Entries to the Inaugural Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s Art Prize have officially closed. We want to sincerely thank all the artists that entered, we are deeply honoured by the number and caliber of entries we received from around the world, with artists from 53 different countries submitting entries! We received entries from artists in Croatia, United States, Italy, South Africa, Malta, Indonesia, South Korea, Australia, United Arab Emirates, China, US Virgin Islands, Chile, Philippines, Poland, Latvia, Turkey, Denmark, Israel, Puerto Rico, India, Singapore, Sweden, Colombia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Panama, Germany, Greece, Russian Federation, Romania, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, Slovakia, US Minor Outlying Islands, Japan, Brazil, New Zealand, Thailand, Russia, Belgium, France, Costa Rica, Peru, Austria, Norway, Canada, Hong Kong, Hungary, Netherlands, Maldives, and Ireland.
Thanks to this process the Editor-in-Chief Danijela Krha Purssey and her team have discovered so much amazing new talent which we will be able to share on our social media, publish on the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine website and the magazine itself in the future!
Judging by Danijela Krha Purssey and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s Technical Director Richard Purssey, Modern Eden Gallery Directors Kim Larson and Bradley Platz, and our esteemed artist judges Audrey Kawasaki, Jeremy Mann and Marie Larkin has commenced. This is NOT an easy job, there are so many exceptional entries! The 20 Finalists will be announced next week and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners in late August.
Timeframes & Deadlines
- 30 June 2018 [AEDT]: Entries close at midnight
- 1 – 7 July 2018: Judging
- 2nd week of July 2018: Shortlist of 20 announced + winner’s privately notified so they can begin their work for ‘Ephemeral’
- Late August 2018: Winners announced publicly
- 15 September – 6 October 2018: Beautiful Bizarre Curated Exhibition ‘Ephemeral’
Until then we would like to share more of the amazing entries we have received. Enjoy!
2018 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize
is proudly sponsored by our friends
O’Neil Scott“Her”, Oil on Aluminum
Anna Kincaide“Always So Polite”, Oil and mixed media on canvas
Vicki Sullivan“Few Whispers of Japonica”, Oil and Gold leaf on Board
Shana Levenson“Liberated Dreams”, Oil on Aluminum panel
Laura Castellanos“My Pink World”, Oil and Resin
Joanna Barnum“Rift”, Watercolour
Aine Llyn“Myopia”, Oil on canvas
Dan Cohen“Queen of Heaven (Nebula)”, Oil on panel
Isabella Ahlin“While She Was Sleeping no 4”, Oil on canvas
Tyler Kennedy Stent“You Shouldn’t be Sleeping”, Watercolour on canvas
Kelly Grace“Diver”, Acrylic on wood panel
Ewa Pronczuk-Kuziak“Mountain Lullaby”, Oil on linen
Rachel Linnemeier“A Fine Flutter”, Oil on aluminum panel
Sillier Than Sally (Sally Walsh)“Bubble & Squeak”, Watercolour on watercolour paper
Kimberly Dow“Bewitched”, Oil on panel
Nunzio Paci“Wild Etlingera (Wax flower)”, Pencil and acrylic on canvas mounted board
Dewi Plass“Thaw”, Acrylic on wood panel
Christina Gineris“Queen of Positano”, Oil and gold leaf on canvas
Dannika Sullivan“Tangle”, Oil on wood panel
Alfiealpha“Sweet dreams”, Watercolour, wax pastels, pencil colours on watercolour paper
Yishu Wang“Hide and Seek”, Mixed-media on wood panel
Margareta Goreta-Rakowski“Flower Princess”, Pencil, pen and marker on paper
Tom Christophersen“New Year’s Day”, Watercolour paint, watercolour pencil and white acrylic on watercolour paper
DZO“Pan”, Ink on Paper
Daria Aksenova“Mono no Aware”, Pen and ink on hand-cut, suspended, layered paper
yadou (Agnieszka Trojanowska)“Enjoy the Silence”, Charcoal, pencil, white ink on paper
Andi Soto“Bitácora de Viaje”, Ink, graphite, ultra matte acrylic, gold leaf and colour pencils on vellum bristol paper
Oliver Sin“Colleen”, Vine charcoal on paper
Susannah Zucker“Crouch”, Ceramic, moose antlers, steel, concrete
Lorren Lowrey“Horn of Plenty”, Porcelain
Clémentine Bal“Couple”, Polystyrene, resin, mastic, marble powder, painting
Creatures of Nat“Howaitoshika the Alpine Ridge Deer”, Mixed Media
Rafael Nuri“Brear Rose”, Artist Ball Jointed Doll (porcelain)
Joshua David McKenney (Pidgin Doll)“Queen Mab”, Painted ‘lace’ on articulated resin doll with hand-beaded wig
Julie Campbell“Inside out”, Linen thread/floss
Polina Laamanen“La bombe”, Hand embroidery with ribbons and threads on hand-painted cotton fabric
The 2018 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize is proudly sponsored by
