We are proud to announce the 2023 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Jury Panel, comprising influential figures in the art world, including gallerists, curators, artists, and commercial and philanthropic arts champions. Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Co-Founders Danijela Krha Purssey & Richard Purssey, Directors of Haven Gallery, Erica Berkowitz and Joseph Weinreb, representatives from our major sponsors, and four esteemed contemporary artists Rebecca Leveille, Ellen Sheidlin, Ellen Jewett, and Laura H Rubin. Each Jury member excels in their field of expertise and is making waves around the world with their exceptional work. Get your work in-front of this respected Jury Panel, enter today.
PositionCo-Founder & Editor-in-Chief
JoinedJanuary 14, 2019
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Danijela Krha Purssey is an entrepreneur, & the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of Australian based international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. She is deeply passionate & committed to her vision to help shift the paradigm in the global contemporary arts industry regarding what is defined and accepted as contemporary art. Danijela has created a carefully curated, unique contemporary arts experience via all the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine touch points that inspires & champions emerging & mid-career creatives both locally & around the world. Proudly, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine has inspired creatives to pursue a life & career in the arts & helped artists’ careers grow through Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s exposure of their work. Danijela founded Beautiful Bizarre Magazine in 2013 with her husband, Richard Purssey. In the 6 years since the launch of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine she has released 26 issues, published over 2,000 web articles, launched the interactive digital magazine, curated 10 successful exhibitions in 4 countries, launched the international Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize which embraces traditional, digital & photographic representational art across all modern styles from realism to pop surrealism & lowbrow art, and shared the work of countless creatives from all corners of the globe. Danijela has forged global connections with artists, collectors, gallery owners & their communities to further her vision for the new contemporary art scene & to help galleries & creatives thrive. The Beautiful Bizarre Magazine social media platforms have grown to over 980,000 followers. In late 2016 Danijela was awarded the prestigious AMP Foundation ‘Tomorrow Makers’ Award, & grant funding to expand Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.
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