With the judging complete, we are thrilled to share the 25 iCanvas Digital Art Award Finalists of this year’s Art Prize! Our sincere thanks to this year’s Jury Panel, including esteemed digital artist Laura H. Rubin for giving their time and expertise to this year’s judging process.
We have received entries from artists creating digital paintings and drawings, digital 3D art, vector, digital collage and photomanipulations, as well as mixed media works merging traditional and digital mediums. The plethora of software apps used include: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & Dimension; Wacom Cintiq 24 + Intuos Pro; Keyshot; Maya; Zbrush; Clip Studio Paint; Procreate; Redshift; Rebelle, Cinema 4D; Daz; Substance Designer; Marmoset Toolbag; Marvellous Designer; Sidefx Houdini; V-ray; 3dsmax; Corona Renderer; Octane; Corel Painter; Affinity Photo; GiMP; RunwayML; Nuke; Krita; Lightroom; Blender; Microsoft Paint 3D; Daz Studio; PicsArt; Poser Pro 11 and Pixelsquid 360.
Hardware was just as diverse including: Alienware PC; Android and Apple mobile phones; Apple iMac, Macbook Pro, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil; Wacom Cintiq; Wacom Intuos; Huion Kamvas Pro; Microsoft Surface Pro; Microsoft Windows 10; Dell; HP; Samsung Chromebook; Huion Ink Tablet; Profoto; XP Pen; Hasselblad; Canon; Nikon; Sony; Pentax; Zeiss and Fijufilm.
In-line with our business ethos, and the entry criteria, AI art (whether entirely made by AI, or partly made by AI) has not been eligible to enter this year’s Art Prize.
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.
DANIJELA KRHA PURSSEY, CO-FOUNDER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, BEAUTIFUL BIZARRE MAGAZINE
The Prizes
From the 145 Finalists, the Winners in each category, and Grand Prize Winner will be invited to participate in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine curated exhibition at Haven Gallery alongside 70+ of the best contemporary artists from around the world. Plus share in over $50,000 USD in cash and prizes including: a non acquisitive cash prize, product prizes, advertising packages, editorial in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, exclusive interviews published on the Beautiful Bizarre websites, exposure to our 1M+ social media community, and much more!!
In addition, each sponsor will choose one outstanding work from their award category to receive an Honourable Mention. Stay tuned to learn more.
People’s Choice Award
The People’s Choice Award Winner will be selected by popular vote from the 145 Finalists. The People’s Choice Winner will receive a year’s worth of social media advertising through the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine socials to ensure they are able to connect with the right audience of engaged creatives, collectors and gallerists, raise their profile, associate their work with other leading creatives, and of course to grow their social media following. They will also enjoy a Profile listing [including artwork gallery] on the Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory for 12 months, plus a 12 month Beautiful Bizarre Magazine print subscription, and an in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize websites, giving readers an insight into their vision and practice. Voting will open on 24 August [AEDT, Australian Eastern Daylight Time]. To ensure you don’t miss your chance to vote, please join our email mailing list here.
Stay tuned, the Traditional Art, and Emerging Artist Award Finalists will be announced later this week! View the Sculpture and Photography Finalists now on the website.
iCanvas Digital Art Award
The iCanvas Digital Art Award 1st prize winner will receive:
- $3,000 USD cash, generously donated by sponsor iCanvas, printers of high quality canvas art prints, priced for every lover of art.
- A Wacom One, Creative Pen Display. It comes with all the essentials to spice up your digital life. There’s the natural pen feel on the 13.3” screen, the included creative software – even the ability to connect to certain Android devices.
- Rebelle 6 Pro worth USD$149.99, generously donated by Rebelle. Rebelle is the award-winning, hyper-realistic painting software with paint pigments colour mixing, oil thickness, watercolour diffusion and NanoPixel technology, which convincingly mimics the way natural media interact with the canvas and itself.
- A beautiful, specially commissioned glass art award trophy.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery, in New York, 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 social platforms).
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2023 issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, as part of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize editorial.
- Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared across Beautiful Bizarre Magazine social media.
- Profile listing [including artwork gallery] on the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Artist Directory for 12 months. The go-to platform for artists, curators and collectors to discover exceptional artists and explore their work.
- A coupon to enjoy Linktree PRO for free for 12 months.
- A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
2nd prize winner will receive:
- Wacom Intuos Pro Medium which offers you more natural creative control than ever before. Combined with the super-sensitive Wacom Pro Pen 2, Wacom’s sleek new tablet looks and feels amazing.
- Rebelle 6 Pro worth USD$149.99, generously donated by Rebelle. Rebelle is the award-winning, hyper-realistic painting software with paint pigments colour mixing, oil thickness, watercolour diffusion and NanoPixel technology, which convincingly mimics the way natural media interact with the canvas and itself.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery, in New York, 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.
- A coupon to enjoy Linktree PRO for free for 12 months.
- Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared across Beautiful Bizarre Magazine social media.
- Profile listing [including artwork gallery] on the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Artist Directory for 12 months. The go-to platform for artists, curators and collectors to discover exceptional artists and explore their work.
- A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
3rd prize winner will receive:
- Wacom Intuos, with a light, super-accurate pen and free downloadable software to suit your style; Wacom Intuos is built to bring your wildest ideas to life.
- Rebelle 6 Pro worth USD$149.99, generously donated by Rebelle. Rebelle is the award-winning, hyper-realistic painting software with paint pigments colour mixing, oil thickness, watercolour diffusion and NanoPixel technology, which convincingly mimics the way natural media interact with the canvas and itself.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery, in New York, 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.
- A coupon to enjoy Linktree PRO for free for 12 months.
- Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared across Beautiful Bizarre Magazine social media.
- Profile listing [including artwork gallery] on the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Artist Directory for 12 months. The go-to platform for artists, curators and collectors to discover exceptional artists and explore their work.
- A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
The Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize will receive:
- US$10,000 cash prize! Generously donated by sponsors RAYMAR, INPRNT, iCanvas, and Yasha Young Projects.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery, in New York, 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.
- 10 page in-depth interview editorial published in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine December 2023 issue.
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2023 issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, as part of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize editorial.
- Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared across Beautiful Bizarre Magazine social media.
- Profile listing [including artwork gallery] on the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Artist Directory for 12 months. The go-to platform for artists, curators and collectors to discover exceptional artists and explore their work.
- 12 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 1 million+ followers across all socials platforms).
- A coupon to enjoy Linktree PRO for free for 12 months.
- A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
So without further ado we are proud to announce the iCanvas Digital Art Award Finalists of the 2023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize…
iCanvas Digital Art Finalists
2023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
“Red Cardinal” (Digital Painting: Wacom, Photoshop)
“Through the Shimmering Veil” (Digital Painting: Graphite sketch coloured in Procreate on iPad)
“This is not a TOY!” (Digital Painting: Macbook, Photoshop)
“Antigone” (Photomanipulation: Hasselblad X2D, Photoshop)
“The Cradle” (Digital Painting: Photoshop CS6, Wacom Intuos 3)
“Little Red Riding Hood” (Photomanipulation: Photoshop and Wacom)
“Fixed” (Photomanipulation: Adobe Photoshop)
“Artist and Muse” (Digital painting: Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop CS5, Traditional Mixed Media, and Wacom Cintiq 22HD)
“GORGO EN LA OSCURIDAD – illustration 05” (Digital painting: Photoshop)
“Born Myself” (Digital Drawing: iPad and Clip Studio)
“The Healer” (Digital Drawing: Procreate)
“ROSE”, (Digital Collage: Nikon D850, IMac, Photoshop)
“Made of plastic” (Photomanipulation: Mac Studio + Wacom Cintiq 24 pro / Adobe Photoshop + Pixelsquid)
“Fallen Fruit” (Photomanipulation: Sony A7RIV + 24-70mm GMII)
“Oracle” (Digital Painting: Procreate, iPad Pro. Model: Mary Navarro. Photographer: Abel lares (used as reference for model pose))
“Bajo el agua” (Digital Painting: Wacom Cintiq and Photoshop)
“Lovecraft” (Digital 3 Dimensional: 3d, Cinema 4d and Amorphium)
“Temple to Dreams” (Digital Collage: Photoshop)
“Reflection” (Digital Painting: iPad, Procreate)
“The Wanderers” (Digital Painting: Photoshop)
“Evana, Warrandyte 2022” (Photomanipulation: Pentax K1 ii, Photoshop)
“The Nomad” (Digital Painting: Macbook Pro, Wacom One, Adobe Photoshop)
“La Medusa Dormiente” (Digital Painting: Procreate)
“Chrysalis 00” (Photomanipulation: Photoshop)
“Depression is my name” (Digital Drawing: Photoshop)
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
