The countdown has started! One month left to submit your work to the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize. Don’t let this incredible opportunity slip away. Show the world your talent!
If you’d like the chance to be published in the December issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, win a share of $77,000 USD in cash and amazing prizes, and exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco alongside more than 100 of the world’s leading contemporary representational artists, now is the time to enter. Winners will also receive valuable advertising packages and global exposure for their artistic practice – submit your work today!
Read the full blog and see more entries here!
$77,000 USD in cash & prizes to be won
Submit your work 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 including realism, imaginative realism, hyperrealism, surrealism, dark art, pop surrealism, super flat, lowbrow etc.
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.
Get Inspired!
To inspire you to submit your own work, we are excited to share more of the incredible entries that we’ve received so far in the INPRNT Digital Art Award category below.
Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 USD cash!
Entry by: Bruised Peach, “Entangled”, Huion Kamvas 22+ and Adobe Photoshop
INPRNT Digital Art Award
The Digital Art Award 1st prize winner will receive:
- $3,000 USD cash generously donated by INPRNT, printers of high quality art prints. INPRNT is run by artists, for artists.
- A US$375 cash plus US$375 gift card to use at GelaSkins.com, and the opportunity to have a collection with the brand, all generously donated by GelaSkins. GelaSkins create artist-designed premium cases and skins, supporting independent artists since 2005.
- Kamvas Pro 24 (Gen 3), the latest flagship model generously donated by Huion, features a 23.8″ immersive 4K display, dual-pen support powered by PenTech 4.0, and Canvas Glass 3.0 for enhanced performance, with a factory colour calibration report included.
- Creative Package Pro (containing Rebelle 8 Pro, Flame Painter 4, and Amberlight 2) and Creative Mix Bundle (16 art surfaces for Rebelle) worth $380, generously donated by Escape Motions. Empower your artistic skills with Rebelle painting software, known for its true-to-life wet and dry media behaviour. Accompanied by Flame Painter painting software offering exciting particle systems, and Amberlight, a unique art tool that creates beautiful computer-generated images and animations.*All software comes with a perpetual license, but Rebelle offers 1 year of updates for free. Then, there is a possibility to either pay a fee for another year of updates or keep the current version.
- 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, USA, alongside 100+ 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: 2 million+ followers across all social platforms).
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2026 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 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.
2nd prize winner will receive:
- $1,000 USD cash generously donated by INPRNT, printers of high quality art prints. INPRNT is run by artists, for artists.
- Kamvas 16 (Gen 3), generously donated by Huion, optimizes its size to 15.8 inches and upgrades the resolution to 2.5K QHD from its predecessor, offering incredibly sharp details. With revolutionary PenTech 4.0 technology and exceptional colour accuracy, it delivers a highly responsive and immersive drawing experience.
- Rebelle 8 Pro, Flame Painter 4, plus 1x Rebelle full-colour paper generously donated by Escape Motions. Paint digitally with Rebelle, an award-winning, hyper-realistic painting software with phenomenal oils, acrylics, watercolours, and other wet and dry media. Or pick up Flame Painter and paint with life-like particle brushes. Its groundbreaking Particle Systems open a whole new world of possibilities, nowhere to be found in other software.*All software comes with a perpetual license, but Rebelle offers 1 year of updates for free. Then, there is a possibility to either pay a fee for another year of updates or keep the current version.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, USA, alongside 100+ of the world’s best contemporary representational artists.
- Exposure to a successful commercial gallery’s collector base with the opportunity to sell their work.
- 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:
- $500 USD cash generously donated by INPRNT, printers of high quality art prints. INPRNT is run by artists, for artists.
- Kamvas 13 (Gen 3), generously donated by Huion, offers comprehensive features and continued affordability, making it the first choice for beginner artists seeking a high-quality drawing tablet.
- Rebelle 8 Pro, worth $150, generously donated by Escape Motions. Rebelle is an award-winning, hyper-realistic painting software with phenomenal oils, acrylics, watercolours, and other wet and dry media. Paint pigments colour mixing, oil thickness, watercolour diffusion, and NanoPixel technology, convincingly mimic the way natural media interact with the canvas and itself. *All software comes with a perpetual license, but Rebelle offers 1 year of updates for free. Then, there is a possibility to either pay a fee for another year of updates or keep the current version.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, USA, alongside 100+ of the world’s best contemporary representational artists.
- Exposure to a successful commercial gallery’s collector base with the opportunity to sell their work.
- 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.
Grand Prize Award Winner
The Grand Prize Award Winner will receive:
- $10,000 USD cash, donated by our Platinum sponsors Catherine K. Gyllerstrom, Bearwolf Books, INPRNT, RAYMAR, 33PA and MPB.
- 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, USA, alongside 100+ 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 2026 issue.
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2026 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 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: 2 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
2026 Award Categories
- MPB Photography Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Sculpture Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- RAYMAR Painting Award – $6,000 USD cash + prizes
- 33PA Drawing Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- INPRNT Digital Art Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award – $5,000 USD cash + prizes
- Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award – $1,000 USD cash + prizes
The Grand Prize Award Winner will be selected by the Jury Panel from any Award category. The People’s Choice Award will open for public voting on 2 September 2026.
Entries Close: Midnight 17 July 2026 [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 INPRNT Digital Art Award category below.
“Pressure Beneath the Skin”, Photoshop
“Lioness”, Blender, Procreate
“HA-F1”, Wacom 22, Blender (sculpting), Rebelle8 (painting)
“The Dragon and St. George”, Corel Painter
“Obsolete”, Hand drawn in digital ink with Procreate, and painted in digital watercolour in Affinity Photo
“Fishy Day at the Forest”, Procreate on iPad, Apple Pencil, HP Latex 560, Sunset by Fredrix Satin, gold leaf, Acrylic paint and texture.
“Ritual of Red”, Photoshop
“The Edge of Knowing”, Adobe Photoshop, Digital drawing tablet (Wacom), Custom digital brushes
“Imperfections”, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Blender
“I Can See the Dark”, Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet, Windows 11 PC
“The Night”, iPad Pro, Procreate
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The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
The 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is proudly sponsored by:
PLATINUM SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
MEDIA PARTNERS
ACADEMIC PARTNERS
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