CANVAS Art Competition: Celebrating Acrylic and Oil Painting on Canvas

Artists who love to explore blank canvases more than as an empty space, here’s a golden opportunity for them. Use your canvases as fields of infinite possibility in TERAVARNA India’s CANVAS Juried Art Competition 2025. No matter if you’re a seasoned artist or a budding creator, this competition is all about working in acrylic painting and oil painting on canvas. So, explore personal stories, bold ideas, and use your imagination without limits.

The CANVAS Art Competition is more than just a contest — it is a springboard for gaining visibility, community connection, and professional growth. With the rise of canvas paintings online India, contemporary artists are increasingly showcasing their works to social platforms. CANVAS celebrates that spirit, sharing your handcrafted canvas artwork, your diversity of vision, and the joy of creation.

CANVAS: Artistic Freedom to Create Without Bounds

The juried art competition has an ‘Open’ theme, so as to include all design perspectives, freedom of composition and style varieties that resonate most deeply, be it abstract narratives, personal experiences, or experiments in colour and form. Work in vibrant acrylics or embrace the rich layering of oils — the only rule is integrity with design and concept.

There are artists who love the process of painting with oil paints for its unmatched richness and texture, so they are invited to showcase their passion, making art that looks luminous and alive.

Oil painting’s slow drying and subtle blending techniques let artists work with layered depth and shading. On the other hand, acrylic painting offers more versatility, dynamic brushstrokes, and experimentation with texture and mixed media. CANVAS is such a space where you have the best of both worlds, welcoming both media to their magic.

Grow as an Artist with Prizes and Recognition

Artists can compete for cash prizes totalling up to ₹25,000, distributed across multiple categories, with 1st to 5th place winners. The prizes offer more than just financial support, but also a sense of achievement and encouragement for continued artistic exploration. Besides, all winners receive professionally designed artist certificates — to acknowledge their work and dedication.

Selected artists also get to be featured on TERAVARNA’s platforms and social media promotions to gain visibility. This is indeed a valuable exposure for artists within and beyond India. In a digitized art world, online engagement boosts visibility for any artist and adds more credibility to their professional portfolios.

Open to All — CANVAS Art Competition Celebrating Diverse Perspectives

Eligibility: The competition is open to artists aged 16 and above, providing an inclusive space for emerging and budding creators to stand shoulder to shoulder with experienced creators.

By being an inclusive platform, TERAVARNA India fosters diverse perspectives, techniques, and visual narratives through its unique CANVAS Art Competition.

And the submission process is also user-friendly, ensuring integrity in the submission process. Artists can submit their clear, well-cropped, clutter-free image files for the competition, adhering to TERAVARNA’s guidelines. We ensure that each submission is judged fairly based on artistic merit.

Why Participate in TERAVARNA India’s CANVAS Competition?

The significance of entering an acrylic painting competition or an oil painting contest like CANVAS is more than an artist can predict, they extend far beyond prizes.

For many artists, it’s a gateway to explore their own creative potentials and showcase them beyond their studio rooms. It’s indeed an opportunity to challenge their own set creative boundaries, connect with a broader artistic community, and go places. TERAVRANA India makes it easy to present their work to collectors and enthusiasts who appreciate authentic and thoughtful canvas artworks.

These kinds of open-themed competitions make artists discover more stories and narratives to merge in a blank space. It is the perfect place to hone skills and techniques boosting confidence, sharpening artistic voices, and introducing artists to networks that might otherwise remain out of reach!

In a world where original hand-painted canvas artwork continues to stir emotional response and cultural importance, CANVAS invites artists all over India and abroad to paint boldly, to experiment freely, and to let your work speak to others.

No matter if you love to experiment with rich pigments of oil or the dynamic possibilities of acrylic, CANVAS celebrates what you can do as creativity has no geographical barriers.

Make CANVAS as a Journey to Grow as an Artist in India

For most of us, blank canvas is a space from where we must begin, a place where imagination and technique merge. TERAVARNA India’s CANVAS Juried Art Competition takes you to this artistic journey — from the first sketch to the final stroke of oil painting on canvas or acrylic painting.

Then what keeps you waiting? Submit your best works as the competition is not just a contest but a celebration of texture, colour, and composition. Win the contest and be recognized by a vibrant artistic community that thrives across India and beyond.

Pick your tools, choose your medium, and let your canvas tell its story — yes, all that truly matters is your story that the canvas speaks.