Artists and Photographers, 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 $66,500 USD in cash and other fantastic prizes up for grabs.
Would you like to:
- Win $10,000 USD cash?
- Exhibit in the prestigious annual Beautiful Bizarre exhibition at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco later this year [exhibition curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine | Art Direction by Musonium Gallery]?
- Have your work published in the December issue Beautiful Bizarre Magazine?
- Receive global exposure of your practice to galleries, curators and collectors?
If you would, then enter the best work from your portfolio today!
We’re continuing to share a selection of the entries that we have received so far on our websites and social media. To inspire you to submit your own work, we are excited to share more of the impressive entries that we’ve received so far in the new 33PA Emerging Artist Award category below.
Musonium Grand Prize Award Winner will receive $10,000 USD cash!
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 from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow.
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.
33PA Emerging Artist Award
The 33PA Emerging Artist Award 1st prize winner will receive:
- $3,000 USD cash, generously donated by 33PA, a diversified contemporary realism gallery, art community and publication.
- Deco Pro (Gen2) LW generously donated by XPPen. XPPen is a globally notable brand celebrating digital art innovation, providing digital drawing products, content and services to encourage artists to pursue their dreams and authentic self-expression.
- 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 70+ of the world’s best contemporary representational artists.
- Exposure to a successful commercial gallery’s collector base with the opportunity to sell their work.
- 12 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 1 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2024 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 on 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:
- $1,750 USD cash, generously donated by Principle Gallery, a fine art gallery with branches in Alexandria, VA & Charleston, SC, focusing on contemporary realism since 1994.
- 6 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 1 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- 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.
3rd prize winner will receive:
- $750 USD cash, generously donated by Principle Gallery, a fine art gallery with branches in Alexandria, VA & Charleston, SC, focusing on contemporary realism since 1994.
- 4 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 1 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- 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.
Musonium Grand Prize Award Winner
The Musonium Grand Prize Award Winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2024 will receive:
- $8,500 USD cash, generously donated by Palladium sponsor Musonium Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast’s premier art gallery with a clear focus on exhibiting and promoting compelling artworks from exceptional contemporary artists. Musonium exists as an institution within the art world’s traditional art sectors, where innovation and new rising talent constantly influence the ever evolving art scene.
- $1,500 USD cash, donated by our Platinum sponsors RAYMAR, 33PA, and Yasha Young Projects.
- The opportunity to work with Musonium Gallery to plan and produce a solo exhibition, which will be published in a special editorial in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
- A bespoke box of paints and varnishes generously designed and manufactured by Dartecor, created especially for the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2024.
- A 24-month license to Clip Studio Paint EX, generously donated by Celsys. Clip Studio Paint is the digital artist’s app for drawing and painting anything from character and concept art to fine art illustration, and even professional animation. All of the powerful features are available on all major platforms to explore at home or on the go.
- 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 70+ 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 2024 issue.
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2024 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: 1 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
2024 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Awards
- Musonium Grand Prize Award $10,000 USD cash + prizes
- RAYMAR Traditional Art Award, $6,500 USD cash + prizes
- Photography Award, $6,000 USD cash + prizes
- Digital Art Award, $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award, $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- 33PA Emerging Artist Award, $5,500 USD + prizes
- Catherine K. Gyllerstrom People’s Choice Award $2,000 USD + prizes [public voting opens in August]
Remember: the sooner you enter, the more likely your entries will be shared on our social media and published on our websites!
Entries Close: Midnight 17 July 2024 [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 33PA Emerging Artist Award category below.
$65,000 USD IN CASH & PRIZES TO BE WON
Submit your work today!
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
Entries Close: Midnight 17 July 2024 [Los Angeles, USA time]
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