International Competition for Young Artists
About
KARTINA
MIRA
For young artists from around the world
theme of the Competition
2026−2027
of the competition
over two editions
in the competition
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Tell the story of someone who helped you find your way, or show how experience and knowledge are passed from mentor to student.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Show what family means to you: care, ties between generations, shared traditions, or memories of loved ones.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Reinterpret a legend, ritual, or folk image and show what place it holds in your country’s culture today.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Tell a story about childhood through familiar places, games, family stories, or everyday details that stayed with you.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Choose a food or dish that matters to your culture and show the stories, habits, or traditions connected with it.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Show the stories, images, or memories evoked by the night sky above a place you know.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Choose a proverb or saying and convey its meaning through an image, a scene, or a story of your own.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Show what captures the character of your people for you: their values, memories, way of life, or how they relate to others.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
Complete this phrase through your artwork. Show a moment, person, place, or feeling that you associate with happiness.
An artwork in this category may be submitted in one of three formats:
01 Physical artwork
Painting: on canvas or cardboard, in oil, tempera, or acrylic.
Graphics: On paper or fabric, using ink, pen, pencil, fineliners, soft media (charcoal, sepia, or drawing chalk), watercolor, or mixed media. Engravings on metal, wood, stone, or linoleum and silkscreen prints are also accepted.
No side of the artwork may exceed 175 cm.
02 Digital art
A still image created or edited using digital technology, such as a digital illustration or comic.
03 Video or animation
A video, digital animation, cartoon, or animated GIF.
The running time must not exceed 3 minutes.
General requirements
The artwork must have been created specifically for the Competition and must reflect the theme of the selected category.
To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.
- General Director of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
- Member of the Commission of the Public Council under Rossotrudnichestvo on the popularization of Russian culture, traditional spiritual and moral values and patriotic education.
- Member of the Expert Council of the Moscow Art Prize.
- Member of the jury of the All-Russian Competition of Mass Media "Culture of the Word".
- Rector of St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts.
- Academician, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts.
- Fine art expert, architectural historian.
- Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation, Honorary Professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Distinguished Professor of Tsinghua University, Honorary Professor of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Manege Central Exhibition Hall in St. Petersburg.
- Organizer and curator of exhibitions in Russia, China, USA, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Finland.
- Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy.
- Awarded the Russian Federation Government and St. Petersburg Government Prizes and other awards.
- General Director of the Innopraktika Company.
The Expert Panel will select the 90 best works, 10 in each category
The 9 finalists will be announced
at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow
of works by winners in the branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Kaliningrad
Please note: the artwork you submit must be created specifically for the current season of the Competition, between November 9, 2026 and February 2, 2027.
• If you turn 18 after applications open (after November 9, 2026), your application will not be considered.
• If you have already turned 36 before applications open (before November 9, 2026), your application will not be considered.
- the application form must be completed in Russian or English;
- all supporting documents must be submitted in Russian or English.
- Mentorship
- Family
- Traditions and myths of my country
- Childhood in my country
- Bread / Rice / … is the staff of life
- The starry sky over my country
- The wisdom of generations through proverbs and sayings
- The soul of my people
- Happiness Is…
- Has been created specifically for the Competition.
- Reflects the theme of the selected category.
- Addresses the Competition theme: "The Values of My People as Part of Global Human Culture."
If you win, your artwork will be credited under your pseudonym:
- At the exhibition.
- In the exhibition catalogue.
Both your pseudonym and full legal name will appear on the website’s list of winners. Your certificate will be issued in your full legal name.
Please note: If you cannot find the email in your inbox, check your Spam folder.
The following entries will not be accepted:
- works submitted without a completed application form or the full set of required documents;
- works containing obscene language, calls for extremism, or propaganda of violence and cruelty in violation of Russian law;
- works that violate moral standards, falsify historical facts, or contain offensive statements directed at the Organizers, partners, other participants, or any third parties.
Do participants have to cover the cost of shipping their artwork to the exhibition, as well as travel and accommodation expenses?
For International Participants
Winners from other countries must initially cover the costs of artwork shipping and visa processing themselves. Upon the participant’s arrival in Russia, the Organizer will reimburse all shipping and visa-related expenses.
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2024 – 2026
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