Voice of Youth
Art Competition

Partnering with MetaU Art, an international contemporary gallery focusing on bringing emerging and mid career artists to the global art scene, Voice of Youth established its first ever art competition.Through various forms of art, this competition aims to empower young people to discover their inner voices and inspire society to listen to and appreciate their perspectives.

Competition Information

This competition is opened to students aged 13 to 25 all over the world. This is a virtual competition.We accept the following categories:

  • Drawings

  • Paintings

  • Digital artworks

  • Photography

Prompts

1. Hidden Feelings: Create a piece of art that represents your inner feeling. Use colors, textures, shapes, and symbols to reveal your emotions.2. Inner Voice: Create a piece of art that captures your inner dialogue with yourself. Share your dreams, thoughts and struggles through this piece.3. Reflection: Create a piece of art that depicts your understanding between yourself and the world. Use artistic choices to demonstrate the ups and downs, the choices you made, the things you left behind, and the lessons learned along the way.4. Sustainable Future: Create a piece of art that reflects your relationship with the environment or your role in building a sustainable world. Use colors, materials, and symbolism to express your hopes, concerns, or actions toward a greener future.

Awards & Judging Rule

  • Top 5 (based on overall, selected by MetaU)

  • Honorable Mention

Prizes for winners and attendees

  • All successful submissions will be featured in our online gallery

  • All participants will receive a proof of participation, and winners will receive a certificate of merit

  • Winners of each category will be made into products like postcards, keychains, and magnets. These will be sold for fundraising on our website with artist names featured

  • Top 5 visual art works will automatically enter the MetaU Art International Competition Final Round, with the potential of being featured in an gallery in California

  • More prizes to be determined ...

About Meta U Art competition

MetaU Art is an international contemporary gallery, founded in 2021 in California, USA. The primary focus of the gallery is to bring emerging and mid career artists to the global art scene. Three key values of MetaU Art are : Discover talented artists globally, bring long term value to our clients, representing artworks with both aesthetic and market values. MetaU Art holds a robust roster of artists globally, including artists from United States, France, UK, China, Russia, Turkey etc.To cultivate a pipeline of talented artists, MetaU Art launched its International Art Competition in 2023. Discover, recognize and support to the young artists are the mission of MetaU Art Competition. Winners from MetaU Art Competition have the opportunity to participate in the curated exhibitions and major art fairs internationally.

About Voice of Youth

Voice of Youth is an youth-led organization that aims to raise awareness of teenage mental health problem issues and let teenagers learn how to support themselves or their peers.Noticing the lack of recognition of teenage voices, especially focusing on mental health of teenager, we created this organization in 2021 with the hope of letting all teenagers’ voices be heard.