Welcome to the 48th Issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, with the Canadian artist Megan Ellen MacDonald’s naughty kitty on the cover.
Enjoy our Editor-in-Chief’s Note from the Editor, published in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Issue 48
How often do we see this idiom ‘bite the hand that feeds you’ play out in real life? And I don’t mean just our pets! I’m sure we have all experienced this both in our personal and public lives. Someone we trust and support betrays us. It currently feels like much of the world is leaning into fascism and authoritarianism, and frankly this terrifies me. Do our governments really represent the majority of people? Are they working for the people, or for themselves?
In these troubling times art can be our light. What we share with each other through art is our humanity. As those in power try to create division, we can choose empathy, compassion, and kindness. Art is our solace, and our message of hope.
In these troubling times art can be our light. What we share with each other through art is our humanity. As those in power try to create division, we can choose empathy, compassion, and kindness. Art is our solace, and our message of hope. It is our special language that can bridge the gap between ourselves and others, both within our own countries and across the world. Speak your truth, express your pain and your hope, and share it with the world!
I am personally deeply grateful that I have been able to create a safe space for artists around the globe to express their hearts and souls without prejudice. Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and our online community will always be a haven for you to freely express yourself through your artwork – a place of kindness, inclusivity and connection.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and our online community will always be a haven for you to freely express yourself through your artwork – a place of kindness, inclusivity and connection.
New Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize award categories
Over the years the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize has changed the lives of many artists from various countries and of differing ethnicities. Through its openness and inclusive nature our Art Prize is accessible to all artists, of all nations, across all static mediums. When you read this the 2025 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize entries will be open! This year we are giving away over $77,000 USD in cash and prizes thanks to the generous support of our amazing sponsors.
Over the years the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize has changed the lives of many artists from various countries and of differing ethnicities. Through its openness and inclusive nature our Art Prize is accessible to all artists, of all nations, across all static mediums.
We have also decided to split the Traditional Art Award into two separate award categories: RAYMAR Painting Award and Victoria Olt Gallery Drawing Award – thus giving artists even more opportunities to receive the recognition they deserve, and of course to win amazing cash and product/service prizes!
Believe in yourself & your practice
So, whether you paint or draw, either with traditional or digital media, sculpt, or take photographs, whether you are an established or emerging artist – believe in yourself and your practice, enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize via our website today. The Prize not only provides funding, but also global exposure to a diverse group of art lovers, curators, collectors, and media.
Each year our esteemed artist jurors change, giving artists who enter the best possible opportunity to win. This year I am proud to announce the following artists will be judging their respective areas of expertise: Jana Brike [RAYMAR Traditional Art Award], Annie Murphy-Robinson [Victoria Olt Gallery Drawing Award], Nicolas Bruno [Photography Award], Amber Cowan [Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award], Matthew Stone [Digital Art Award]; and Gallery Owner, Vicki Fox of Quirky Fox Gallery is our special juror for the Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Emerging Artist Award.
‘Dreamland Awaits’ at Corey Helford Gallery
We also have two very exciting curated group exhibitions this year. Dreamland Awaits, our second exhibition with Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, USA which is currently on view until 31 May, and our fifth exhibition with Haven Gallery, in Northport, NY, USA in October – Reverie, where the winners of this year’s Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize will also exhibit.
As always, this issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is filled with the inspiring stories of 50+ visual and wearable artists, I hope you enjoy the read!
Much Love xo
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
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