9th Annual Animal Kingdom Art Competition

9th Annual Animal Kingdom Art Competition now is over!

9th Annual Animal Kingdom Art Competition: Fusion Art invites submissions for its 9th Annual Animal Kingdom art competition for an online exhibition and both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are welcome to submit their best art and photography depicting animals, both domestic and wild.

➜ Short description

Fusion Art invites submissions for the 9th Annual Animal Kingdom art competition and online exhibition that will be held during the month of June 2024.

Both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography depicting animals, both domestic and wild. The artwork can include any animals that live on land, in the sea or in the air. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit their best representational and/or abstract art and photography.

Acceptable Mediums & Sizes:

➜ “Traditional” is open to the following 2D mediums: painting, drawing, pastels, inks, pencil, printmaking, encaustic, fabric, and mixed media.

➜ “Photography & Digital” is open to the following mediums: analog photography, digital photography, digital photo artwork, digital painting, digital manipulations, digital collage, photopainting, vector drawing, digital mixed media (integrated art). Digital Art that is a derivative work, created from another original artwork, must be significantly different as to constitute a new original work. The gallery reserves the right to request a copy of the original artwork if copyright infringement is suspected.

➜ “3-Dimensional” Art is open to the following media: relief, pottery, sculpture, installation, kinetic, and conceptual 3-D artworks created in metal, paper, wood, stone, fiber, plastics, glass, ceramics, or any other material which can be used to create 3-dimensional art. All 3D entries now require front, back and side views to be considered and properly juried.

➜ AI Art is now acceptable for consideration in all Fusion Art competitions as long as it is categorized as AI. The artwork can be created with the assistance of generative AI and/or enhanced with AI tools. However, it must be created with using the artist’s own original artwork as a base. It can be enhanced using AI tools but cannot be 100% AI generated. It will be judged and placed in its own separate category and will not be judged against traditional art, digital art, photography or 3D art.

There are no size limitations on the artwork. Artwork does not have to be for sale to be entered into the competition.

➜ Who may enter?

All artists, regardless of location or experience, are invited to submit.

➜ Prize:

➜ Cash prizes will be given to the Best in Show winners in each category (Traditional, Digital & Photography, 3-Dimensional (if the gallery receives 3D entries) and AI Art (if the gallery receives AI entries). The Best in Show winners will be the “Featured Artists” on the website for the duration of the exhibition.
➜ 2nd through 5th Place awards in each category will also be given. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Artistic Excellence and/or Honorable Mention awards may also be given.

➜ Entry fees:

➜ $25 for 1-2 images.
➜ $40 for up to 5 images (average of $8 per image).