We are proud to announce the Grand Prize Winner of the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize + People’s Choice Award Winner & Honourable Mentions!
Congratulations to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, 33PA Drawing Award Winners: Hiroshi Hayakawa, Win Wallace, and Marcus Venegas!
Congratulations to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Sculpture Award Winners: Ernest Massuet, Rachel Ann Stevenson and Jale Soysal!
Exclusive Interview With Brad Kunkle, 1st Prize Winner of the RAYMAR Painting Award in the 2025 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.
Once again, dear entrants, you have made judging the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize an incredibly difficult task – but we did it! We extend our deepest gratitude to the 2026 Jury Panel for their time and expertise. This year’s panel featured esteemed Arts Champions, including Emilie Dietrich, President & Creative Director of RAYMAR, and celebrated painter Brad Kunkle. Reviewing such a wealth of exceptional work was both a demanding and deeply inspiring undertaking. We are truly honored by the artistic excellence and passion demonstrated by our global community.
This year, the caliber of talent within the Sculpture Award category has been nothing short of extraordinary. We have been deeply moved by the diverse range of vision, technical mastery, and innovative use of materials presented by sculptors from around the globe. Our Jury Panel - including esteemed sculptor Matthias Verginer - have been reviewing the entries. With such a wealth of exceptional work, the task of selecting this year’s finalists has been an incredibly difficult, yet inspiring challenge; we are deeply honoured by our community's interest in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.
Congratulations to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award Winners: Dorian Vallejo, Gigi Chen, and Allen Douglas!
Congratulations to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, INPRNT Digital Art Award Winners: Susitse, Myriam Wares, and Yueming Li!
Congratulations to the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award Winners: Gina Barnes, Shelby Clark-Glass, and Julia Bartolini!
Over the last couple of weeks we have been sharing the 2026 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Finalists of each Award category 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!
What a year it has been for the inaugural Catherine K. Gyllerstrom Imaginative Realism Award category! Open to traditional painting, drawing or sculpture (with a focus on imaginative realism), we have enjoyed a truly broad selection of entries. Our Jury Panel - including esteemed Arts Champions Catherine K. Gyllerstrom of BearWolf Books and Patrick Wilshire of IX Arts and IX Gallery - have been going through the entries and making the incredibly difficult decisions. We now unveil the Finalists.
The unveiling begins - and what a year it has been for the BearWolf Books Emerging Artist Award category! Open to all mediums, we saw an amazing and diverse selection of entries. Our Jury Panel - including esteemed Arts Champions Catherine K. Gyllerstrom of BearWolf Books and Vicki Fox of Quirky Fox Gallery - have been going through the entries and making the incredibly difficult decisions. Once again, the overall quality of entries was exceptional; we are deeply honoured by our community's interest in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize.