Win free inclusion of your art in Important World Artists Volume 7!
1st Prize: Back Cover and 2 Pages
2nd Prize: VIP Artist Presentation 1 (4 pages at beginning of book)
3rd Prize: VIP Artist Presentation 2 (4 pages at beginning of book)
20% Discount on Participation Fee for Runners Up
10% Discount on Participation Fee for Finalists
Important World Artists is one of World Wide Art Books’ acclaimed publications, a large luxury museum-style book, which presents the work of 60 - 100 artists in about 150 - 200 pages. The books are juried, and normally there is a participation fee.
A high quality annual and juried art publication, Important World Artists presents artists from around the world. This edition aims at capturing the diverse beauty of original art in all visual contemporary practices. Each new volume of this series takes over a year to be produced and each image is carefully selected. For each book, we have two main goals. To produce a unique, individual presentation for each artist, that provides an insightful description of their practice and their career. And second, to produce a beautiful anthology of art, that presents a wide range of contemporary practices, providing a reference of great art, for collectors, galleries, decorators and curators.
The book has an initial printing of 6000 copies and there is also a digital version, which has a circulation of tens of thousands.
The book is distributed primarily to collectors and art lovers and art professionals - gallery owners, curators, art dealers, art consultants, interior designers, architects, etc.
Inclusion in this book brings considerable benefits to the participating artists. Apart from the prestige of being published in a highly regarded art anthology, participating in such a publication gives an artist credibility in the eyes of potential buyers and professionals, and the books are also used extensively by professional people as source books for art for all kinds of projects.
Publication: December 2026
All media are accepted
Participation fee $15 per image
Deadline for entries: May 4, 2026
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Two winning works:
"Poppy Field Valley", painting by Alexi Fine
"Secret Garden", painting by Zdenka
Iryna Chaboryk, with the "Field of Affection" series: "Insight", "Energy", "Curiosity", and "Confidence"
Awards:
Grand Prize: Federico Pisciotta
Painter of the Year: Cher Pruys
Sculptor of the Year: Kathleen Friedenberg
Photographer of the Year: Doug Caplan
Other Media of the Year (mixed media, drawing, collage, installations,etc.): Bujar Arizi
Digital Art of the Year: Skottie O'Mahony
AI Art of the Year: Mario Forcherio
Luis Alvarez Roure, with the paintings "Summer", "Spring", and "Autumn".
Winner:
Fay Wood, with the sculptures "Three-Ring Pandemic Circus - Can We Work Together?", "Trapped Dancer", and "Three-Ring Pandemic Circus - Living with these Changes"
