• Works are accepted:

— on canvas or cardboard, made with oil, tempera or acrylic;
— on paper or fabric, made with ink, pen, pencil, liners, soft materials (charcoal, sepia, sauce, pencil), watercolor, mixed techniques;
— engravings on metal, wood, stone, linoleum;
— silkscreen printing;
— images created and/or edited using digital technology, GIF art, digital animation, cartoons, and comics.

• The work must be completed independently, specifically for the Competition and reflect theme.
• The size of work performed on canvas or cardboard, paper or fabric, as well as engravings should be no more than 175 cm on either side.
• The timing of videos, cartoons, and animations shall not exceed 3 minutes.
• To participate in the Competition, the participant must complete the application form.

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

• President of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Chairman of its Academic Committee.
• Second level Professor, and a doctoral supervisor.
• Council Member of the China Artists Association.
• Chairman of the 3rd Experimental Art Committee and Vice-chairman of the 5th Oil Painting Art Committee of the China Artists Association.
• Vice President of the China Oil Painting Society.

Fan Bo holds a PhD from the Central Academy of Fine Arts of China. He has been recognized as a Cultural Eminent Figure and a member of the "Four Batches" of Talents by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee and enjoys the Special Government Allowance of the State Council.

He is also a guest professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, a doctoral supervisor
at Minzu University of China, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Birmingham City University, and Macau University of Science and Technology.

Fan Bo is an interdisciplinary media artist whose work is guided by perception. Using a range of personal themes, media, and texts, he explores the human inner world and the shifting roles individuals assume in society. Beginning with an investigation of the spirit of his era and moving toward a reexamination of perceptual faculties through experimental creation, Fan Bo maintains both keen insight and bold execution. His artistic journey has spanned a long arc from figurative to conceptual, consistently striving to express the invisible and intangible realms of the human psyche.

His works have been exhibited in renowned art venues such as the Chazen Museum of Art in Wisconsin, USA; Musée de Salagon in France; the Museo dell’opera del Duomo (Florence Cathedral Museum) in Italy; the National Art Gallery of Bulgaria; Galleri Astley in Uttersberg, Sweden; the Angerlehner Museum in Wels, Austria; the Foundation for Art and Culture, Bonn, Germany; Palazzo Michiel in Venice, Italy; MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary; the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (North Jutland Museum of Art) in Denmark; Taipei Fine Arts Museum in China; the National Art Museum of China; the Shanghai Art Museum; the Power Station of Art in Shanghai; the Guangdong Museum of Art; the Hubei Museum of Art; the He Art Museum; the Tianjin Art Museum; and the Xi’an Art Museum.

• Dean of the School of Painting at China Academy of Art (Hangzhou).
• Professor and doctoral supervisor in the First Studio of the Oil Painting Department.
• Vice Chairman of the Zhejiang Artists Association

Wu Dayong, born in 1977, is a renowned contemporary Chinese artist and art educator, as well as a leading figure in the new generation of realist oil painting. He received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees from the Oil Painting Department of the China Academy of Art (Hangzhou). After graduation, he remained at the academy to teach.

Wu Dayong has won numerous awards in major national art exhibitions. He was shortlisted for an award nomination at the "12th National Exhibition of Fine Arts," won the Excellence Award (the highest award) at the "4th and 5th National Youth Fine Arts Exhibition," his work was selected for direct submission to the "7th National Youth Fine Arts Exhibition," and he won the Bronze Award at the "14th National Exhibition of Fine Arts," which is also the Bronze Award of the "4th China Art Award."

His representative works include "Post-90s Appointment," "Global Home — China’s Accession to the WTO," "Iconography — My University," "Flourishing Age Compilation," and "My Hero," among others. His artworks are collected by major institutions such as the National Art Museum of China, the Museum of the Communist Party of China, the National Museum of China, the Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, and the Zhejiang Art Museum, as well as by private collectors both domestically and internationally.

• M.F.A. in Graphics (Printmaking) from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, (W. B.) in 1999 and Ph.D. in Visual Arts.
• In the same 1999 joined a deemed to be University in Jaipur as the faculty of Department of Visual Arts and worked two decades as a Head and an Associate Professor. Soon established his own printmaking studio in Jaipur.
• In 2019 joined Department of Painting (Printmaking), Faculty of Visual Arts at BHU, Varanasi.

Among his awards, there are State Award 2010, 13th Kala Mela 2009, 12th Kala Mela 2004, 8th Kala Mela 2000, Award by Central Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi and by Rajasthan Lalit Kala Academi, Jaipur.

Made 18 research and publication on Traditional and Modern Contemporary Indian Art in major journals, conference proceedings and souvenirs. Participated as an expert and resource person in syllabus development and other modalities of Fine Arts Programs in Universities.

As an artist has participated in various seminars, workshops, conferences, FDP’s, Symposia and Art camps.

His works are kept in private collections, as well as in museums and galleries around the world, including in India, Australia, Thailand, Japan, China, Serbia, etc.

• Rector of the Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
• Russian painter.
• People’s Artists of the Russian Federation.
• Academician and Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts.
• Candidate of Sciences in Art History.

Professor, Head of the Department of Historical Painting at the Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"

• Rector of Russian State University of Design and Applied Arts (Stroganov University).
• Professor, Doctor of Art History, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation.
• Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.
• Member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Moscow Union of Artists and Russia Designers Association.
• Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
• Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation.
• Honorary Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation.
• Full Member of the Russian Geographical Society.
• Vice President of the Ethnographic Research Foundation "On the Edge of Worlds" at the Russian Geographical Society.
• Member of the Interdepartmental Commission for the Settlement of Disagreements Arising during the Transfer of Religious Property to Religious Organizations.

He was elected rector of the Russian State University of Design and Applied Arts (Stroganov University) in 2011 and has been fruitfully heading it. Over the past years of his work, Sergei Kurasov managed to expand his activities in the field of art history scientific and theoretical research.

Professor Kurasov introduced into scientific circulation a serious theoretical and art history analysis of the fading cultural heritage of Tibet and its spiritual tradition. A great contribution of this research was the recording of the cultural environment, originality and uniqueness of the experience of Tibetan art, which Professor Kurasov captured in his paintings and photographs. He actively publishes in professional editions, delivers scientific reports at conferences.

Along with art exhibitions, Sergei Kurasov is known as an active creator of the design of expositions of group and personal exhibitions of teachers of Stroganov University, held in the halls of the Russian Federation Presidential Executive Office, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Teachers, graduate students and students took part in these large-scale projects. Sergei Kurasov is a full member and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2021, he was awarded the Honorary Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation. In 2025, he was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation for his significant contribution to the development of Russian culture and art and his many years of fruitful work.

• CEO of ANO "Art-Podgotovka".
• Curator of Innopraktika School.

Innopraktika School — a unique educational project aimed at developing intercultural cooperation. Within its framework foreign students of creative professions get acquainted with Russia and undergo training in art, theater, music and choreography.

The priority goal of the School is to support and develop Russian culture in the context of global values. Innopraktika School project was launched in 2020, during its work, 241 people from 58 countries have already completed training in its sessions. The result of the program are strong friendships, creative ideas and new works.

• First Deputy CEO of the Innopraktika Company.
• Ph.D. in Political Science.
• President of Vision Media Center LLC and independent non-profit organization Global Values.

Natalia is a Member of the Board of Directors of Geoscan LLC and ITECMA LLC, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Interdepartmental Analytical Center OJSC, Chairwoman of the Coordination Council at Moscow Exchange and Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the Independent Non-Profit Organization Institute for the Support of Children’s Blogging.

Natalia is the Initiator and Host of media projects for Innopraktika, including the TV programs "House of Scientists" (jointly with Russia-Kultura TV Channel) and "Science" (jointly with Russia-24 TV Channel).

Since December 2019, Natalia Popova has been serving as Public Ombudswoman for the Protection of the Rights of Leading High-Tech Companies. The position was established under the auspices of the Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights at the President of the Russian Federation.

Natalia Popova has been awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland," First Class, as well as a Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, 2024.

Born April 16, 1962, in São Paulo, Brazil, Gilberto joined the São Paulo Artists Association at the age of 16. Over the years, his teachers included the Spanish painter Salvador Rodrigues Júnior and the artists Giovanni Óppido and Sante Bullo.

• In 1999, he came to Russia and spent a year studying at pre-study courses of Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov.
• In 2000, he moved to St. Petersburg and enrolled in St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. He studied with such teachers as Yury Kalyuta, Vladimir Stetsenko, Sergei Pichakhchi, Gennady Manasherov, Vasily Sokolov, Vasily Rudnev, and Vladimir Mogilevtsev.
• In 2007, he defended his graduation project entitled "Brazilian Indians" with honors.
• In 2007, Gilberto became a member of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.
• Since 2020, he has been the Head of the Drawing and Painting department at the Princeton Academy of Art, New Jersey, USA.

Geraldo has received top awards in prestigious Brazilian Art Competitions and served as a jury member at numerous art salons. He regularly participates in solo and group exhibitions. His works are held in private collections in Brazil, Russia, the USA, China, France, Spain, and other countries.

The artist currently resides and works in Florence, Italy, where he continues his active creative and teaching activities. His professional work unites the artistic traditions of Brazil and Russia, creating a cultural bridge between the two countries and strengthening international artistic ties.

Born on April 19, 1988, in Leningrad.

In 2019, he graduated with honors from St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (Faculty of Painting, studio of Professor Yu.V. Kalyuta). His diploma painting, "Moscow. 1698", received an "excellent" grade and praise from the State Examination Commission. He was awarded the medal "For the Best Diploma Work" by the Russian Academy of Arts.

Ilya works mainly in oil and charcoal. The artist’s painting is distinguished by an expressive manner coupled with confident drawing.

• In 2018, he participated in a joint exhibition of Russian and Japanese artists at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall as part of "Takeda. Overcoming program".
• In 2023, he held a solo exhibition, "Ilya Zorkin. Painting", at the Zarenkov Gallery in St. Petersburg.
• In 2023−2024, he participated in "Artcontact Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair" international biennial of fine arts and "Artcontact Ankara Contemporary Art Fair" international exhibition in Turkey.
• In 2024, he took part in the World Youth Festival in Sochi, painting portraits of the festival participants, which were presented at the exhibition "FACES OF THE FESTIVAL: 1957/2024."
• In 2025, he participated in the exhibition "Reflections" by four artists at the Mashkov Museum of Fine Arts in Volgograd.
• In 2026, he participated in an exhibition organized by the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

Member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Ilya’s works are held in many museums and private collections in Russia and abroad.

• Multidisciplinary artist.
• Museum and exhibition curator.
• Curator of the Yandex Museum Art Track.
• Lecturer and consultant for the Technological Art master’s program at the National University of Science and Technology MISIS.

The artist’s works are in the collections of the Garage Museum and the Multimedia Art Museum.

Chief of the Presidential Directorate for Social Projects.