Waters Art Competition 2026
Artist Space Gallery
📌About the Event
The Waters Art Competition 2026 is an international online art competition by Artist Space Gallery for artists creating water-themed visual artworks. The theme includes rivers, lakes, oceans, waterfalls, seascapes, streams, ponds, and other aquatic landscapes. All visual art mediums are accepted, making it a good opportunity for artists, photographers, and sculptors to gain online visibility and gallery recognition.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Organizer: Artist Space Gallery
- Mode of conduct: Online
- Theme: Water and aquatic landscapes
- Accepted subjects: Rivers, lakes, oceans, waterfalls, seascapes, streams, ponds, and other water-based landscapes
- Accepted mediums: All visual art mediums
- Award categories: Painting, photography, and sculpture
- Result format: Selected artworks and winners will be featured through Artist Space Gallery’s online exhibition/archive system.
📅 Important Dates
- Call opening date: June 15, 2026
- Application deadline: July 23, 2026
- Competition month: July 2026
- Submission mode: Online artwork submission
- Payment process: Applicants are redirected to PayPal after submission for fee
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Eligibility: Open internationally / globally
- Who can apply: Artists from around the world
- Theme requirement: Artwork should focus on the Waters theme, including aquatic landscapes and water-based subjects
- Medium rule: All visual art mediums are allowed
- Submission requirement: Applicants must upload an artwork image of up to 2 MB
- Additional requirement: Artists need to include a short biography and artist statement with the artwork
- Content restriction: Artworks with pornographic or satanic content will not be considered
- Copyright: Artists retain copyright of their submitted artworks
- Usage rights: Selected images may be used by Artist Space Gallery for marketing, promotion, display, and gallery archive purposes related to the show.
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- Digital award certificate for all selected artists
- Award winners will be selected in painting, photography, and sculpture categories
- Artist feature: An article about each artist will be displayed alongside the Best of Show and three winners
- Best of Show recognition: The Best of Show artwork will be displayed on the exhibition poster
- Online visibility: Selected artworks will be archived in Artist Space Gallery’s gallery archives section.