Entries in the 2025 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize open on 10 February.
$69,000 USD in cash & prizes to be won!
The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, now in its 8th year, is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts. It includes 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. Enter today via the forms below.
2025 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Awards
- Grand Prize Award: $10,000 USD cash + prizes
- RAYMAR Painting Art Award: $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Victoria Olt Gallery Drawing Award: $4,500 USD cash + Prizes
- Photography Award: $4,500? USD cash + prizes
- Digital Art Award: $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award: $4,500 USD cash + prizes
- Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Emerging Artist Award: $4,500 USD + prizes
- People’s Choice Award Winner: Prizes [public voting opens in August]
- Seibert-Collection Honourable Mention: $3,000 USD & Prizes [This year we have a special Seibert-Collection Honourable Mention chosen by Platinum sponsor and Juror, art collector and philanthropist Prof. Dr. Ulrich Seibert from the Painting Award entrants]
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. Check out the full list of prizes in each Award category here.
The entry fee is US$40 per entry to cover administrative costs. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions and Entry Criteria before completing one of the Entry Forms above. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. Entries close: Midnight 17 July 2025 [Los Angeles date/time]
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Winning the Beautiful Bizarre Photography Prize in 2020 was a real career changing moment for me. It gave me a huge boost in confidence that has steered me towards achieving so many things. Since winning this prize, I have been accepted into multiple group shows, prestigious art fairs and I have seen a large growth in my sales of my artwork.
The artist’s journey is an intricate weaving of ups and downs, loves and sorrows, successes and failures. This moment is a confirmation and a validation of everything – every little step on the path, every obstacle overcome, every dream brought yowling and chirping into life. That we get to share this creative adventure with each other and further, that we get to share the thrill of being selected as Winners of this award for a sculpture born of both of us is a dream literally spun into life.
Taking part in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize was a fantastic experience. The promotion of the artists is invaluable and working with the Beautiful Bizarre
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The Beautiful Bizarre art prize enabled me to extend my reach to a much broader international audience. As a contemporary artist, it is so thrilling to be placed with some of the best artists around the world. The Prize is important to assist me in leveraging myself as an artist in the future, it opens up many more opportunities.
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I am so grateful that such a great prize like the Beautiful Bizarre Prize even exists. The cash prize was a great affirmation, but to be acknowledged by a community, and promoted internationally amongst so much other great talent is priceless.
Winning First Place in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Traditional Category was an incredible honor. To be included among other artists who I have great admiration for makes this especially meaningful. This recognition helps affirm all that I have been working toward in my career to date and encourages me to continue to strive to be the best that I can be. Many thanks to Beautiful Bizarre as well as the award sponsors and judges.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize has opened up new opportunities for me, including a future editorial in the pages of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and the chance for my work to be seen by a whole new audience.
I was flabbergasted when I heard I had won. the timing and the work, which meant a lot to me personally, really made me feel recognized and validated.
