The winners of the exhibitions were selected in the following nominations Media: Fine art, Digital painting & Photography, Crafts / Mixed Media, and two age categories: Artists: 18-21 and Artists: 22 and over.

The winners of the Nature, Juried Exhibition:

1st Place: 
Ren Barnes, Virginia ("Pet Trade, Crafts / Mixed Media).

2nd Place:
Long Phi Tran, Vietnam ("Against The Waves", Fine art).

3rd Place:
Samantha Glover, Indianapolis ("Threshold", Fine art).

Merit Awards:
Norm Ellis, Corona del Mar CA, USA ("Fantasy 50", Crafts / Mixed Media).

The Winner's Lists can be found on the exhibition page: Nature, Winner's List.

 

The winners of the Abstract, Juried Exhibition:

1st Place: 
SaraFunkDeeArt, New Jersey ("The Geometry of Feeling",  Crafts / Mixed Media).

2nd Place:
Pam Kranyak, Seattle, WA ("Molting", Crafts / Mixed Media).

3rd Place:
Kucher Myroslava, Ukraine ("Fragments of Spatial Flow", Fine art).

Merit Awards:
Ryan Krone, Dallas, Texas ("Verisimilitude", Fine art),
Lorenna Lannes, New York City ("Esophagus", Crafts / Mixed Media).

The Winner's Lists can be found on the exhibition page: Abstract, Winner's List.

 

The winners of the Dreams, Juried Exhibition:

1st Place: 
Lorenna Lannes, New York City ("Where Things Tend to Change (Cycladic Figure, ca. 2600-2500 BC)",  Fine art).

2nd Place:
Samantha Glover, Indianapolis ("Threshold", Fine art).

3rd Place:
Norm Ellis, Corona del Mar CA, USA ("Fantasy 50", Crafts / Mixed Media).

Merit Awards:
Ali Maleki, Fredericksburg VA , USA ("The Curve",  Fine art),
Moe Gaines, Baltimore, MD ("Ethanol Watercolor",  Digital painting & Photography).

The Winner's Lists can be found on the exhibition page: Dreams, Winner's List.

 

Interviews with winners will be published in the UPWARD's Quarterly #14 (Spring), 2026, and also on the gallery website in the "Interview" section.

 

The works of the participants who took 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, as well as those who received Merit Awards, will also be presented in curated galleries on the site.

All participants in the exhibitions can download digital certificates in their dashboards in the My Artworks section on the site (after logging into account).

Congratulations to the winners and all participating in the exhibitions!
We will be happy to see your art in our upcoming exhibitions!