2026 FINALISTS!
We are pleased to announce the 2026 Finalists for the Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize. This year we have received around 330 entries from all around the world.
The finalists presented their work online in front of a professional jury on Zoom. Each finalist was given 5 minutes to present their work.
Congratulating this year’s 20 finalists
WINNER: Jiashun Zhou @shunshun.art
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Special Mention: Phlox Van Oppen @phloxvanoppen
The Swedish School of Textiles
Special Mention: Yi Ding @melody_yiii
Institut Français de la Mode
Yuka Horie @___yuuka228
Bunka Fashion College
Denisa Lupu @n3dn3d22
University of Arts and Design of Cluj-Napoca (UAD)
Asmaa Amadou @asmaa_amadou
Rhode Island School of Design
Myrto Patramani @myrtenia
HDK-VALAND
Roxie Fricton @roxie_fricton
Georgia State University
Camille Laffargue @camille_laffargue
La Cambre
Freda Xinyue Xia @fredaxia
Parsons School of Design
Johanna Hehemann @johannahemn
Aalto University
Halla Ármannsdóttir @hallaarmanns
Swedish School of Textiles
Lars Shimabukuro @landlockedfishcake
University of Wisconsin Madison
Ana Farima @anaaaa.farima
Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Faculty of Design
Muhammad Hasan Aslam @ihasanaslam
Vilnius academy of arts and design
Jeanne Mora @jeannemora_
Design Academy Eindhoven
Yik Heng Lee @yikkheng
Rhode Island School of Design
Mina Calori @miiclr
Royal academy of art of The Hague
Special Mention: Anabelen Flores Ramirez @anabelenn____
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú ( PUCP )
Cherin Kim @cherinkimstudio
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)