The Angelico Art Award is a thematic Christian art prize in Singapore. It seeks to promote creative endeavours through the integration of art and faith. Inspired by The Mandorla Art Award (Australia’s most significant thematic Christian art prize), the Angelico Art Award offers artists and the public a new vision that is actually a very old vision, the place of the Christian religion in art.

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Aligned with His Holiness Pope John Paul II’s call for artists “to use creative intuition to enter into the mystery of the Incarnate God and at the same time into the mystery of man”.

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Recognising the need for greater contemporary and local expressions of Christian art, the award seeks to promote art as a channel for Christian artists to develop their artistic practices. The Award is a platform for artists to experience and express their faith through art as a medium.

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The name Angelico is inspired by Italian renaissance artist Fra Angelico, a devout Dominican friar whose magnificent works of art earned him the name ‘Beato Angelico’ (the Blessed Angel) in his native Italy. He was named patron saint of Catholic artists by Pope John Paul II in 1984. The Award, which honours the Christian artist’s connection to God through painting, is named after Blessed Angelico whose paintings reflect deep piety and humility.

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The Award does not receive any government funding and does not have charity status. It relies entirely on sponsors and the goodwill of donors and volunteers for its success. It is currently organised by and in support of the Catholic Foundation.