Welcome to the **International FiKVA Award** for painters 2023!

The **International** **FiKVA Award** for painters 2023 is a global online competition, open to all artists age 18 or older, worldwide. Enter the paintings produced the last two years you are most proud of and you could win up to €5000 in cash and other prizes!

The **FiKVA Award** welcomes entries in all genres: modern, classical and imaginative realism, hyper-, photo- and surrealism – as long as the artwork reads as representational and not stylized or abstract.

No comics, airbrush, digital or mechanical work is accepted.

  
Works must be recent – produced between 2021 and 2023.

You must register and pay a registration fee to submit your work.

The top 35 works must be available for an online exhibition.

The deadline for entering the contest is: May 18th, 2023

All semi-finalists and winners will be informed about the results via email.

You can read our **Open Call** in your own language **here** after February 20, 2023.

Please, reach out through [**award@fikva.art**](mailto:award@fikva.art) if you have any questions.

  

First Prize:

€3000 cash prize + Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Exclusive interview with John Dalton for his podcast “John Dalton – gently does it….” + Published interview with the FiKVA Foundation + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Second Prize:

€1500 cash prize Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Published interview with the FiKVA Foundation + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Third prize:

€500 cash prize + Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Published interview with the FiKVA Foundation + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Honourable Mention (3 will be awarded):

Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Top 35:

The Top 35 works will be included in an online exhibition.

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