We are proud to announce the RAYMAR Painting Award Finalists of the 2025 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize!
ART PRIZE
This year we split the previous Traditional Art Award into two independent categories: Drawing and Painting. And what a first year it has been! The Victoria Olt Gallery Drawing Award received an impressive number of entries, all demonstrating remarkable skill and artistic vision.
The unveiling continues! Sculptors, you have impressed us immensely this year and we have seen a diverse range of sculptures within the Yasha Young Sculpture Award - choosing the finalists has been HARD.
This year the 33PA Drawing Award received an impressive number of entries, all demonstrating remarkable skill and artistic vision. We are very grateful our esteemed Arts Champion Didi Menendez, Founder of 33PA and Gallery Director of 33 Contemporary Gallery, and to this year's Jury Panel, particularly April Carter Curator at PoetsArtists and 33 Contemporary Gallery, and award-winning Drawing artist Ed Binkley, who have been going through the entries and making the incredibly difficult decisions. The overall quality of entries was exceptional; we are deeply honoured by our community's interest in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.
The unveiling begins - and what a year it has been for the BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award category! Open to all mediums, we saw an amazing and diverse selection of entries. Our Jury Panel - including esteemed Arts Champions Catherine K. Gyllerstrom of BearWolf Books and Vicki Fox of Quirky Fox Gallery - have been going through the entries and making the incredibly difficult decisions. Once again, the overall quality of entries was exceptional; we are deeply honoured by our community's interest in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.
What a year it has been for the inaugural Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award category! Open to traditional mediums: painting, drawing or sculpture (with a special focus on imaginative realism), we have enjoyed a truly broad selection of entries. Our Jury Panel - including esteemed Arts Champions Catherine K. Gyllerstrom, collector, Art Consultant, Owner & Art Director of BearWolf Books, and Patrick Wilshire of IX Arts and IX Gallery - have been going through the entries and making the incredibly difficult decisions. Once again, the overall quality of entries was exceptional; we are deeply honoured by our community's interest in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.
Entries to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize have officially closed, and the judging process is now underway. Our sincere thanks to all of the artists and photographers that entered. We are super excited with the array of entries and have already discovered a host of new creators!
Entries to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize have officially closed, and the judging process is now underway. Our sincere thanks to all of the artists and photographers that entered. We are super excited with the array of entries and have already discovered a host of new creators!
Entries to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize have officially closed, and the judging process is now underway. Our sincere thanks to all of the artists and photographers that entered. We are super excited with the array of entries and have already discovered a host of new creators!
Judging the INPRNT Digital Art Award was a formidable challenge, given the exceptional diversity and technical skill of this year's entrants. We extend our sincere gratitude to our esteemed Jury Panel, with special thanks to Arts Champion Joshua Zika, founder of INPRNT, and esteemed digital artist Bastien Lecouffe Deharme, for lending their invaluable expertise to the selection process.
With the Photography Award judging complete, we are thrilled to share the 25 MPB Photography Award Finalists of this year’s Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize! Our sincere thanks major sponsor MPB, and to this year’s Jury Panel, including esteemed creative photographer Franz Szony for giving his time and expertise to this year’s judging process.
Once again, dear entrants, you have made judging the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize an incredibly difficult task – but we did it! We extend our deepest gratitude to the 2026 Jury Panel for their time and expertise. This year’s panel featured esteemed Arts Champions, including Emilie Dietrich, President & Creative Director of RAYMAR, and celebrated painter Brad Kunkle. Reviewing such a wealth of exceptional work was both a demanding and deeply inspiring undertaking. We are truly honored by the artistic excellence and passion demonstrated by our global community.
