About the competition

The International Competition for Young Artists is a unique opportunity for young talents to express themselves and contribute to the cultural dialogue. The project will bring together artists from different countries and will help to conceptualize and convey the values of their NATION though art.

For young artists from around the world, it is a space for:

cultural exchange
strengthening traditions OF academic education
self-actualization and participation in large-scale projects

The competition is designed to become a bridge between tradition and modernity, past and future, creating a space for cultural exchange and interaction. Young artists will present their works on significant social, cultural and philosophical subjects.

theme of the Competition

2025-2026

The values of my nation as part of the global human culture

The Competition shall be held in three categories

Painting

Graphics

Digital art

2025

2026

reflect the unique contribution of Russian art to the development of global culture

from ancient Russian painting to avant-garde art

Inspired by Russian

special nomination

It is an open dialogue with heritage — one that must be voiced in the language of contemporary art.

If you have submitted a work to one of the three main categories, you can still submit an additional piece to the special category.

Every era and every direction of Russian art is a unique contribution to the shared treasury of human culture, a distinct way of seeing and feeling the world.

From the austerity of Old Russian icons to the complete freedom of form and color in the avant-garde — a movement that forever changed global culture.

dedicated to the 170th anniversary of the State Tretyakov Gallery

RESULTS

countries

original works
created specifically
for the competition

digital
art

184

painting

877

special nomination

Inspired by Russian

197

graphics

373

56

1 631

Argentina • Bangladesh • Brazil • Venezuela • Vietnam • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Zambia • India • Indonesia • Italy • Kazakhstan • Cameroon • China • Colombia • Kyrgyzstan • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mexico • Nigeria • Pakistan • Russia • Senegal • Serbia • Turkmenistan • Turkey • Uganda • South Africa • South Korea

STAGE 1

The competition experts selected the 100 best works across three main categories.

STAGE 2

creative council formed a shortlist of the 50 best participants

Luong Lee • Oroni Hossain • Thu Phan • Mikhail Elizov • Vladimir Vidyaykin • Angie Vega • Zaur Kaloev • Anna Kirillova • Ekaterina Chistova • Sabina Khairova • Valeria Filippova • Amantur Yun • Nadezhda Filimonenkova • Viktoria Golubeva • JingQi Chen • Anzhela Kozhova • Shashidhar Gobbur • Dayson Piedrahita • Tianhe Wang • Polina Shcherbakova • Jumamyrat Gurbanov • Valentina Shustova • Liangyu Lyu • Kristina Stremelyuk • Yulia Kharitonova • Albina Sharipova • Valeria Kodoeva • Anna Knyazeva • Djibril Coulibaly • Vera Macedo • Murat Anaev • Elizaveta Shcherbyuk • Maria Kurochkina • Anastasia Prokopets • Emma Shleyger • Ekaterina Karpenko • Anastasia Ryabchikova • Melisa Calabria • Semen Shabalin • Veronika Tsyganok • Luyao Wang • Semyon Filonenko • Arina Vilinchuk • Alena Voronova • Arina Tikhonova • Jimmy Gidudu • Bernice Ooi Chuan Qi • Valeria Kachesova • Anastasia Fedorova • Anastasia Bakulina • Ksenia Plekhanova • Kamilla Ishmeeva • Igor Kantar • Mikhail Davydov • Jeancy Tanzey • Ksenia Zinovieva • Alena Nostalghich • Yaroslava Cherepanova • Thuy Ninh On • Fedosy Zarovnyaev • Anastasia Genji • Henry Kiyingi • Anna Luupenticheva • Eliakim Ayagirwe Balola • Sofiya Galimova • Antonina Tarasevich • Artem Tikhonov • Nsama Katema • Jasmin Patricia Jimenez Rosey • Sajjad Roy • Emmanuel Babalola • Mbodji Ibrahima • Aleksey Kupreychenko • Georgy Starostin • Selene Bertagnini • Thi Phuong Pham • Xin Sui • Nikita Agarwal • Evgeniya Zhade • Truc Hoang • Pavel Zhelyuk • Ronald Ngum • Polina Dmitrieva • Maria Zavadko • Rasolonjatovo Natoa • Tugba Dogan • Sofiya Obmelyukhina • Nishant Kumar Meena • Kristina Ignatyuk • Anna Tolstova • Maryana Baranova • Naledi Shange • Irina Voevodkina • Natalya Morshchakova • Maksim Sharton • Luong Cao • Lyudmila Teplyakova • Veronika Yuzefova • Soohyun Ryu • Miguel Antonio Contreras Hincapie

AWARDS

Opportunity to showcase your work

at the branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Kaliningrad

Professional recognition

by the international expert community

Participation in the opening of the exhibition and the award ceremony

travel is at the expense of the Competition organizer

Memorable prizes

Autonomous Non-Profit Organization for the Development of Concert and Theater Activities, Culture, and Art “ART-PODGOTOVKA”

INN (Taxpayer Identification Number) 9704202698
OGRN (Primary State Registration Number) 1237700171818

2024 – 2026

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