2 year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud (All Apps).US$1,000 cash generously donated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.Participation in the Beautiful Bizarre curated exhibition at Haven Gallery (New York), December 2019 – January 2020.The Digital Art Award 1st Prize Winner will receive: ~ Danijela Krha Purssey, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. It is through your generosity that the Sculpture Award Winners will be able to enrich their practice. The judging process was extremely difficult with so many exceptional entries, so thank you again!įinally I would like to once again extend my thanks to this year’s Digital Art Award sponsors listed below. I would also like to sincerely thank the 2019 Jury Panel, particularly the Digital Art Category Judge, Tom Bagshaw who gave his time and expertise to the panel, the other Category Judges, Crystal Morey Jeremy Geddes, Haris Nukem, representatives from our amazing sponsors INPRNT and Stocksy United, Directors of Haven Gallery Erica and Joseph, and of course to my partner Beautiful Bizarre Magazine‘s Co-Founder Richard Purssey.
So thank you again for your interest in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, I very much hope to see how your work has grown and developed in next year’s Prize. I will also be taking the opportunity to share many of the amazing entries submitted over the coming months on our social media platforms, as I truly believe that all of these artists deserve more recognition and promotion of their work. As Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief I have the pleasure and honour of curating each issue of the magazine and curating our yearly exhibitions! The many wonderful and talented Art Prize entries we received have given me a plethora of new ideas and choices to pursue in future. It was such a pleasure to immerse myself in the work of so many creatives from around the world and to delve into their practice. Thanks again to all of the artists who entered, sharing their work and their creative vision with us. Thank you & AcknowledgementsĬongratulations to the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Digital Art Award Winners, Billelis & Sick666Mick, Tomasz Strzalkowski and David Seidman! Billelis and Sick666Mick have collaborated mixing cyberpunk influences, religious compositions and dark subjects.
“Necro Maria” is part of a series of 3D illustrations exploring the themes and fear of demonic beings, worship of the Holy Mary and what is becoming our newest religion: technology and robotics. Sick666Mick is inspired by heavy music, films and of course games.
In an effort to escape reality, he creates personal work in his free time which is currently more of a hobby – a reflection of the darker side of personality. He has been in the gaming industry for 8 years. Sick666Mickworked as an architect for 5 years, but his great love of games led him into games development, where there are more opportunities for creativity. Equipped with an overactive imagination, his sketchbook and a perpetual artistic hunger, Billelis aims to be a distinct source of creativity. He has a keen eye for intricate detail, as well bold contrasting colours, and his work has often been described as hyperreal. He spends countless hours experimenting, learning and expanding his artistic skill set to create a personal style that can be best described as a dark, yet elegant, romantic fusion. “Necro Maria” īillelis is a freelance 3D Illustrator & Art Director specialising in dark visuals and decorative art. Some even believe that the ghosts, or yūrei, have permeated the trees and have become one with the forest. Feeling the pressure of everything in their hearts, up to 105 people die in the forest each year. “Aokigahara”, also known as the “suicide forest,” is a Japanese forest located at Mount Fuji. His work has also been featured internationally in gallery shows as well as being a regular artist with several successful solo shows at Arch Enemy Arts in his hometown of Philadelphia, USA. David’s immersive worlds filled with stories and symbolism has been recognized by leading art books such as, Spectrum, Infected By Art, D’Artiste and Expose. With a clever mix of the beautiful and macabre, David’s work has been commissioned by Ripley’s Believe it or Not (comics), Orbit and Wizards of the Coast (book covers), and even popular rock band Coheed and Cambria where he painted several of their live stage backdrops. Early in his career, David brought the seven deadly sins to life as the cover artist on the highly acclaimed comic book series, Se7en. “ Aokigahara” ĭavid Seidman is a digital painter whose dark dreamlike images evoke both the surrealistic and supernatural.