Young artists working in applied arts and technology will have the opportunity to show their work in the international competition TALENTEmünchen. Masters of the Future 2026, during the International Trade Fair for the Skilled Trades from March 4 to 8, 2026. In an area of 600 m², the works will be shown to a wide audience, with an international jury selecting the winners of the TALENTE prize. An illustrated catalogue will be published.

The aim of TALENTE münchen – Masters of the Future is to promote young people with a particular manual talent and to show an interested audience the enormous potential which lies in the new generation in crafts and trades. The works will be the outcome of formal or technical considerations and experiments, showing something new and exceptional.

Participants are chosen from any section of crafts and technology. They will have made the artefact by their own hands. Age limit is set at 33 in the domains of crafts, and at 35 in the domain of technology. An application for interested persons who exceed this age limit is possible up to two years after they have completed their apprenticeship or studies.

Application Deadline: October 1, 2025

The competition is publicly funded. This covers the space on the fair itself, the catalogue entry and part of the transport of the objects to and from Munich.

For more details, check out this detailed PDF or visit the website linked below