There are just 3 weeks left to enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize – don’t miss this incredible opportunity!
Sculptors, it’s time to take your career to the next level! Showcase your skills on a global stage, connect with curators and collectors + win big with $77,000 USD in cash and other fantastic prizes up for grabs.
Read the full blog and see more entries here!
Would you like to:
- Win $10,000 USD cash?
- Exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, USA later this year?
- Have your work published in the December issue Beautiful Bizarre art magazine?
- Receive global exposure of your practice to galleries, curators and collectors?
If you would, then enter the best work from your portfolio today – there is no need to create a new work!
“I am grateful to the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize for this wonderful prize, for the financial support, a big profound interview, and for the opportunity to reach such a wide online audience. Thanks to this amazing opportunity, many art lovers, artists, designers, and art collectors were able to discover my collaborative work with Xavier Escala for the first time, which is incredibly meaningful to us.
This recognition has given us a powerful impulse to further develop our shared artistic practice as a duo, strengthening our motivation and confidence to continue working together and exploring new directions.” – Xavier Escala & Nina Murashkina (Grand Prize Joint Winners, 2025)
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.
$77,000 USD in cash & prizes to be won
Submit your work today!
Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 USD cash!
Entry by: Dmitry Byalik, ‘A witch’s tale’, Leather, animal horns
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 Sculpture Award category below.
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.
‘Matador’, Resin, acrylic
Sculpture Award
Sculpture Award 1st prize winner will receive:
- 1,500 USD cash, generously donated by Nanny Goat Gallery, a gallery celebrating new and contemporary representational art predominantly in the pop surreal, narrative, and fantasy genres.
- $1,500 USD cash, generously donated by Jan Corey Helford. Jan Corey Helford is the co-owner of Corey Helford Gallery (CHG), first established in 2006 and has since evolved into one of the premier galleries of New Contemporary art. CHG represents a diverse collection of international artists, primarily influenced by today’s pop culture and collectively encompassing style genres such as New Figurative Art, Pop Surrealism, Neo Pop, Graffiti and Street Art, and Post-Graffiti.
- $400USD worth of services from Stan Winston School, including an all-access 1 year subscription which includes unlimited access to their Course Library by The Masters of FX, with new courses added every month. Plus exclusive access to the Behind-the-Scenes Documentary stream.
- $250 USD worth of supplies of your choice from Sculpey, making polymer oven-bake clays for over 50 years.
- 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 media 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 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and Naia Museum. Located in the park of the castle of Rochefort-en-Terre, a picturesque village in Brittany, the Naia Museum is a unique place in Europe: both a private museum and art gallery. In the fantastic and visionary universe of Naia, sculptures, paintings, digital works, kinetic works, photographs, videos, comics and illustrations are exhibited.
- $220 USD worth of services from Stan Winston School, including a 3 month subscription including full access to the entire course library. Plus exclusive access to the Behind-the-Scenes Documentary stream.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, USA, alongside 110+ 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 andBeautiful 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 Naia Museum. Located in the park of the castle of Rochefort-en-Terre, a picturesque village in Brittany, the Naia Museum is a unique place in Europe: both a private museum and art gallery. In the fantastic and visionary universe of Naia, sculptures, paintings, digital works, kinetic works, photographs, videos, comics and illustrations are exhibited.
- $100 USD worth of services from Stan Winston School, including a 1 month subscription including full access to the entire course library. Plus exclusive access to the Behind-the-Scenes
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, USA, alongside 110+ 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 andBeautiful 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 overall 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
- Grand Prize Award: $10,000 USD cash + prizes
- INPRNT Digital Art Award: $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Sculpture Award: $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- 33PA Drawing Award: $4,500 USD cash + Prizes
- MPB Photography Award: $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- RAYMAR Painting Award: $6,000 USD cash + prizes
- BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award: $4,500 USD + prizes
- Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award: $5,000 USD cash + prizes
- Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award Winner: $1,000 USD + prizes [public voting opens in September]
The Grand Prize Award Winner will be selected by the Jury Panel, from the Finalists in 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 Sculpture Award category below.
‘Grumpy Poe’, Mid are clay with under and over glazes
‘Pantheia’, Hand-modeled and painted terracotta, specific colors for terracotta, faceted glass pendants, internal battery-operated LED lighting
‘invernal’, wood
‘Long Walk to Where the Road Meets the Sea’, air-drying ‘Creative Paperclay’
‘The Voices’, Ceramic
‘Curious Courageous Clara’, Porcelain
‘As The Universe, So The Soul’, Hand Cut and Hand Dyed Layered Paper
‘Sugary Sweets Are The Devil’s Treats’, ceramic, acrylic, nail polish, rhinestones, holographic vinyl, carabiners, fabric, wood, beads, holographic plastic, cotton piping, nipple tassel
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
The 2026Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is proudly sponsored by:
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