HAPPY DEGART 2026
8th International KIDS Art Exhibition and Contest
Theme: “MY CULTURE IN COLOR”
“My Culture in Color” is about showing what makes your culture special — the traditions, memories, food, music, clothing, symbols, or family moments that bring it to life.
You can use bright colors, soft tones, or even black and white — what matters most is your story.
DEGALLERY 930 N. Rosemary Dr, Bryan, TX 77802
Application Dates: February 1 – September 2 (midnight PDT)
EXHIBITION from November 17, 2026 to January 25, 2027
Registration is now closed. We hope to see you in 2027!
Final Winners 2026
4 – 7 y .o.
Colored Pencil
1st – Grace Jiang, 7 years, USA
2nd – Riyana Hemnani, 7 years, USA
3rd – Ella Liu, 6 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Jacqueline Wang, 6 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Leo Deng, 4 years, USA
Digital
1st – Yentl O’Rein, 7 years, South Africa
Gouache
1st – Lubov Michurina, 6 years, Spain
2nd – Vasilisa Protasenko, 7 years, Russia
3rd – Vasilisa Dmitriva, 7 years, Russia
Ink
1st – Anna Lukianova, 6 years, Russia
Marker
1st – Qinglin Yue, 7 years, China
2nd – Yanrui Qiu, 6 years, USA
3rd – Qiuyan Dong, 7 years, China
Honorable Mention – Jingyan Chen, 7 years, China
Honorable Mention – Katherine Li, 6 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Xixi Zhang, 6 years, China
Mixed Media
1st – Airini Wang, 6 years, USA
2nd – Elise Muqing Zhou, 4 years, Canada
3rd – Presley Choi, 7 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Aarav Makam, 7 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Isabella Chen, 7 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Ruiqi Zhang, 7 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Savannah Li, 6 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Xinhe Zhang, 6 years, USA
Painting
1st – Julianne Margaret Manlapaz, 7 years, Philippines
2nd – Faina Khripkova, 7 years, Spain
3rd – Mark Kuzenny, 7 years, Spain
Honorable Mention – De Zhao Lin, 7 years, Taiwan
Honorable Mention – Vy Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, 7 years, Viet Nam
Pastel
1st – Tashvika Nishanth, 5 years, India
2nd – Perumabadu Reyaan Kenneth Sahaasya Wickramasuriya, 7 years, Sri Lanka
3rd – Elif Bicakci, 7 years, Türkiye
Watercolor
1st – Xu Qimei, 6 years, China
2nd – Caralyn Li, 7 years, USA
3rd – Katerina Diggins, 5 years, Serbia
Honorable Mention – Linzi Yan, 7 years, China
8 – 11 y.o.
Acrylic
1st – Michael Fu, 11 years, USA (Pasadena)
2nd – Mylana Shekera, 11 years, Canada
3rd – Raenah Lee, 11 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Bogeom Kim, 11 years, South Korea
Honorable Mention – Chenxi Dong, 10 years, China
Honorable Mention – De Zhen Lin, 11 years, Taiwan
Honorable Mention – Minh Nguyen Duong Bao, 8 years, Viet Nam
Honorable Mention – Theodore Han, 11 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Zixi Wang, 9 years, China
Colored Pencil
1st – Eva Zhao, 11 years, USA
2nd – Fatıma Üstün, 11 years, Türkiye
3rd – Cherry Zhao, 10 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Adelina Kwok, 10 years, New Zealand
Honorable Mention – Grace Li, 8 years, USA
Honorable Mention – SeoYoon Hong, 11 years, Singapore
Honorable Mention – Seyed Ayhan Mirazizan, 10 years, Iran
Digital
1st – Kevin Zhang, 10 years, USA
2nd – Emma Sun, 11 years, USA
3rd – Emma Zhang, 9 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Chelsea Li, 8 years, USA
Drawing
1st – Julija Cepulyte, 11 years, Lithuania
2nd – Marina Raykova, 9 years, Bulgaria
3rd – Thomas Chin, 10 years, Hong Kong
Gouache
1st – Alteya Svetlichnaya, 9 years, Canada
2nd – Phạm Phú Hòa, 11 years, Viet Nam
3rd – Phạm Trịnh Khải An, 11 years, Viet Nam
Ink
1st – Joseph Jiang, 11 years, China
2nd – Peng Xuen, 8 years, China
3rd – Michael Shen, 10 years, China
Marker
1st – Junzhe Luo, 10 years, China
2nd – Eva Liu, 9 years, USA
3rd – Thea Li, 9 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Charlotte Li, 8 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Isaac Jiang, 8 years, USA
Mixed Media
1st – Seungyon Han, 11 years, USA
2nd – Evan Kang, 10 years, USA
3rd – Maggie Wu, 10 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Cynthia Zhao, 10 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Ella Moon, 11 years, Singapore
Honorable Mention – Jian Lee, 10 years, Singapore
Honorable Mention – Mishel Daniyelyan, 10 years, UAE
Honorable Mention – Raelyn Zhai, 11 years, New Zealand
Honorable Mention – Rebecca Hu, 11 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Riyom Sarkar, 10 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Valerie Leung, 11 years, Canada
Honorable Mention – Yeonji Kim, 10 years, Singapore
Honorable Mention – Youran Qi, 8 years, China
Oil
1st – Emma Zhang, 11 years, USA
2nd – Anna Legg, 11 years, Spain
3rd – Lev Fomin, 9 years, Spain
Honorable Mention – Zakhar Kuznetsov, 11 years, Spain
Honorable Mention – Zlata Kryzhevych, 10 years, Spain
Pastel
1st – Sabrina Lee, 9 years, USA
2nd – Parson Dehgham, 11 years, Iran
3rd – Sihasha Rowel, 9 years, USA
Printmaking
1st – Józef Lewandowski, 10 years, Poland
Watercolor
1st – Yunxi Liu, 10 years, China
2nd – Catherine Wu, 11 years, Canada
3rd – Selena Luo, 8 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Evelyn Yang, 10 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Liao Yu-Ting, 9 years, Taiwan
Honorable Mention – Linxi Ran, 11 years, China
12 – 14 y.o.
Acrylic
1st – Angelina Song-Ye, 14 years, USA
2nd – Jia ying Coroline Lu, 14 years, Canada
3rd – Michelle Ning, 13 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Aadhirai Thirumal, 13 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Ami Chun, 14 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Lanie Fein, 13 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Minh Khue, 12 years, Viet Nam
Colored Pencil
1st – Kailin Liu, 13 years, USA
2nd – Noah Ahn, 14 years, USA
3rd – Chenxi Liu, 14 years, China
Honorable Mention – Celina Lee, 13 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Md.Marufzaman Zarir, 14 years, Bangladesh
Honorable Mention – Sandra Cikaric, 13 years, Serbia
Digital
1st – Bernice Lam, 14 years, China
2nd – Jeremy Wang, 14 years, USA
3rd – Ella Boreland, 12 years, Canada
Drawing
1st – Katta Ricky Tej, 12 years, India
2nd – Yitong Xu, 12 years, China
3rd – Viktoria Tikanvaara, 12 years, Finland
Gouache
1st – Irina Kochetkova, 14 years, Russia
2nd – Alexandra Dityatyeva, 14 years, Russia
3rd – Irina Mokrushina, 13 years, Russia
Honorable Mention – Fyodor Vyatkin, 12 years, Russia
Ink
1st – Yihan Jin, 14 years, China
2nd – Coco Shi, 14 years, China
3rd – Yujiao Xu, 14 years, China
Marker
1st – Chenxi Liao, 12 years, China
2nd – Zofia Zhao, 12 years, China
3rd – Jiaxin Zheng, 14 years, China
Honorable Mention – Guining Wang, 14 years, China
Mixed Media
1st – Nihaar Gala, 14 years, USA
2nd – Siqiao Wang, 14 years, USA
3rd – Katherine Chang, 13 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Aditi Batchu, 13 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Alexia Jeong, 12 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Chloe He, 14 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Chloe Liang, 14 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Giuliann Zoey Feldian, 13 years, Indonesia
Honorable Mention – Kerry Kang, 13 years, Canada
Honorable Mention – Olivia Jiang, 12 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Phúc Hà Anh Nguyễn, 14 years, Viet Nam
Honorable Mention – Siana Mladenov, 12 years, USA
Honorable Mention – YiXin Hu, 12 years, China
Oil
1st – Emilia Belaya, 12 years, Spain
2nd – Daniella Camila Van Zyl, 14 years, Viet Nam
3rd – Natalie Cheng, 12 years, Hong Kong
Pastel
1st – Michael Jung, 14 years, USA
2nd – Alikhan Edilkhanov, 13 years, Kazakhstan
3rd – Nadia Lisa Binti Nazri, 12 years, Malaysia
Printmaking
1st – Xinrui Ma, 14 years, China
2nd – Borte Jarichevska, 12 years, Latvia
3rd – Helena Lewandowska, 14 years, Poland
Watercolor
1st – Prajeet Pranad Dutta, 13 years, USA
2nd – Jessie Li, 14 years, Canada
3rd – Shun Wong, 14 years, Scotland
Honorable Mention – Paakhi Bhatia, 12 years, USA
15 – 17 y.o.
Acrylic
1st – Kara Yoo, 15 years, USA
2nd – Mia Chun, 17 years, USA
3rd – Angelina Lin, 15 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Ankhzaya Baatarotgon, 17 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Danni Chen, 18 years, Hong Kong
Honorable Mention – Gautham Agilan, 16 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Katie Chao, 17 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Leah Ko, 16 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Liyubomira Arsenova, 16 years, Bulgaria
Honorable Mention – Sailee Charlu, 17 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Sophie Lu, 15 years, USA
Colored Pencil
1st – Jisoo Kim, 16 years, USA
2nd – Alice Fang, 17 years, USA
3rd – Saanvi Namavaram, 15 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Deeptha Vijayasarathy, 16 years, USA
Digital
1st – Lotus Qu, 17 years, USA
2nd – Fuhan Xue, 15 years, USA
3rd – Yiran Hu, 17 years, China
Drawing
1st – Wenxuan Han, 17 years, China
2nd – Zahra Hamrahi, 16 years, Iran
3rd – Yiu Ching Cayden Zhang, 16 years, Hong Kong
Gouache
1st – Sofia Abduvakhidova, 15 years, Spain
2nd – Lizaveta Frydliand, 16 years, Spain
3rd – Hoang Chi Nguyen, 17 years, Viet Nam
Honorable Mention – Nazli Naghavi, 16 years, Iran
Ink
1st – Madison Green, 16 years, USA
2nd – Zhanle Tan, 16 years, China
Marker
1st – Xingya Chen, 17 years, China
2nd – Asel Bozkurt, 17 years, Türkiye
Mixed Media
1st – Hedy Hedy, 16 years, Hong Kong
2nd – Irene You, 17 years, USA
3rd – Leyao Wang, 16 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Chananon Meesuk, 16 years, Thailand
Honorable Mention – Chloe Xu, 17 years, China
Honorable Mention – Feiyuet Wu, 15 years, Canada
Honorable Mention – Isabella Lim, 17 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Jialin Wang, 17 years, China
Honorable Mention – Naomi Lee, 17 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Rina Song, 15 years, USA
Oil
1st – Rumiana Arsenova, 16 years, Bulgaria
2nd – Marianna Zinchenko, 15 years, Russia
3rd – Zheng Kate, 17 years, Canada
Honorable Mention – Ethan Han, 17 years, USA
Honorable Mention – Shangyi Lv, 16 years, China
Honorable Mention – Wesley Kim, 18 years, USA
Pastel
1st – Aaron Ng, 17 years, USA
2nd – Viara Pencheva, 16 years, Bulgaria
3rd – Amber Yang, 16 years, USA
Printmaking
1st – Qirui Zhu, 17 years, China
Watercolor
1st – Berra Karac, 17 years, Türkiye
2nd – Shiyu Tian, 16 years, China
3rd – Kristina Kamenova, 18 years, Bulgaria
Honorable Mention – Mandy Ma, 17 years, China
Honorable Mention – Yubin Choi, 16 years, USA
2025 Countries of Participants (53 Countries):
Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, England, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guam, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA (Alabama, Alaska, AP, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington,) Uzbekistan, Vietnam
2024 Countries of Participants (48 Countries):
New Zealand, Taiwan, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Slovakia, South Korea, Singapore, Russia, Vietnam, Namibia, Iran, Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Spain, France, Türkiye, Norway, Brunei, Ghana, Australia, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Greece, United Arad Emirates, Montenegro, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Kyrgyzstan, China, Singapore, Lithuania, Uruguay, South Africa, Malaysia, Netherlands, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, USA (Arizona, Mississippi, Hawaii, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Colorado, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, New York, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California).
About the Event
The Happy DEGART International KIDS Art Exhibition and Contest is being hosted by DEGALLERY, located in historic Bryan, Texas, from November through January.
This is a unique kids’ exhibition and contest for kids around the Globe!
Every year, we receive artwork from all continents, and our professional international artists’ jury selects winners in different categories.
Degallery displays original artwork of kids. Online exhibitions are available to the public around the World.
All our participants received online diplomas!
We are HAPPY to support talented young artists around the World!
ENTRY SUBMISSION
The application is FREE.
- You should apply your artwork image and application form ONLINE.
- From September 10, 2026, our Judges will select the Final Winners for the Exhibition at Degallery.
- From September 10 to September 30, all participants received information about Final Winners.
- Final winners should mail ORIGINAL ARTWORK to Degallery by October 30, 2026
- Only the Final Winner’s Artwork will be displayed at Degallery from November to January.
- All participants of HAPPY DEGART 2026 will also be displayed in Online Exhibition from November 2026
- Everyone received online Diplomas by email, including Participants and Final Winners.
Awards
- Diplomas will be awarded in each category: Ages 4 through 7, ages 8 through 11, ages 12 through 14, and ages 15 through 17.
- All participants and winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mentions) will receive an Online Certificate and Diplomas of Award.
- All winners will participate in Art Show at Degallery from November 17 to January 25.
- Best of The Show artwork will receive a Prize, Diploma, and Rossete by mail.
SCHEDULE
Exhibition dates for Final Winners: November 17, 2026 – January 25, 2027
Online Application dates: February 20 – September 1, 2026
Winners Announcement for Online Applications: September 10-30, 2026
Shipped work to arrive at DEGALLERY: September 30 – October 30, 2026
Hand-delivered work to arrive at DEGALLERY: October 20-30, 2026
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
ELIGIBILITY
- This is an INTERNATIONAL juried competition open to ALL Countries.
- Artists must be 4 through 17 years of age to enter the contest.
- The main theme is “MY CULTURE IN COLOR”
- All contestants will be judged on their original style and artistic value.
- Drawings must be original and authentic.
- Any medium is accepted: pencil, charcoal, watercolor, oil, etc. PLEASE NOTE: Pastels or charcoal entries must be properly sprayed to prevent smearing.
- Please also make sure you sign the picture with your original signature.
- Only one entry per student will be permitted.
- Also, any copied or traced drawings, paintings, etc., will be disqualified. We only accept original drawings and paintings.
- If you would like to refund your artwork and receive the original Diplomas, add this information to the registration form, and mail/email returned label from USPS, UPS, DHL, or FedEx for returning shipping. You can mail/email us returning label any time until January 25, 2027.
SHIPPING/DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORKS
Accepted artists will be responsible for the delivery of their shipped or hand-delivered artwork.
LOCAL ARTISTS: Please deliver in person to
DEGALLERY, located at 930 N Rosemary Dr, Bryan, TX 77802
Pick up hand-delivered work January 1 – 10, 2027.
OUT-OF-TOWN ARTISTS: Artwork will be shipped to arrive at the DEGALLERY September 10 – October 30, 2026
Deliver to:
DEGALLERY
930 N Rosemary Dr
Bryan, TX 77802 USA
Contact persons:
Dary Dega
+1(979) 704-3090
contact@degallery.us
Degallery Hours:
Monday – Saturday
10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.