Welcome to the official results of our art competition, where imagination meets excellence.
Meet the Winners
Discover the three outstanding artists whose work captured the spirit, originality, and vision of this competition. Their pieces stood out among many for their creativity and impact.
1rst Place
“I want to create a painting that represents everything I want to do in the future and all my goals.“
Maytte - Mexico
The Story Behind the Piece
2nd Place
Carmen - Colombia
“I want to portray something symbolic that shows my future goals. “
The Story Behind the Piece
3rd Place
Berra - Turkey
“My concept for the Dear Future Me theme is based on contrast between my past and my future… “
The Story Behind the Piece
All Participating Artists
Explore the full gallery of submissions and experience the diverse perspectives, styles, and ideas shared by every participant in this year’s competition.
“The concept is a portrait that represents the person that I want to become, mixed with the things I want to keep of myself now, my identity.”
Amalia - Colombia
Busby - USA
“To express to my future self my current hopes and dream”
Daniela - Guatemala
“How I visualize my career would impact my life.”
“My work for the theme "Dear Future Me" will be a painting that explores growth, change, and self-acceptance over time. The work will show two versions of me: the present me and the future me.”
Dilek - Turkey
“My idea is to capture my culture and remind my future self of the place where she grew up, and that will always be in her heart wherever she goes.”
Estefani - Bolivia
Ivanna - Guatemala
“I am going to find the future me.”
“I want to show my future self how far she has progressed when she thought she couldn't anymore, when she thought she had to give up, and that she knows that I trust her achievements and in that ability to learn with love and effort that will lead her to fulfill everything she proposes to make her family proud.”
Maria - Colombia
Martina - Guatemala
“I want to make something meaningful of what I want for my future.”
“The Dear Future Me theme influences my choices by focusing more on meaning than perfection. Instead of trying to make everything flawless, I prioritize what the piece represents and the message it carries.“
Meryem - Turkey
Olivia - Turkey
“I really enjoyed drawing this piece of art and dreaming of the future me.”
Rodrigo - Guatemala
“I want to project my success.”
“My concept for the Dear Future Me art piece is to show how I see my future self and the goals I want to achieve.”
Sebastian - Guatemala
“My concept for the Dear Future Me art piece is to show how I see my future self and the goals I want to achieve.”
Tayra - Bolivia
“I will be creating a painting with me walking in a dark room with doors hanging from the ceiling, with some of them closed and some open. In the open ones...”
Annika - Guatemala
“ …This artwork is a message to my future self, reminding me of my strength, my passion for medicine, and my determination to become a pediatrician without giving up.”
Camila - Colombia
“My concept is going to be a point of view of someone looking at me while I am achieving my dream, which is acting in movies, so the point of view is in a studio.”
Davi - Brazil
“It will be a sculpture consisting of a split-faced person as one being the present and one being the future.”
Duru - Turkey
“My drawing will be a girl reaching for the sky, surrounded by symbols of theater and dance representing my dreams of becoming an actor. I want it to express hope, passion and determination, reminding my future self to never give up and always believe in my dreams.”
Helen - Greece
Juan - Guatemala
“I am going to make a description about how I think I am going to be in the future.”
“During this process, I started to see my future in a different way. I realized that the future is not only about my past, but also about moving forward and growing as a person.”
Marianna - Brazil
“I wanted to draw my journey to my goal in life, but then I realized that I could make it how I made it, so that's basically what changed.”
Mathias - Peru
“I consider that when we are children, we never think about that too much, so the concept really helps me to think about what I want to do with my life.”
Nicole - Colombia
“I was thinking of drawing myself looking in the mirror os sitting on a bench just like it is, and on the side would be my future self, having all of her goals achieved, and then there would be something written up, for example, You finally did it, you made it.”
Panagiota - Greece
“The concept for my Dear Future Me themed art includes elements that embody culture, tradition, and family, which are related to me now and will continue to be a part of me in the future. I want to symbolize in a way that even though we, as human beings, evolve and change, there are some things that stay unaltered in our hearts.”
Sofia - Greece
“During the process of creating my artwork Dear Future Me, my vision of the future changed a little. At first, I only thought about my goals and dreams. But while I was painting the flowers, I started thinking more about growth and change.”
Valeria - Guatemala
“My concept for the Dear Future Me theme is based on contrast between my past and my future… “
Berra - Turkey
Carmen - Colombia
“I want to portray something symbolic that shows my future goals. “
Defne - Turkey
“In the future, I see myself as a psychologist, and my artwork is based on this vision.”
“I interpret this concept as a message to my future self. I intend to showcase my goals and aspirations through what I would ask my future self if I ever got the chance to meet with it. I hope that through my work I will be able to convey my agony for the future and the glamorous dreams of the young mind.”
Elisavet - Greece
“I am going to express the transition between an athlete and a successful man who works and leaves his passion behind. This concept expresses what I believe my life will be like and is a way of expressing how good I am with it.”
Ian - Guatemala
“I want to represent the concept of change. Everything moves with time, the bad things will not last forever, and good things will come, but we'll always be ourselves and that child we once were.”
Julieta - Colombia
Mario - Guatemala
“I'm going to base my work on Bob Ross, who is a painter with profound meanings.”
“I want to create a painting that represents everything I want to do in the future and all my goals.“
Maytte - Mexico
“Even though I had my insecurities first, I am genuinely proud of my final piece. During the process, I bonded with my art, and the way the results in the end reflect my exact thoughts makes me feel heard and related to, filling up a void in my heart I was not aware existed in the first place.”
Nil - Turkey
“My childhood self looking at a picture (or statue) of my future self in a museum or a different kind of environment."
Rabia - Turkey
“My concept is a train stretching towards the sky, carrying my dreams in its carriages. The tracks will be hourglass-shaped, because I want my dreams to come true as time passes.”
Rumeysa - Turkey
“My concept for this artwork is to represent what I believe I will do or how I will be in the future.”
Sofia - Peru
“For my ‘Dear future me, ‘ I want to represent the long and challenging path toward my dreams. The artwork is not only about achieving a goal, but about everything it takes to get there. This piece is a message to my future self, reminding me that growth and effort are part of the journey.”