With less than 3 weeks left to enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, don’t miss your chance to get your work in front of our editor-in-chief Danijela Krha Purssey, who curates each issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. We’re continuing to share a selection of the entries we’ve received so far on our websites, and additionally, be sure to check out our social media to enjoy even more entries! To continue inspiring you to submit your own work, we are excited to share some more entries that we have received so far in the Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award category.

Global Exposure + Over US$57,000 in Cash & Prizes to be Won!

If you would like to have your work published in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, win US$10,000 cash, see your work exhibited alongside 80+ of the best contemporary artists in the prestigious annual Beautiful Bizarre Magazine curated exhibition, win advertising packages, and of course receive worldwide exposure for your practice – enter today!

The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts, in all static mediums including Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow.

The Prize seeks to inspire creatives from around the world to pursue a life and career in the arts, and to help careers grow through funding and increased exposure of their work to galleries, collectors and media globally.

Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award

The Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award 1st prize winner will receive:

• US$3,000 cash, generously donated by Yasha Young Projects, arts philanthropist and Executive Curatorial Director for the FOR_M, a new institution currently being developed in New York city.
• US$250 worth of supplies of your choice from Sculpey, making polymer oven-bake clays for over 50 years.
• A coupon to enjoy Linktree PRO for free for 12 months.
• Receive a beautiful, specially commissioned glass art Award trophy.
• The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery, in San Francisco, CA USA, alongside 80+ of the world’s best contemporary representational artists.
• Exposure to a successful commercial gallery’s collector base with the opportunity to sell their work.
• 3 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 1 million+ followers across all socials platforms).
• Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared on social media.
• A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
• + most importantly, receive worldwide exposure!

2nd and 3rd prize winners will receive:

• A coupon to enjoy Linktree PRO for free for 12 months.
• The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery, in San Francisco, CA USA, alongside 80+ of the world’s best contemporary representational artists.
• Exposure to a successful commercial gallery’s collector base with the opportunity to sell their work
• An exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites.
• A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
• + most importantly, receive worldwide exposure!

Grand Prize Winner

The Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize will receive:

• US$13,500 cash prize! Generously donated by sponsors RAYMAR, INPRNT, iCanvas, Yasha Young Projects and ArtStation.
• Receive a beautiful, specially commissioned glass art award trophy.
• A coupon to enjoy Linktree PRO for free for 12 months.
• The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious annual Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition alongside 80+ of the world’s best contemporary representational artists at Modern Eden Gallery, in San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Exposure to a successful commercial gallery’s collector base with the opportunity to sell their work
• Print editorial in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
• Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared on social media.
• 12 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 1 million+ followers across all social platforms).
• A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
• + most importantly, receive worldwide exposure!

2022 Award Categories

• RAYMAR Traditional Art Award
• INPRNT Photography Award
• iCanvas Digital Art Award
• Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award
• ArtStation People’s Choice Award [People’s Choice Award voting opens on 26 August [AEDT, Australian Eastern Daylight Time]

Entries close: Midnight 17 July 2022 [Los Angeles, USA time]

Entry fee is US$40 to cover administrative costs. Enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize today!

Take a peek at some of the wonderful entries we have received so far in the Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award category below.

The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.

Entries Open: 1 February 2022

Entries Close: Midnight 17 July 2022 [Los Angeles, USA time]