There is just 2 week left to enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize – don’t miss this incredible chance!
Sculptors, 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 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery, NY, USA later this year?
- 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 – there is no need to create a new work!
I decided to enter the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, not only because of my admiration for the magazine, but because it’s the one competition that truly celebrates art that deviates from the ordinary. This experience has been incredibly rewarding for me. Everyone at Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is so kind and it truly felt like coming home to a community where I belong.
So many opportunities have come from it: I’ve been invited to group shows, galleries have noticed my work, I’ve connected with many talented artists and I’m now part of the Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory. Most importantly, it’s been a huge boost to my self-esteem. As artists, we often doubt ourselves and our art, so receiving external validation like this feels really good.
Nadine Tralala (1st Prize Winner of the Emerging Artist Award, 2024)
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.
$77,000 USD in cash & prizes to be won
Submit your work today!
Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 USD cash!
Entry by: Jacek Opała, “Virgo Zodiac”, Bronze, 160 x 65 x 50cm.
Get Inspired!
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 Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award category below.
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.
“How hard can it be?”, Stoneware and patina, 19 x 19 x 16″.
Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award
The Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award 1st prize winner will receive:
- $3,000 USD cash, generously donated by Yasha Young Projects, arts philanthropist and Executive Curatorial Director for the FOR_M, a new institution currently being developed in New York city.
- $400 USD worth of services from Stan Winston School, including an all-access 1 year subscription which includes unlimited access to their Course Library by The Masters of FX, with new courses added every month. Plus exclusive access to the Behind-the-Scenes Documentary stream.
- $250 USD worth of supplies of your choice from Sculpey, making polymer oven-bake clays for over 50 years.
- A beautiful, specially commissioned glass art award trophy.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery in Northport, NY, 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.
- 3 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 2 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2025 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.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 Yasha Young Projects, arts philanthropist and Executive Curatorial Director for the FOR_M, a new institution currently being developed in New York city.
- $220 USD worth of services from Stan Winston School, including a 3 month subscription including full access to the entire course library. Plus exclusive access to the Behind-the-Scenes Documentary stream.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery in Northport, NY, 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.
- 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 Magazine 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 Yasha Young Projects, arts philanthropist and Executive Curatorial Director for the FOR_M, a new institution currently being developed in New York city.
- $100 USD worth of services from Stan Winston School, including a 1 month subscription including full access to the entire course library. Plus exclusive access to the Behind-the-Scenes
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery in Northport, NY, 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.
- 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 Magazine 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, MPB, RAYMAR, Yasha Young Projects, Victoria Olt Gallery, and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Seibert.
- A beautiful, specially commissioned glass art award trophy.
- The opportunity to exhibit in the prestigious Beautiful Bizarre Magazine exhibition at Haven Gallery in Northport, NY, 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 2025 issue.
- Winning artwork printed in the December 2025 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.
2025 Award Categories
- Digital Art Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- MPB Photography Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Victoria Olt Gallery Drawing Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Emerging Artist Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- RAYMAR Painting Award – $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Seibert-Collection Honourable Mention – $3,000 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 22 August 2025.
Entries Close: Midnight 17 July 2025 [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 Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award category below.
“The Whale Room”, Yarn, Miniature Wooden Objects, Fabric, and Wire, 12 x 24 x 4″.
“Kiribati Warrior”, Fish and bird bones, 25 x 18 x 6cm (life-sized).
“Birdgirl- Sagittarius serpentarius”, Various fabrics and threads, ceramic, wire, wading, handmade chainstitches metallic lace, 73 x 21 x 44cm.
“Super Mario Chimp”, 100% Wool / Acrylic Case, 60 x 40 x 10cm.
“Dragon Bouquet”, Sugar and mixed media in resin, 100 x 80 x 6cm.
“Winds of Change”, Dried Dragon Tree Leaves, 14 x 16 x 13″.
“Perséphone”, Bronze, 40 x 38 x 26cm.
“Unicorn, Osseus Mysticus”, Cold porcelain, copper, 38 x 39 x 15cm.
“Shanadain”, Polymer clay, air-dry clay, acrylics, wire, 23 x 29 x 20cm.
“Neofeudalism installation”, fine silver, sterling silver, copper, bronze, white copper, 10 x 36 x 1″.
“Intrusive thoughts”, Polymerclay, acrylic, 24 x 11 x 10cm.
“Lack of insect… “, Clay, resin, food paper, recycled objects, 50 x 30 x 30cm.
“Intimate wounds I: the fragility of the greyhound”, Cast Bronze with dégradé patina on an stainless steel base, 41 x 43 x 31cm.
“Mouth of Pearls”, earthenware, underglaze, gold luster, brass, pearls, 40 x 10 x 5″.
“Threshold”, Ceramic, underglaze, wax, 26 x 19 x 6″.
“Burnt Ember”, Resin, 48 x 24 x 23cm.
“Lofi Girl Pigeon”, mixed media on broken CD, 13 x 14 x 13cm.
“Rebirth of a dream”, ceramics, glass, wood, metal, plastic, amethyst, paint, faux foliage, led lights, 40 x 20 x 20cm.
“The Visitor”, Embroidery cotton, Twine, Wire, Wool, Aida Cloth, hoop, 20 x 12 x 1″.
“I’ll wait for you”, Glass, copperplated, 18 x 23 x 23cm.
“Impermanence”, Resin, 19 x 26 x 16″.
“The Shadows Inker”, Bronze, 55 x 85 x 45cm.
“Persephone”, Premier airdry clay, mohair, acrylics, kozo paper, silk, leather, garnet stones, 38 x 30 x 25.
“Innocence At War”, mixed media: ceramic resin, plaster, lamp, 75 x 28 x 25cm.
“Agasaya”, Fiberglass, resin, acrylic, wood and gold leaf, 96 x 18 x 14″.
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is administered by Australian based, international contemporary art magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.