will be narrowed down to 40 finalists who will have the opportunity to exhibit their works in a collective exhibition lasting three months (June to August 2025) at the prestigious Montina Winery halls, in the heart of the Franciacorta region (www.montinafranciacorta.it).
The final event and the Winner Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, June 11th, 2025.

6. Prizes and Recognitions
The prizes consist of monetary awards, visibility, and exhibitions.
These prizes have added value as they represent the first Italian art event with an international outlook, promoting excellence and fostering synergies between art and potential realities. They also provide visibility, collaborations, and promotions, supported by Li3Re.

• 1st Prize: € 2500,00 (in ERGO cryptocurrency) and an artistic critique of the work.
• 2nd Prize: € 1500,00 (in ERGO cryptocurrency).
• 3rd Prize: € 1000,00 (in ERGO cryptocurrency).
• “Space” Prize: A one-week exhibition at Space Gallery in Modena.
• Additional prizes or special mentions may be awarded by the Jury.
The monetary prizes are funded by the ERGO platform (official event sponsor) in ERGO cryptocurrency (ERG) and can be converted into EURO (€) at any time.

7. Schedule and Phases of the Competition
• January 15th – April 30th, 2025 (Opening of the Selection Phase and Submission of Artist Applications)
• May 13th, 2025 (Announcement of Finalist Artists)
• May 20th – May 25th, 2025 (Shipment or delivery of works)
• May 28th, 2025 (Final Exhibition Setup)
• May 31st, 2025 (Exhibition Visit Reserved for Judges Only)
• June 2nd – September 1st, 2025 (Exhibition Open to the Public)
• Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 (Award Ceremony + Reservation-Only Event)
• September 3rd – September 4th, 2025 (Dismantling of the Exhibition)
• September 5th – September 10th, 2025 (Return of the works)

8. Exhibition and Catalogue
An Official Competition Catalogue will be created, featuring the first 100 Preselected Artists, who will receive a free digital copy at the end of the event. A printed version will be available for purchase.
All submitted artworks from the competition will be showcased in a dedicated section on the official website.

9. Promotion and Communication
The competition has an international reach, with its primary promotion carried out through professors and administrative offices of art academies across all Italian regions. Additionally, there will be significant publicity and information campaigns conducted via online and offline channels, particularly those associated with art magazines, portals, galleries, and industry mailing lists. Alongside the promotion of artist applications, the event will receive parallel publicity from both official and secondary sponsors, aiming to engage and raise awareness among national companies.
The initiative seeks to foster the concept of culture and collaboration between art and business.

10. Regulations and Attachments
The LI3RE PRIZE comprises detailed Official Regulation and ATTACHMENTS outlining the competition’s procedures, application requirements, and obligations of both the Artists and the Organizing Entity (and related parties). Any artist wishing to apply must read, complete, and sign the Regulations in full and provide all necessary documentation and attachments for the proper organization of the event.

Contacts
prize@li3re.com

Regulation

ART. 1 – ORGANIZING ENTITY
The LI3RE PRIZE is a national art competition organized by the Cultural Association A.p.s. Space, hereinafter referred to as the “Organizing Entity”. The Organizing Entity reserves the right to introduce new articles to the regulations during the course of the competition to address significant aspects not initially covered.

ART. 2 – VENUE – DATE – HOURS – ADMISSION
The First Edition of the LI3RE PRIZE will take place in Monticelli Brusati, in the heart of the Franciacorta region, at the exhibition venue of the prestigious Montina Winery (www.montinafranciacorta.it) from June 2nd, 2025, to September 1st, 2025.

The Award Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, at 6:00 PM.

ART. 3 – MODALITÀ DI PARTECIPAZIONE
This documentation is exclusively intended for artists who wish to submit their applications for the competition. Artists are free to review the content DOWNLOADING the Official Regulation PDF, and if they decide to apply, they must submit all the required documents, attachments, images, and information according to the instructions provided in the Regulations. Failure to comply will result in exclusion from the selection process by the Curatorial and Selection Committees.
Artists who wish to participate must also pay a participation fee of €70,00 to be paid in a single installment (100%). This fee partially covers the organization and management costs of the competition (see ART. 6) and includes the production of the EVALUATION SHEET for their artwork. Students from Schools and Academies can benefit from a discounted participation fee of €50,00.
For members of the ERGO platform community, registration is free until February 20th. After this date, the participation fee for ERGO members will be €35,00 (based on the exchange rate).
The completed and signed documentation must be submitted via email to prize@li3re.com, o later than April 30th, 2025.

Required Documents for Submission:
• ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULATION, CLAUSES, AND PRIVACY POLICY, signed (Pag. 6);
• ATTACHMENT 1 – Application form and Categories
• Artwork application form (up to three works) including the artist’s biography;
• High-resolution image(s) of the artwork(s);
• A personal photograph of the artist for the catalog and communications.
• ATTACHMENT 2 – Payment of Participation Fee;
• Receipt of payment for the full participation fee (100%);
• ATTACHMENT 3 – Services and Layout;
• Layout of the exhibition space (ONLY for non-conventional artworks);
The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2025.
For any issues with document submission, please contact the Organizing Entity.
The participation fee must be paid as specified in ATTACHMENT 2 within the stated deadlines; failure to do so will result in exclusion from the competition.

ART. 4 – OFFICIAL CATALOG
The Official LI3RE PRIZE Catalog, featuring the 100 Preselected Artists, will be available for purchase in printed form (indicative cover price: €35,00; this is an optional service that can be pre-booked or requested later).
The digital version will be shared for free with the 100 Preselected Artists.

Each Candidate Artist is entitled to a dedicated space on the event’s official website, where the image of their submitted artwork, along with its caption, their name, and a short biography in Italian (max 200 words), will be displayed permanently.
Artists are therefore required to carefully complete ATTACHMENT 1 and the ARTWORK APPLICATION FORM and send them, along with the other required documents, to prize@li3re.com by April 30th, 2025, following these instructions:
• 1) High resolution image of the artwork.
• 2) An artist biography in Italian, with a maximum of 200 words.
• 3) personal photograph of the Artist.
Participating Artists also declare that they grant the use of submitted materials containing all biographical and photographic information for printing, reproduction, and communication purposes (see ART. 14 and PRIVACY).

In line with the artistic and commercial nature of the LI3RE PRIZE, Artists may optionally indicate a sales price for their submitted artwork when completing the ARTWORK APPLICATION FORM in ATTACHMENT 1.
The sale of artworks submitted by Candidate Artists is not managed by the Organizing Entity of LI3RE PRIZE, which assumes no involvement in any commercial transactions between Artists and third parties. However, in the event of a sale, the Organizing Entity and Li3Re kindly ask Artists to donate 20% of the sale amount to LILT – LEGA ITALIANA PER LA LOTTA CONTRO I TUMORI (Italian League for the Fight Against Cancer), the official partner of the competition www.lilt.it.

ART. 5 – TYPES OF EXHIBITION SPACES
Artists may choose from the exhibition solutions listed below and must indicate their selection in ATTACHMENT 3. Additionally, Artists can request a range of extra services, such as printing their photographic or digital artworks (provided by Li3Re), reserving a printed copy of the Official Competition Catalog, video interview services, custom graphics, and more. A cost estimate for any requested additional services will be provided exclusively to the Artists selected for the final event, and payment must be made as per the instructions in ATTACHMENT 2.
Artists requiring special setups for unconventional works must mention this in ATTACHMENT 3 and provide detailed specifications by completing the EXHIBITION SPACE LAYOUT to describe and illustrate the setup requirements.
Artists must indicate in ATTACHMENT 3 the type of space needed for exhibiting their artwork:
• WALL.
• FLOOR.
• VIDEO.

For more information and to view the ATTACHMENTS