We are proud to announce that ÀNI Art Academies instructor Victoria Steel has been selected as one of the Top 100 finalists in the prestigious FiKVA Foundation’s 2025 Open Call Painting Competition. Her painting, In a World of Dancing Shadows, We Find Light, was chosen from among 888 entries submitted from across the globe—a remarkable achievement that underscores Victoria’s growing presence in the contemporary representational art community.
As a Top 100 finalist, Victoria’s work is now in contention for the competition’s top honors, including First, Second, and Third Prize, as well as potential selection among the Top 35 featured works. Final results will be announced on May 15, 2025, and we look forward to sharing updates as they become available.
Please join us in congratulating Victoria on this significant recognition and in celebrating the exceptional quality of artistic instruction found throughout the ÀNI Art Academies.
Learn more about the FiKVA-Foundation below:
The FiKVA-foundation (Figuratieve Kunst Vandaag) is a non-profit organization based in Antwerp. We are devoted to promoting contemporary realism and figurative arts. Gifted artists worldwide can enjoy our support.
The FiKVA-foundation aims to stimulate and encourage both emerging and well-established figurative artists. The artists of our tribe come from a broad spectrum of artistic backgrounds, practices, geographies and communities. Together we focus on empowering their art career, regardless of their level of commercial success.
The FiKVA-foundation also intends to create public awareness of representational and figurative art. We are committed to encourage interest in talented artists who lack adequate recognition.
Our mission is fine-tuned to recognize, celebrate, uplift, and promote talented figurative and representational artists. We do that by creating greater opportunities and exposure for and general interest in figurative, representational, and realistic arts.
