beautiful bizarre art prize 2026

The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 9th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. You can enter into one of seven award categories:

• Painting Award

• Drawing Award

• Digital Art Award

• Photography Award

• Sculpture Award

• Imaginative Realism Award

• Emerging Artist Award

It accepts work in all static mediums including Traditional Art media, Digital Art media, and Photographic media; and all styles from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow. The Prize seeks to inspire creatives 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.