Emerging artists, 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 $77,000 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?
- Have your work published in the December issue Beautiful Bizarre art magazine?
- Receive global exposure of your practice to galleries, curators, collectors and media?
If you would, then enter the best work from your portfolio today!
Get Inspired!
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 incredible entries that we’ve received so far in the BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award category below.
Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 USD cash!
Entry by: Ecem Bozkurt, “Propagation”, Acrylic on canvas
$77,000 USD in cash & prizes to be won
Submit your work today!
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 including realism, imaginative realism, hyperrealism, surrealism, dark art, pop surrealism, super flat, lowbrow etc.
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 curators, collectors and media globally.
“Second Order”, Oil on canvas
BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award
The BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award 1st prize winner will receive:
- $3,000 USD cash, generously donated by Catherine K. Gyllerstrom, Collector, Art Consultant, Owner & Art Director of BearWolf Books, an independent publishing house that specialises in Illustrated Fantasy, Mythology, and Stories for Young Readers.
- 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: 2 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2026 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:
- $1,000 USD cash, generously donated by Poetic Tiger Gallery. Poetic Tiger Gallery is a progressive online gallery and curatorial platform featuring national and international contemporary, representational, and narrative art from both established and emerging artists. with an artist-first approach, including pop-up exhibitions and collaborative projects.
- 6 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 2 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:
- $500 USD cash, generously donated by Poetic Tiger Gallery. Poetic Tiger Gallery is a progressive online gallery and curatorial platform featuring national and international contemporary, representational, and narrative art from both established and emerging artists. with an artist-first approach, including pop-up exhibitions and collaborative projects.
- 4 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 2 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.
Grand Prize Award Winner
The Grand Prize Award Winner will receive:
- $10,000 USD cash, donated by our Platinum sponsors Catherine K. Gyllerstrom, Bearwolf Books, INPRNT, RAYMAR, 33PA and MPB.
- 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 100+ 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 2026 issue.
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2026 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: 2 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- A year’s worth of inspiration – a print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
2026 Award Categories
- MPB Photography Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Sculpture Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- RAYMAR Painting Award – $6,000 USD cash + prizes
- 33PA Drawing Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- INPRNT Digital Art Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award – $5,000 USD cash + prizes
- Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award – $1,000 USD cash + prizes
The Grand Prize Award Winner will be selected by the Jury Panel from any Award category. The People’s Choice Award will open for public voting on 2 September 2026.
Entries Close: Midnight 17 July 2026 [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 BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award category below.
“Sacrifice”, Coloured Pencils ( prismacolor ), ink (kuretake) & fine pens (sakura microns) on toned art spectrum paper
“Artemis”, Ceramic, latex paint
Victoria
“The American ICE Age”, Watercolor, oil-based colored pencils, acrylic, and ink on 100% cotton hot press Arches paper
“Transverse”, Oil and waterbased on canvas
“Revelation of Eve”, Acrylic, White Casein, Galkyd & Oils
“Silent Tears”,Mixed Media Textile artwork on fabric, used thread and paint
“Chasing Dreams”, Colored pencil on paper
“Retrato al anochecer”, Acrylic and ink on panel
Jiabao Zhao
“Knights of Elements – Fire Spirit”,
3D-printed ceramic with glaze, quartz glass tube Crafted in Jingdezhen, China
“Mycelium Mind”, Lace, linen, pearls, cloth, curtains, wire, ribbon, clay, beads, mannequin.
“Caretta Ignigena”, Maple wood, wire, adhesive.
“The Story”, Ink and oil on canvas
“The Ship We Call Bedouin”, Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
“Reclamation of Being”, Oil on Canvas
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.