Art competition celebrates the creativity of young and disabled artists
The annual art project invites emerging and disabled artists across Vietnam to share their visions of tomorrow through painting and crafts.
THE HANOI TIMES — With the theme “Horizons of Tomorrow,” a new painting and craft creation competition invites Vietnamese artists to imagine the world ahead, a place shaped by dreams, hopes and visions of change.
The award aims to honor young talents and artists with disabilities who express creativity through innovative and sustainable art practices, highlighting diversity and inclusion in Vietnam’s contemporary art scene.
Winners of Pan Pacific Hanoi Art Award 2025. Photo courtesy of the competition organizer
The Pan Pacific Hanoi Art Award 2026 (3rd season) is jointly organized by the Vietnam University of Fine Arts and Pan Pacific Hanoi, marking the latest edition of one of the country’s emerging art platforms for young creators.
The competition features three categories: emerging artists aged 18 to 30 pursuing formal art education in Vietnam; artists with disabilities of all ages; and young artists under 18.
A highlight of this year’s edition is the Special Recognition Award for Craftworks, introduced for the first time to celebrate creativity in craftsmanship. The new prize particularly honors artists with disabilities and those trained at vocational centers or social cooperatives.
Each participant may submit one artwork online via https://panpacific.co/4nqvKgn before December 31, 2025.
Shortlisted entrants will be contacted by the organizing committee to deliver their works for evaluation by the Art Council, which will review the exhibited pieces to select the final awardees.
The painting entitled "Balcony on Sunny Day" by deaf painter Tran Nam Long win the First Prize of the Pan Pacific Hanoi Art Award in 2023
Over the years, the Pan Pacific Hanoi Art Award has spotlighted remarkable talents such as Tran Nam Long, a deaf painter who won First Prize in 2023 for his work Balcony on a Sunny Day, and Nguyen Hoang Nam, whose The Puzzle Pieces earned recognition in 2024 for its imaginative storytelling and sustainable message.
Building on the success of the 2024 debut edition “Inspiring Tradition”, celebrating cultural roots, and the 2025 theme “What a Wonderful World”, reflecting on today’s challenges, the 2026 competition marks a new chapter in this creative journey toward the future and its infinite possibilities.
The award-winning artwork entitled The Puzzle Pieces by young artist Nguyen Hoang Nam - 2024 Pan Pacific Hanoi Art Award.
