Tuesday, October 29, 2019

#CoolArt: Winners of the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Announced

The winners of the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize have been announced.

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 genres from realism and hyper-realism, 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 increased exposure of their work to the global arts community.

The winners in each category get to have their artworks exhibited alongside over 50 of the best contemporary artists in a Beautiful Bizarre Magazine curated exhibition at Haven Gallery, win cash and product prizes, editorial in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, advertising packages, and receive worldwide exposure.

The jury panel for the awards included Jeremy Geddes (Traditional Art), Tom Bagshaw (Digital Art), Crystal Morey (Sculpture), Haris Nukem (Photography), representatives from sponsors INPRNT and Stocksy United, the Directors of Haven Gallery - Erica and Joseph, and Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Danijela Krha Purssey and Co-Founder Richard Purssey. Over 7,500 public votes contributed to the Winner of the People’s Choice Award.

Go to the Beautiful Bizarre website to see the artwork from the winners and list of Honourable Mentions.

1ST PRIZE (OVERALL WINNER)
'Emily and the Ram (Conjuring)' by Annie Murphy-Robinson
INPRNT TRADITIONAL ART AWARD
'The Ribbons' by Steven Kenny
SCULPTURE AWARD
'The Prayer of Sunset Dog' by Akishi Ueda
DIGITAL ART AWARD
'Necro Maria' by Billelis & Sick666Mick
STOCKSY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
'Trust Fall' by Soulcraft (Ben Sumner Franke)
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
'Nothing Can Stop Lleana' by Vincent Marcone

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