ShowOff! Competition and Exhibition
Come on, be a ShowOff!
Grade 10, 11 and 12 students from across Canada are invited to showcase their art and design work in the 2025 Show Off! Art Competition and Exhibition at AUArts. There are over $11,000 dollars in prizes to be won including one Grade 12 student grand prize, "Best in Show" — an AUArts scholarship worth $2,500. Bonus: Each award winners' high school will receive money to buy art supplies!

We are excited to announce the following award recipients of the 2025 ShowOff! Competition and Exhibition!
Best in Show Akuol Makuei “Interwoven Links” Bishop McNally High School, AB
Award of Distinction Ray Aguayo Diaz “Fox and Cat (Companionship Beyond Words)” Bishop O’Byrne High School, AB
Award of Distinction Keni Liang “ARTificial Intelligence” Meadowridge School, BC
Lodgepole Center Award Tyanna Keewatin “Former Chief Irvin Bull” Strathcona High School, AB
Lodgepole Center Award Avril Ge “Friends on a bus” John G. Diefenbaker High School, AB
Award of Excellence Mackenzie Birkett “Mummer” North Trail High School, AB
Award of Excellence Pin-Chen Lai “Bridge” Fraser Heights Secondary School, BC
Award of Merit Yiling Xu “New Year family gathering” Strathmore High School, AB
Award of Merit Angie Zhang “Self-Portrait” William Aberhart High School,AB
Award of Merit Ella Henriques “Devolving” Coast Mountain Academy, BC