The final votes to determine the Winners of the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize are now being cast! Our sincere thanks to the Jury Panel and particularly the Category Judges: Tom Bagshaw [Digital Art], Jeremy Geddes [Traditional Art], Haris Nukem [Photography] and Crystal Morey [Sculpture] for giving their time, expertise and experience to the Jury Panel.

We are very grateful to all the artists who entered and shared their work with us. It has been a pleasure to be able to discover the work of so many gifted artists across all genres and static mediums.

New Awards added in each category! 1st Prize + now also 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners will be awarded in each category.

As you have seen from our blog posts and social media shares since the Art Prize opened on 1 February, the entries to the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize have been truly exceptional! With so many amazing entries, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine has decided to award not just an overall 1st Prize Winner, and 1st Prizes Winners in each category, but also a 2nd and 3rd Prize Winner in each Award category! This means we will announce the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners in the Sculpture Award on 21 October via this website and the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine social media, then the Stocksy United Photography Award 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners on 22 October, Digital Art Award 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners on 23 October, the INPRNT Traditional Art Award 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners on 24 October, and finally the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 1st Prize Winner, three Honourable Mentions and Peoples Choice Winner on 25 October.

Don’t forget the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 1st Prize Winner will receive:

Participation in the Beautiful Bizarre curated exhibition at Haven Gallery (New York), December 2019 – January 2020
US$4,000 cash [non acquisitive] generously donated by sponsors INPRNT and Stocksy United
US$1,500 worth of art photography and/or Fine Art archival print reproduction from Static Medium
Editorial in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
12 month Social Media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 970,000+ followers across all Socials platforms)
Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared on social media

The newly created 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners in each category will receive a 12 month print subscription to Beautiful Bizarre Magazine to inspire their practice, plus an exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites. People’s Choice Voting will open in the 1st week of October, and the winner will be selected by popular vote from the 100 Finalists. Stay tuned for details regarding how you can cast your vote.

Of course, the INPRNT Traditional Art Award entries did not disappoint! We received entries from traditional artists working with all sorts of mediums and techniques including; Indian ink, coloured pencils, acrylic paint, laser cutting, natural fibres, spray paint, willow charcoal, gouache, pen, pastels, markers, canvas, wood, aluminium, masonite, fabric, lace, silver, gold and copper leaf, dye, watercolour paint, watercolour pencils, resin, gold enamel, crayons, thread, chalk, glitter, ecoline, vellum, egg tempura, ink, graphite, oil paint, linen, cold wax, soft pastels, tapestry wool, conte, compressed charcoal, and plaster.

I’m sure all the Traditional Art entrants have been eagerly awaiting the results of the judging. So without further ado we are proud to announce the 25 INPRNT Traditional Art Award Finalists of the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize…

INPRNT Traditional Art Award

The INPRNT Traditional Art Award 1st Prize Winner, will receive….

Participation in the Beautiful Bizarre curated exhibition at Haven Gallery (New York), December 2019 – January 2020
US$3,000 cash [non acquisitive] generously donated by sponsor INPRNT
US$500 Gift Voucher from Trekell Art Supplies
3 month Social Media advertising package (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine: 970,000+ followers across all Socials platforms)
Exclusive in-depth interview published on the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine websites + shared on social media

For a full list of prizes in each Award Category and for the overall 1st Prize Winner, click here.