Over the last couple of weeks we have been sharing the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Finalists of each Award category [BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award, Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award, Sculpture Award, MPB Photography Award, INPRNT Digital Art Award, 33PA Drawing Award and the RAYMAR Painting Award] on our social media, website, and via our email newsletters. We have been incredibly impressed with the caliber of work!
Now is your opportunity to have a voice and help determine the winner of the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award!
Make your voice heard – vote for your favourite artworks today!
The Grand Prize Award Winner of the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, along with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners of each Award category, Honourable Mentions, and the Winner of this year’s Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award will all be announced in mid-September, after the People’s Choice Award voting closes at midnight 14 September [Australian Eastern Standard Time].
In addition, each sponsor will choose one outstanding work from their award category to receive an Honourable Mention. Stay tuned to learn more!
Who do you think should win the 2026 Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award? Let your voice be heard – vote for your favourite artworks from the 200 Finalists today! Everyone is invited to participate.
Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award
The Winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award will receive:
- $1,000 USD cash, generously donated by Art & Fable Puzzle Company. Art & Fable Puzzle Company’s mission is simple: to kindle curiosity and ignite enthusiasm for visual art, through the simple and profound pleasure of puzzling.
- 12 month social media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 2 million+ followers across all social media platforms).
- 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.
- Plus most importantly, receive worldwide exposure for their practice.
Timeline
- 2 September [AEDT, Australian Eastern Daylight Time]: People’s Choice voting opened
- 14 September [Australian Eastern Standard Time]: People’s Choice voting closes
- Week of the 15th of September: Winners announced
- 15 Sept: BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award
- 16 Sept: Sculpture Award Winners
- 17 Sept: MPB Photography Award
- 18 Sept: INPRNT Digital Art Award
- 19 Sept: 33PA Drawing Award
- 20 Sept: Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award
- 21 Sept: RAYMAR Painting Award
- 22 Sept: Grand Prize Winner, Honourable Mentions & Art & Fable Puzzle Company People’s Choice Award
- 7 November 2026 – 7 January 2027 Group exhibition ‘Glimmer’ opens at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, CA, USA. ‘Glimmer’ is an international group exhibition Curated by: Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Winners are invited to participate.
“Reclining Nude” (Oil on linen panel, 24 x 36in)
“Tethered” (Bronze, 143 x 51 x 35cm)
“Sprung” (Painting: Oil on wood, 40 x 30″)
“God is a woman” (Digital Painting and Drawing: Procreate)
Endless Drought (Painting, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48″)
Space Bunny (Painting, Oil on Canvas, 102 x 65 cm)
“The Labyrinth Map” (Mixed media: graphite, watercolour and gold leaf on Arches paper, 61 x 93cm)
“Did you take My love away From me?” (Digital photography: Fujifilm X-T3 / Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS / fiberoptic wire)
“The Creatrix” (Painting: Airbrushed acrylic on claybord wood panel, 52 x 30″)
“Requiem of a Dying Sea” (Stoneware Paper Clay, Oil Paint, (Mixed Media – Nylon Net, Resin), 36 x 21 x 19″)
“Resurgence: The Mother Power” (Stainless Steel, Metallic Paints, 25 x 40 x 17″)
“The Glorious, Irreversible Truth” (PanPastel & Graphite on Paper, 40 x 40″)
“Threads of Destiny” (Painting: Watercolour, pearl white powder, coloured pencil, 12 x 16″)
“The Oracle’s Priestess” (Graphite and charcoal pencils on canvas, 152 x 121cm)
“The Purest Light” (Painting: Acrylic on Wood Panel, 24 x 30″)
Dream Hunters (Painting, Oil on canvas, 12 x 10″)
“Instead of the trees’ shade” (Oil on canvas, 54 x 46″)
“Labyrinth Of The Soul” (Painting: oil on wooden panel, 34 x 48″)
“Autopilot” (Digital Painting & Drawing: Apple iPad Pro 11-inch & Apple Pencil 2 / Procreate)
“She Still Remains” (Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30″)
“IRIDESCENT SELF” (Digital photography: Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8)
Model: Viscerella Ngueve Lazaro, MUA: Joanne Sysum
“Melting” (Polymer clay, aluminium, wire, pigments, mother of pearl, acrylic paint, varnish, 21 x 10 x 14cm)
“Cynefin” (Digital Painting and Drawing: Procreate)
“Survivor” (Oil on ACM panel, 20 x 30″)
“To Be or Not To Be” (Coloured Pencils on 300 gr Fabriano Paper, 80 x 66cm)
“The Puppet” (Analogue Photography: Toyo 4×5 camera, Fuji 210 lens)
“The Tide Walker” (Digital photography: Canon 6D II – Ikelite housing)
“Love Spider’s Web” (Digital Painting & Drawing: Procreate)
“The gift of arrival” (Oil on canvas, 80 x 40cm)
“Dreamcatcher” (Stoneware, colored glazes, gold leaf, underglaze, 160 x 51 x 32cm)
“Swan” (Oil on linen, 100 x 76cm)
“Prophecy of the End of Days as Foretold by the Cult of Lobster” (Watercolour, Metallic Watercolour, Charcoal and glitter decoupage on paper mounted to wood canvas, 20 x 20″)