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Your Voice Matters! Choose the Audience Award Winners of BULTİŞAD Art and Industry 2026
20 finalists. 2 countries. 2 awards of €500 each. And the choice is yours!
Art has the power to inspire, challenge perspectives, and bring people together. Following the professional selection by the international jury of BULTİŞAD Art and Industry 2026, it's now the audience's turn to have a say.
From 12 to 30 October 2026, everyone is invited to support their favorite artwork and help determine the recipients of two special awards:
Audience Award – Bulgaria: €500
Audience Award – Türkiye: €500
Voting is public, accessible, and takes place entirely through the project's official Instagram account, @artnindustry.
How Will Voting Work?
On 12 October, we will publish two separate official Instagram carousel posts:
One featuring the artworks of the 10 Bulgarian finalists.
One featuring the artworks of the 10 Turkish finalists.
Each artwork will display its own unique voting code directly on its image:
BG01–BG10 – Bulgarian finalists.
TR01–TR10 – Turkish finalists.
These codes allow you to support the artwork that inspires you most.
How Can You Vote?
Voting is simple and takes just a few seconds.
Visit the official Instagram account @artnindustry.
Open the carousel featuring the Bulgarian or Turkish finalists.
Explore the artworks and choose your favorite.
Post the selected artwork's code as a comment under the corresponding official carousel.
For example: If your chosen artwork is labeled BG04, simply comment BG04.
That's your vote!
What Makes a Vote Valid?
Your comment must clearly contain the exact code of one selected artwork, as displayed on its image.
You may add a heart, emoji, or short message. Your vote will still count, provided that only one artwork code is included.
Examples:
✅ BG04 – valid vote.
✅ BG04 ❤️ – valid vote.
✅ BG04 – beautiful artwork! – valid vote.
❌ BG04 BG07 – invalid, as two artworks are indicated.
❌ I'm voting for Maria – invalid, as no artwork code is included.
Our recommendation: Whenever possible, please comment only the artwork's code. This helps us process and count votes more quickly and accurately.
How Many Times Can You Vote?
Each genuine, individual Instagram account may cast:
🇧🇬 One vote for one Bulgarian finalist
and/or
🇹🇷 One vote for one Turkish finalist.
You may vote in just one category or participate in both.
If you submit multiple valid comments within the same category, only your first valid comment remaining available when voting closes will be counted.
Can You Share the Voting Posts with Friends and Family?
Absolutely!
Feel free to share the official voting posts with friends, family, and followers. Invite them to explore the artworks and support their favorites.
Everyone is welcome to participate, whether or not they personally know any of the finalists.
The important requirement is that votes come from genuine, individual Instagram accounts.
Fake accounts, automated accounts, or multiple accounts used to artificially increase vote totals are not permitted.
Can Finalists Vote for Their Own Artworks?
Yes!
Every finalist is welcome to support their own artwork.
Their vote counts exactly like any other valid vote, with no additional weight or advantage.
The same rule applies to everyone: one genuine Instagram account = one vote per category.
What Does Not Count as a Vote?
Likes, reactions, shares, direct messages, and comments on other posts are not counted.
Only comments containing an artwork code, posted under the corresponding official voting carousel during 12–30 October 2026, are eligible.
How Will Voting Remain Transparent?
We want participants and audiences to be able to follow the public vote.
That's why voting takes place through visible comments under the official posts, with no registration on an additional platform required.
Once voting closes, new comments will be disabled. The project team will conduct the final count of valid votes, recognizing one vote per Instagram account in each category.
What Happens in the Event of a Tie?
If two or more artworks in the same category receive an equal highest number of valid votes, an additional 24-hour public vote will take place on 31 October 2026, exclusively among the tied artworks.
A new official voting post will be published. Voting will begin again, and votes from the initial round will not carry over.
Can an Artist Receive Two Awards?
According to the official BULTİŞAD Art and Industry Regulations, an artwork and/or artist may receive only one award within the same edition.
If the artwork receiving the highest number of public votes belongs to an artist or artwork awarded another competition prize under the final results, the Audience Award will be granted to the next eligible artwork with the highest number of valid votes in the relevant category.
This ensures that the same rules apply to every finalist.
When Will the Winners Be Announced?
Public voting closes on 30 October 2026, with an additional vote on 31 October if required to resolve a tie.
The official winners will not be announced in advance.
All award recipients, including the two Audience Award winners, will be revealed at
25 November 2026
BULTİŞAD Art and Industry Forum & Awards, Sofia
Art Deserves Your Voice!
You don't need to be an artist, collector, or expert to appreciate a work of art.
Sometimes all it takes is a feeling, a thought, or a moment of inspiration.
20 finalists. 2 countries. 2 awards of €500 each.
The choice is yours!
12–30 October 2026
