Red 2025 Art Competition

About the Open Call

Fusion Art invites submissions for the Red 2025 art competition for an online exhibition during the month of December 2025. The color Red dominates human emotion as the color of passion, power, and intensity—from blazing anger to tender love. For this competition, both 2D and 3D artists, worldwide, are invited to submit their best art and photography using red as the primary color in their work to convey strong feelings and psychological depth. While red should be the predominant visual element, other colors can be used to enhance its emotional impact and meaning. This is an international open competition so any subject matter and any media are acceptable as long as red is the primary color used. All artists, regardless of location or experience, are encouraged to submit their best representational and/or abstract work in any medium. Awards: Cash prizes will be given to the Best in Show winners in each category - Traditional, Digital & Photography and 3-Dimensional (if the gallery receives 3D entries). In lieu of the cash prize, Best in Show winners can choose a complimentary one-year membership to our Fusion Artist’s Members Gallery, as long as they meet the eligibility listed on the website. The Best in Show winners will be the "Featured Artists" on the website for the duration of the exhibition. 2nd through 5th Place awards in each category will also be given. Depending on the number and quality of all submissions received, Artistic Excellence and/or Honorable Mention awards may also be given. All award-winning artists will receive a digital award certificate, event announcement, and copy of the press release for their art portfolio. Links to the artist's website will be listed on the exhibition page and should result in increased traffic to the artist's website. Fusion Art's objective is to promote the artists, worldwide, to art professionals, gallerists, collectors, and buyers. All inquiries from potential buyers who see the artwork on the Fusion Art website will be directed to the artist for negotiation. Acceptable Mediums & Sizes: "Traditional" is open to the following 2D mediums: painting, drawing, pastels, inks, pencil, printmaking, encaustic, fabric, and mixed media. "Photography & Digital" is open to the following mediums: analog photography, digital photography, digital photo artwork, digital painting, digital manipulations, digital collage, photopainting, vector drawing, digital mixed media (integrated art). Digital Art that is a derivative work, created from another original artwork, must be significantly different as to constitute a new original work. The gallery reserves the right to request a copy of the original artwork if copyright infringement is suspected. "3-Dimensional" Art is open to the following media: relief, pottery, sculpture, installation, kinetic, and conceptual 3-D artworks created in metal, paper, wood, stone, fiber, plastics, glass, ceramics, or any other material which can be used to create 3-dimensional art. All 3D entries require front, back, and side views to be considered and properly juried. There is no additional fee for these additional images. Please see entry form for instructions. There are no size limitations on the artwork. Artwork does not have to be for sale to be entered into the competition.

What is Offered

Cash prizes, complimentary one-year membership, Featured Artist status, digital award certificate, event announcement, press release, links to artist's website, potential buyer inquiries directed to artist.

Requirements

Artists worldwide are invited to submit 2D and 3D art and photography. Red must be the primary color used in the work. Any subject matter and media are acceptable as long as red is predominant. Artists must agree to Fusion Art's Terms of Service and Use, Privacy Policy, and Competition Rules.

How to Apply

Fusion Art utilizes the Submittable platform to receive, process and jury all competition entries. Artists must agree to Fusion Art's Terms of Service and Use, Privacy Policy and Competition Rules. Submissions are made via the Submittable platform.