International FiKVA Award

Welcome to the International FiKVA Award for painters 2022!

The International FiKVA Award for painters 2022 is a global online competition, open to all artists age 18 or older, worldwide. Enter the paintings produced the last two years you are most proud of and you could win up to €5000 in cash and other prizes!

The FiKVA Award welcomes entries in all genres: hyperrealism, photorealism, classical and modern realism, surrealism and imaginative realism – as long as the artwork reads as representational and not stylized or abstract.

• No comics, airbrush, digital or mechanical work is accepted.
• Works must be recent – produced between 2020 and 2022.
• You must register and pay a registration fee to submit your work.
• The top 20 works must be available for an online exhibition.
• The deadline for entering the contest is: July 11th, 2022
• All semi-finalists and winners will be informed about the results via email.

Please, reach out through award@fikva.art if you have any questions.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Submissions open: April 11th, 2022
• Submissions close: July 11th, 2022, 11:59 PM (Brussels Time).
• Notification of Top 20 Selection: Aug 14th, 2022 (by email and social media)
• Notification of all Winners: Aug 21th, 2022 (All finalists and winners will be notified by email and published on both the FiKVA website and social media channels)
• Online exhibition of the finalists opens: Aug 25th, 2022

FEES

• Participation in the FiKVA Award with just one work: €25
• Every additional work will add €10 to your participation fee
• You can enter up to 6 works

PRIZES

First Prize:
€3000 cash prize + Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Published interview with the FiKVA Foundation + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Second Prize:
€1500 cash prize Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Published interview with the FiKVA Foundation + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Third prize:
€500 cash prize + Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Published interview with the FiKVA Foundation + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Honourable Mention (3 will be awarded):
Participation in the online group exhibition of the finalists + Permanent place on the FiKVA website + Digital and social media marketing

Top 20:
The Top 20 works will be included in an online exhibition.

Requirements

ARTIST ELIGIBILITY

• FiKVA Award is open to all artist age 18 or older, worldwide.
• We support inclusion and diversity and love witnessing career growth, so we encourage all - emerging and well established artists to send in their best paintings and capture our hearts!

ARTWORK ELIGIBILITY

• Acceptable media: oil, water-soluble oil paint, acrylic paints, watercolour, ink, gouache, tempera and all traditional mediums on any support - canvas, board, paper, wood, panel, wall, aluminum, glass etc.
• Work must have been completed between 2020 and 2022.
• The work must be artist’s original work.
• It must have been produced solely by the artist and the copy rights must be his/her exclusive property.

SUBJECT MATTER & TECHNIQUES

• We have no requirement on the subject matter and techniques of your work - we are just looking for what you consider the best work in your art portfolio.

Application Instructions

IMAGES

• To enter the competition, you must upload your images in JPG or PNG format through the Submission form on the website. Entries via email will not be accepted.
• The image files must be a minimum of 1000 pixels wide and must not be larger than 4 MB in size.
• Have the file name format: Artist Name_Artwork Title_Material_Size_Year of production
• If the work is framed, please, do not include the frame in the image.