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17th
ABSTRACT
International Juried Art Competition
OCTOBER 2026
WINNERS
Artists from 40 countries
won in one of six prize categories
Winners will be prominently featured in multiple media platforms.
artists
Scroll down to explore the winning artworks.
Artist Name
Country
Artist Name
Country
Artist Name
Country
Alexis Celona
CANADA
Chuck Dorr
USA
Ed Whitmore
USA
Juan Carlos Rodríguez
USA
Madhulika Verma
USA
Rikki Rasmovicz
USA
Wil Walid Karroum
AUSTRALIA
Bhawnaa Goyyal
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dana Puhosh
HUNGARY
Emmy Józsa T.
HUNGARY
Karen Macdonald
CANADA
Mariana Corcuera
MEXICO
Terry Pasquale
USA
Zakia Rafik
GERMANY
Brad Nuorala
USA
Diana Dimova Traxi
BULGARIA
John Grunwell
USA
Lee Musgrave
USA
Michael Dodson
USA
Vicky Devaney
UK
Albina N. Titova
USA
Alka C. Singh
INDIA
Anastasiia Saleeva
GERMANY
Andy Sparks
USA
Ann Broni Petersen
USA
Aristotle Torres
USA
Belynda Tweedy
USA
Bijan Naderi
USA
Billie Geist
USA
Brigitte B. Burckhardt
SWITZERLAND
Carlos Vega
USA
Catherine Brady
CANADA
Chang Tingwei
CHINA
Chas Pulido
USA
Dane Moore
USA
Deborah Winters
UK
Diane Mansolillo
USA
Douglas Suyemoto
USA
Emily Rose
NEW ZEALAND
Evangeline Tiongco Layug
GERMANY
Francisca Cota
USA
Gary Smith
USA
George Bergman
USA
Gina Gallarelli
USA
Glen Kerr
CANADA
Gustavo Alonso Torrez Jr.
USA
Hank Church
USA
Harriet Silverstein
USA
Henry Kutlu
USA
Hiroki Yamashita
JAPAN
Indu Varma
CANADA
JBelinda Carr
USA
Jack Farkas
USA
Jasmina Mendoza
UK
Jeffrey Yentz
USA
Jennifer Stephens
USA
Jim Hughes
USA
Joanna Mueller
USA
Jose Soto
USA
Joy Ascolese-Rosini
USA
Judy Winter
CANADA
Karen Leenstra
USA
Katarina Maria Smederevac
POLAND
Kelly Arias
USA
Kiana Rokita Jones
USA
Kit Ching Li
UK
Kristy O'Hare
USA
Laura Johnson
USA
Lauren Monds
AUSTRALIA
Leonard Seelig
USA
Linda Morris
CANADA
Lori Anne McKague
CANADA
Lynne O’Neil
USA
Marc Lautenbacher
CANADA
Maria Cristina Rossana Groppelli
ITALY
Marina Katina
LATVIA
Mark Sajatovich
CANADA
Mary Ellen Bennett
USA
Matthew Judge
USA
Medy Bozkurtian
USA
Melissa Martzaklis
USA
Michael Eugene Jantzen
USA
Michelle Dobson
USA
Miranda Leaver
USA
Monica Diaz
USA
Mónica Nicolau
MEXICO
Nicole Traver
USA
Nilam Parmar
CANADA
Oleksandr Koltsov
UK
Patricia Heller
USA
Phil Stonge
USA
Ralph Perrotti
USA
Robert Filbey
USA
Robert Sassetti
USA
Roland Houston
USA
Rosie McKenna
UK
Rumi Rêvé
USA
Sami Davidson
USA
Sapphire Blackwood
USA
Scott Anderson
USA
Shari Askow
USA
Shelton Malzar
USA
Silvia Crespo
USA
Sonja Hargreaves
AUSTRALIA
Sterling Dominey
CANADA
Subodh Maheshwari
USA
Sun Wukong
JAPAN
Susan Merkel
USA
T. De Ros
UK
Tajna Klisura
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Terrence Dean
USA
Thomas Leverett
USA
Tracy Barkhimer
USA
Ulla Karttunen
FINLAND
Verónica Leiton
MEXICO
Wilhelmina Odoley Quaynor
UK
Yagmur Karaman
UK
Yvan Carpio
USA
Ali Katmiri
UK
Amy Martinez
USA
Andrea Noémi Bredák
USA
Angel D. Covarrubias
USA
Anurati Gupta
INDIA
Artemiy Repin
SERBIA
Ben Freeman
USA
Bikkel de Haan-Kleute (Bikkel Artist)
NETHERLANDS
Brad Lakin (Jo Paff)
USA
Brooke Harris
USA
Carol Schmauder
USA
Cecilia Ines Tascheret
USA
Charles Baughman
USA
Chris Petrie
AUSTRALIA
Daniel Ojeda Osorio
MEXICO
Diane Byrne
USA
Diane Stackwick
USA
Eileen Seitz
USA
Emma Isabel De La Cabada Cortes
MEXICO
Fadiese
FRANCE
Frederick Fulmer
USA
Genoveva Kachurkova
NORTH MACEDONIA
German Ortega Gutierrez
MEXICO
Giuseppina Graziano
AUSTRALIA
Glenn P. Chickering
USA
Gustavs Filipsons
LATVIA
Hans Rieger aka Yan Rieger
USA
Helena Owens
USA
Hilary Saner
USA
Hédia Carron
SWITZERLAND
Ingrid Steckelberg
GERMANY
Jacinto Zambrano
USA
James Holton
USA
Jeff Jackson
USA
Jemsy Pradun
USA
Jesse Hill
USA
Jim Kearns
USA
John Flippin
USA
Joseph Bongiovanni
USA
Judith Berman
USA
Kai Mørk Mortensen
NORWAY
Karli Henneman
USA
Katarina Stiller
HUNGARY
Ken Eccles
AUSTRALIA
Kijoo Bae
SOUTH KOREA
Kristen S. Harrison
USA
Kseniia Chaltseva
GERMANY
Laura Lee
USA
Lee Hirsh
AUSTRALIA
Lillian Cozart
USA
Linda Sallee-Hill
USA
Louise Schine
USA
Mansimar Kaur
USA
Marc Ward
USA
Maria Tomova
BULGARIA
Marinella Albora
ITALY
Marlon Mccain
USA
Mary Jennings
IRELAND
Matthew Rowe
USA
Melanie Blystone
USA
Melott
USA
Michael Reismann
USA
Michelle Goni Nolan
USA
Mohamad Ariff Mohamood
SINGAPORE
Monica Teh
SINGAPORE
Nancy Uding
USA
Nicoletta Viscardi
USA
Obi-Tabot Tabe
USA
Ori Aviram
ISRAEL
Paul Bellingham
UK
Pier Dor
ITALY
Raquel Cordon
USA
Robert Peters
USA
Roger Bell
USA
Ron Otis
USA
Ross Mercer
USA
Rupal Shah
USA
Sandi McCloskey
USA
Sara White-Badger
UK
Serhiy Kapusta
USA
Shaun Griffiths
USA
Shona Callum
AUSTRALIA
Sofia May
UK
Sonja Svensson
SWEDEN
Steve Fogel
USA
Suchitra Elango
UK
Sunmi Hong
SOUTH KOREA
Sushila Oliphant
USA
Tabitha Kremesec
USA
Tammy Cannon
USA
Terry Christlieb
USA
Tohru Yoshikawa
JAPAN
Trish Broom
UK
Vanda Jurkovic
CROATIA
Vicky Anastassopoulou
GERMANY
William Lemos
USA
Yulianus Yaps
INDONESIA
Yvette Wheeler
USA
Alison Galvan
ECUADOR
Analaura Baledon
USA
Andrew Raeside
USA
Anjali Palayoor Mana Divakaranunny
USA
Arin Whitmore
USA
Bee Hoon Lim
MALAYSIA
Betty Higgins
USA
Bill Scheel
USA
Brandon Collen-Zajas
USA
Calvin Cole Benavides
USA
Carolina Suiveng
FRANCE
Chan Kit Yan
CHINA
Charlie Agnew
USA
Crystal Wu
AUSTRALIA
Dean Tebo Jr.
USA
Diane Leon
USA
Diego Tesoro
ITALY
Emilie Paz (Papilio)
FRANCE
Erika Guerrero
USA
Francene Levinson
USA
Galban Gabriela
ROMANIA
George Angelini
USA
Gina Coffey
USA
Glen Kendrick
USA
Gloria Benita
USA
Haibing Li
CHINA
Hariclia Michailidou
USA
Henning Flintholm
GERMANY
Hirofumi Maeshiba
USA
Ildiko Kiraly
USA
Irmgarda Kasinskaite Buddeberg
LITHUANIA
Jack Edelstein
USA
Jane Baran
CANADA
Jeffrey Priess
USA
Jena G. Kodesh
USA
Jill English
USA
Jimmy S. Clark Jr.
USA
Jonathan Diaz Miranda
MEXICO
Joshua Schedler
USA
Judy Popky
USA
Karen A. Fay
USA
Karsten Hoiseth
USA
Kathleen Fietz
USA
Kevin Voyer
USA
Kim Dayton
USA
Kristina Zallinger
USA
Lance
USA
Laura Reed
USA
Leigh Anne Sutherlin
USA
Linda Benton McCloskey
USA
Linda Tucker
USA
Lu Jichen
CHINA
Mara Elizari
USA
Margaret Morgan Watkins
AUSTRALIA
Mariah Murray
USA
Mario Sánchez Martínez
MEXICO
Marvin Lyle Shafer
USA
Matt Celentano
USA
Maureen Fisher
USA
Melissa Manzelmann
USA
Mengni Zhang
USA
Michael Watz
USA
Mike E. Lesovsky
USA
Mona Leblond
CANADA
Monique Suidan Young
USA
Nathalie Ozouf
UK
Nik Land
CANADA
Ol Svold
UKRAINE
Paola Torsiello
GERMANY
Paul J. Collins
UK
Priyanka A. Gawande
USA
Rico Houston
USA
Robert Rivas
MEXICO
Roland Cosmos
SPAIN
Ronald Stoecker
GERMANY
Rossana Belotti
ITALY
Ryan Krone
USA
Sandra Slaughter
USA
Sarah Frisch
USA
Shannon Taggart
USA
Sheila Lebowitz
USA
Sieglinde Van Damme
USA
Sonia Owens
USA
Stefano Giacomi
UK
Steven Glucksberg
USA
Sue P. Williams
CANADA
Susan Hunter Guise
CANADA
Suzanne Joy Olson
USA
Taekyung Lee
SOUTH KOREA
Tatyana Boyanova Bobeva
BULGARIA
Theodore Clements
USA
Tom Tramis
BRAZIL
Trowzers Akimbo
USA
Verona Petkova-Harizanova
BULGARIA
Wendy Ann De Rycke
USA
William Viola
USA
Yury Nikolaev
RUSSIA
Adeline Sides
USA
Alice Song
AUSTRALIA
Beth Gautreau
USA
Carol Pierini
USA
Chau Pui Wun
CHINA
Cristina Vaz Pinto
PORTUGAL
Deborah Joan Shiells
USA
Ell Halim
USA
Gavin O'Hanlon
USA
Jürgen Joherl
NETHERLANDS
Leanne Stones
AUSTRALIA
Mary Stephanou
AUSTRALIA
Sam Ketch Monet
USA
Adrian Guillermo Ruiz Rodriguez
GERMANY
Andrii Gardu
ISRAEL
Beth Neal
UK
Catalin Lutu
USA
Christie Hourigan-Ballard
USA
David Lee Stroker
USA
Dee Johnson
USA
Ellsbeth Foust
USA
Gypsie Ami Offenbacher-Ferris
USA
Katharine Houston-Voss
USA
Leonardo Gutierrez
USA
Michael Nelson
USA
Tina Quick
USA
Agnieszka Nowinska
POLAND
Benjamin Teeple
USA
Briceida De Gante
MEXICO
Cesar Aquino
USA
Christine Leopold
GERMANY
Dawn Hartshorne
CANADA
Drew Fallon
USA
Eva Sabo
CANADA
Hwangje Yeon
SOUTH KOREA
Ken Z.
USA
Marina Pares Soliva
SPAIN
Monique Martinez
USA
FIRST PRIZE AWARD
$300 CASH PRIZE | 1 ARTIST
RUNNER-UP PRIZE AWARD
$150 CASH PRIZE | 1 ARTIST
MERIT PRIZE AWARD
$75 CASH PRIZE | 1 ARTIST
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TALENT PRIZE AWARD
$25 CASH PRIZE | 20 ARTISTS
Alexis Celona
Abstract #2 | Acrylic | CANADA
Bhawnaa Goyyal
The Art Of Wandering | Mixed Media | UAE
Brad Nuorala
Spatial Momentum | Acrylic | USA
Chuck Dorr
Day At The Beach | Watercolor | USA
Dana Puhosh
Jugularis | Acrylic | HUNGARY
Diana Dimova Traxi
The Balance | Acrylic | BULGARIA
Ed Whitmore
Birth Of The Serpent Oracle | Mixed Media | USA
Emmy Józsa T.
Kristály Üreg | Other | HUNGARY
John Grunwell
The Unceasing Unzipping Of The Entropic Universe | Photoshop | USA
Juan Carlos Rodríguez
In Touch | Acrylic | USA
Karen Macdonald
Breakthrough | Acrylic | CANADA
Lee Musgrave
Riffed Sobriquet | Mixed Media | USA
Madhulika Verma
Many Faces, One Spirit | Oil | USA
Mariana Corcuera
Iguana Vortex | Color Photography | MEXICO
Michael Dodson
Universal Sigh | Acrylic | USA
Rikki Rasmovicz
Circles Of Chaos | Mixed Media | USA
Terry Pasquale
Aneurysm | Watercolor | USA
Vicky Devaney
Flow | Acrylic | UK
Wil Walid Karroum
Deep Blue Sea | Oil | AUSTRALIA
Zakia Rafik
Luminance | Acrylic | GERMANY
HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Albina N. Titova
The Carnival Splashed | Acrylic | USA
Alexis Celona
Abstract #1 | Acrylic | CANADA
Ali Katmiri
Snow On Black | Oil | UK
Alison Galvan
Safe In Your Arms | Acrylic | ECUADOR
Alison Galvan
The Kiss | Acrylic | ECUADOR
Alka C. Singh
What The Dark Holds | Mixed Media | INDIA
Amy Martinez
A Delicate Catch | Black & White Photography | USA
Analaura Baledon
Chromatic Geometry | Acrylic | USA
Anastasiia Saleeva
Cyclicality | Oil | GERMANY
Andrea Noémi Bredák
Souls Relationship: The Complexity Of The Soul | Mixed Media | USA
Andrew Raeside
Dendrites Dancing In The Earthly Realm | Ink | USA
Andy Sparks
Mild | Acrylic | USA
Andy Sparks
Dust Bowl | Acrylic | USA
Angel D. Covarrubias
Universal Voices | Acrylic | USA
Angel D. Covarrubias
Fragments Of Joy | Acrylic | USA
Anjali Palayoor Mana Divakaranunny
The Warli - Fishing | Acrylic | USA
Anjali Palayoor Mana Divakaranunny
Shiva-Parvathy - The Eternal Dance Of The Universe | Acrylic | USA
Ann Broni Petersen
Nature's Poetry | Other | USA
Anurati Gupta
A Moment In Colour | Acrylic | INDIA
Arin Whitmore
Breathing | Mixed Media | USA
Aristotle Torres
Architectonic Syncopation | Acrylic | USA
Artemiy Repin
Cloudy | Color Photography | SERBIA
Bee Hoon Lim
The Dance Of Humanity | Acrylic | MALAYSIA
Belynda Tweedy
Show Ready | Acrylic | USA
