CALL FOR ENTRIES
Extended Submission Deadline: 24th May 2026
The 4th International InventX Creative Exhibition 2026 invites artists, designers, photographers, illustrators, filmmakers, and creative practitioners to submit artworks that explore the evolving relationship between Artificial Intelligence and human creativity.
Under the theme “Tap-AI: Extension or Extinction – Crossing Boundaries, Opening Up Possibilities”, this exhibition examines how AI technologies are transforming creative practices, artistic identity, and the future of human expression. Artists are encouraged to critically reflect on whether AI functions as an extension of human creativity, enhancing artistic potential, or whether it signals a possible extinction of traditional creative authorship.
InventX Creative 2026 provides a platform for creators to experiment, challenge boundaries, and imagine new possibilities where art, technology, and human imagination intersect.
THEME
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming creative industries from visual arts and design to film, music, and storytelling. While AI offers new tools and efficiencies, it also raises critical questions about creativity, authorship, ethics, and identity.
The TAP-AI theme invites artists to explore three key ideas:
Extension
AI as a collaborator that expands human creativity and imagination.
Extinction
The tension between automation and human originality in creative practice.
Possibilities
New frontiers where human and machine intelligence co-create innovative artistic expressions
Selected Artists & Awards
AFDHAL NIDZAM ABD RAFFAR (Bronze 🥉)
AFIQ NASIR (Gold 🥇)
AHMAD HAFIDZUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ (Silver 🥈)
AHMAD SAUFI MOHAMMED (Bronze 🥉)
ALIFF AFIQ (Gold 🥇)
ANDREW STIFF (Silver 🥈)
ANUAR HASSAN (SIREH) (Silver 🥈)
AKMAD ARIF WICAKSONO SANDI (Silver 🥈)
ARIF FAUZAN OSMAN (Gold 🥇)
ASYRAF PAUZI (Silver 🥈)
ASY SHAM ELYA AHMAD (Bronze 🥉)
DENDI PERMADI, P.Tech (Silver 🥈)
DJAZUE (HAMZURI ABDUL HAMID) (Bronze 🥉)
ELYNA AMIR SHARJI .PhD (Gold 🥇)
ENGKU KHAIRUDIN ENGKU MUDA (Gold 🥇)
ERWIN ABD JABBAR (Silver 🥈)
FADLY SABRAN (Silver 🥈)
HADY MOHAMAD (Silver 🥈)
HANAFIAH WAIMAN (Gold 🥇)
HUSHINAIDI ABDUL HAMID .PhD (Gold 🥇)
IRADAH ISMAIL (Silver 🥈)
JAMES LY (Silver 🥈)
JANEJIRA LAKSANABOONSONG (Bronze 🥉)
KAROLINA PATEREK, PhD. (Gold 🥇)
KHAIRUL AZMIR SHOIB (MEME) (Gold 🥇)
KHAIRUL AZUAN ISHAK (Silver 🥈)
KHAIRUN NIZA MOHAMMAD RADZI (Silver 🥈)
KHAIRY ISHAR (Bronze 🥉)
MANNY LING, PhD. (Gold 🥇)
MASTURA ABDUL RAHMAN (Gold 🥇)
MOHD IKHWAN MOHD MARZUKI & ROSNANI ABDUL RAHMAN (Silver 🥈)
MOHD NAZRI RUSLI (Gold 🥇)
MUHAMMAD IQMAL AMIN YAHI (Silver 🥈)
NADIA MAHMUD (Gold 🥇)
NIK SYAHIDA SABRI (Silver 🥈)
NOR TIJAN FIRDAUS ABU BAKAR (Gold 🥇)
NORZAFUL ANUWAR AHMAD NAJAMUDDIN, P.Tech (Silver 🥈)
NUR SARIFAH HASSAN, P.Tech (Bronze 🥉)
PAPRACH THAPTHEP, PhD. (Gold 🥇)
PIOTR WADJA & TOM TU HUU NGUYEN (Gold 🥇)
PORNYOS MANEECHOTPEETI (Bronze 🥉)
QISTINA RUSLAN (Bronze 🥉)
RASYID NOR (Bronze 🥉)
RIDZUAN MUSA (Bronze 🥉)
RINI FAUZAN & ANIS HARON, PhD. (Gold 🥇)
ROOPESH SITHARAN, PhD. (Bronze 🥉)
SHOFANI AZHARI (Bronze 🥉)
SUKOR ROMAT, P.Tech (Silver 🥈)
SYAFIQ HARIZ MOHAMAD SAKOR (Gold 🥇)
SYARIZ AMIR SHARJI (Bronze 🥉)
SYARIFAH NURLEYANA WAFA .PhD, YUSRAN MAZALAN & DZULHAFIDZ DZULKIFLI (Gold 🥇)
SYAKIR HASHIM (Silver 🥈)
VIMALA PERUMAL, P.Tech, PhD. (Gold 🥇)
Catalogue
ISBN 9786297709178, e-ISBN 9786297709185
View the digital catalogue of Sustainaissance
Catalogue
ISBN 9786297709178
e-ISBN 9786297709185
View the digital catalogue of Sustainaissance
List of Winners
Gold Awards
AFDHAL NIDZAM ABD RAFFAR, PsD.
Title: BATIK IN WONDERLAND
AFIQ NASIR
Title: EVERYTHING IN ITS ORBIT
AHMAD HAFIDZUDDIN ABDUL AZIZ, ROOPESH SITHARAN, PhD, ANIS HARON, PhD.
Title: VOID
ALIFF AFIQ MOHD ANUAR
Title: WHERE HER LINES BREATHE
CHEAH YEW CHUNG
Title: THE COSMIC CYCLE OF BEING: A CELESTIAL WONDERLAND
CHI KIU SO
Title: NURSING HOME
DOĞAN ÖZDEMIR
Title: ANATOMICAL TEMPO
DZULHAFIDZ DZULKIFLI, ALIFF AFIQ MOHD ANUAR
Title: CARDIOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION: THE BIO-SONIC SYNTHESIS
ELYNA AMIR SHARJI, PhD| MOHD. SHAHRIN ISMAIL
Title: NTERACTIVE TRAVELLING ABODE: A PLAYFUL REMEDY TO DYNAMIC LIVING
EMILY BALTON
Title: BRAIN DAMAGE
ERWIN ABD JABBAR, MUHAMMAD ZUFAR ABD SHUKOR, ANUAR HASSAN
Title: NUSANTARA UTOPIA REVERIE
HANAFIAH WAIMAN
Title: TIMELESS DREAM AND GOLD
JAMES JOHNSON-PERKINS
Title: BERLIN AI-CHING, AFTER JOHN CAGE
KHAIRUL AZMIR SHOIB (MEME)
Title: MEMENTO MORI
KHAIRUL AZMIR SHOIB (MEME)
Title: GLITTERING SILENCE
MOHAMAD RIDZUAN ABDUL MUSA
Title: BETWEEN MOTION AND MEMORY
MD YUZAINIS MD YUSOF
Title: NORMALIZED
MOHD NAZRI RUSLI|BIN YOUN
Title: CONSTRUCTED IDENTITY IN MOTION
NADIA MAHMUD
Title: SYNTHETIC DREAMS OF LACEWINGS
NAQUEFARHAN ZAINAL ABIDIN, NURUL HAZLIANA NORIDIN, SAFWAN ANWAR AZIZAN
Title: ANTARA JIWA DAN ALGORITMA
NOR ALLEY ZULKAFLY, NUR SYAFIQAH MAD ALI
Title: CO AUTHORS: THE GARDEN WE GROW TOGETHER
NORZAFUL ANUWAR AHMAD NAJAMUDDIN, P.TECH, PsD.
Title: WHERE TRADITION TRANSFORMS
OKSANA BONDARIEVA
Title: MERGE: ORGANIC SYNTHETIC
RINI FAUZAN MOHAMED ZUHAIRI
Title: RANDOMPT
RINI FAUZAN MOHAMED ZUHAIRI
Title: MR. MAC KNITTO
ROBERTO ALFREDO BIANCHI (BIANCHI R.)
Title:HEALING WITH FINGERS IN VICTORY
SHANSHAN JIANG
Title: CLOWN
SOFYANA ALI BINDIAR, MALIKKUL SALEH, M. FAJARRAHMAN RAMDANI
Title: I’M AN ART
SRI SURIYA PRAKASH
Title: ENVISIONING A WORLD SHAPED BY DIFFERENT CHOICES
SYAFIQ HARIZ MOHAMAD SAKOR, PsD.
Title: COEXISTENCE PROTOCOL
SYAFIQ HARIZ MOHAMAD SAKOR, PsD.
Title: FRENETIC ROAR #3
TATSURU ARAI
Title: FACE OF UNIVERSE
VAN O
Title: TIME MACHINE. 2020
VIMALA PERUMAL, P.Tech, PhD.
Title: NAVAIRASA: REIMAGINING THE NINE EMOTIONS THROUGH AI
VIMALA PERUMAL, P.Tech, PhD.
Title: BETWEEN YIN, YANG AND YANTRA (3Y)
Silver Awards
AHMAD AZLAN AHMAD ZAFRI
Title: YANG KAU MAHU MUSIC VIDEO
AHMAD SAUFI MOHAMMED
Title: PAPER AND PROMPT
AHMED RAM FAUZZEE RIDWAN RAMDASS
Title: MACHINE ASSISTED,
MAN-MADE HORROR
ALI RIADH
Title: ARTIFICIAL DEPENDENCY
ANUAR HASSAN,
ERWIN ABD. JABBAR, FYTHULLAH HAMZAH
Title: CINTA GADIS BUNIAN: REIMAGINING MALAY COMIC HERITAGE THROUGH HUMAN–AI COLLABORATION
ARNAUD LAFFOND
Title: CHRYSALIDE
AUDREY HON JIAHUI
Title: ERUPT
CHANG GI LEE
Title: FORGOTTEN WORLD: REPLICA
CHEAH YEW CHUNG
Title: SRI PANGLIMA EMAS, GUARDIAN OF MALAYA
DAVID SERRA NAVARRO (KENNETH RUSSO),
PhD.
Title: VERY LOUD DREAMS
ELAWIATR
Title: NEW RENAISSANCE IMMORTAL BEAUTY
HANAFIAH WAIMAN
Title: FRAGMENT OF TIMES AND IDENTITY
HEIDI TAN YEEN-JU, P.TECH, PhD.
Title: WANDERING IN LIMINAL REVERIE
IMRAN HAZIMIN OTHMAN
Title: NEW FRONTIERS
JÆN.
Title: CORNÆELHUYS 18/18 – CRÉNELLE
JAMES JOHNSON-PERKINS
Title: KUALA LUMPUR (AFTER BRUEGEL)
JAMES LY TOONG KWOK
Title: REDREAMING TECHNIC: JELLYFISH: DANCE WITH THE OCEAN
JAMES JOHNSON-PERKINS
Title: BATIK IN WONDERLAND
JÉRÔME PARESSANT
Title: CINEMATIC SHADOWS
KHAIRUN NIZA MOHAMMAD RADZI| KHAIRUN NAJWA MOHAMMAD RADZI (Mikitoro)
Title: LOOK AWAY II
LEE KIN KEONG, PhD., CHENG KIN MENG, PhD., MOHAMAD FAIZ MD KHALID
Title: THE NOISE WITHIN
MARC FRANCIS DAVID
Title: SURFING THE WEB
MD NAJIB OSMAN
Title: BEYOND THE HORIZON: THE ALGORITHMIC JOURNEY
MOHD AZIZUL HAKIM MD HUSSIN
Title: HANDLE WITH CARE
MOHD SHAHRIN ISMAIL
Title: ETERNAL STRUGGLE 4: THE FINAL DESTRUCTION
MUHAMAD FAIZAL ABDUL JALIL
Title: REBEL SHOW
MUHAMMAD IQMAL AMIN YAHI
Title: MANDLEMORPHEUM
MUHAMMAD ZAIDI ABU BAKAR
Title: INFINITE COPIES, ONE ORIGIN
NAZIRAH MAT SIN
Title: THE MEDIUM IS THE EXTENSION OF LEARNING
NORZAFUL ANUWAR AHMAD NAJAMUDDIN, P.TECH, PsD., MOHAMAD RAZEEF SHAH MOHAMAD RAFIK P.TECH, PhD.
Title: CONGKAK: REINTERPRETING MALAYSIAN FOLKLORE THROUGH AI-ASSISTED CINEMATIC STORYTELLING AND TRANSMEDIA NARRATIVE EXTENSION
PATRICK HARTONO, PhD.
Title: JAKARTA WITNESS
QISTINA RUSLAN
Title: GHOST IN THE MACHINE
RICARDO ARCE, RENUSHA ATHUGALA, PhD., SURENDHERAN KALIYAPERUMAL, PhD.
Title: FACES / PHASES: PAREIDOLIC DRIFT
RINI FAUZAN MOHAMED ZUHAIRI
Title: SPECIMEN LXF-01
ROBERTO ALFREDO BIANCHI (BIANCHIR.)
Title: WOUNDED BY ABSENCE
ROBERTO ALFREDO BIANCHI (BIANCHI R.)
Title: “WOUNDED BY BIRDS
RUBINDEN KUMAR
Title: IMPERFECT DIMENSION
SHANSHAN JIANG
Title: MIRROR
SHANSHAN JIANG.
Title: LOOP
SIMONE NESPOLO, PhD.
Title: EMERGENT INTERFACE
VLADIMIR SHLYGIN
Title: MYTHOLOGY
WOO YEW SENG
Title: SCREENTIME
YUAN WEI, VIMALA PERUMAL, P.Tech, PhD.
Title: NAVARASAS X NAVAGRAHAS: AN AI-ASSISTED COSMIC SUTRA OF EMOTION AND IDENTITY
吳修銘 (WOO XIU MING)
Title: THE CURRENT REMAINS
Bronze Awards
AGNIESZKA KIEJZIEWICZ, PhD| MATTHIAS WALDHART|TU HUU NGUYEN.
Title: UNTHINKABLE GESTURES
ALYASAKHA DWIVINA PUTRI
Title: AI REVIVES FORGOTTEN CULTURE
AYSHIA MÜEZZIN| DANIELE BONGIOVANNI
Title: ORBILUX
BADROLHISHAM HASHIM
Title: GUESS THE PROMPT #1
BADROLHISHAM HASHIM
Title: GUESS THE PROMPT #2
CHEN WENWEI
Title: EMBRACING THE INEXPLICABLE
CHRISTIAN BERG
Title: Ticket 485496
FADHLUL AIN ABD RAFFAR
Title: RAHMAN: RESISTANCE IN A BURNING MULTIVERSE
FARZURA AZREEN ABDUL SAIP
Title: FRAGMENTS OF SELF
FYTHULLAH HAMZAH.
Title: TAJONG PIXEL: TIOMAN SERIES 1
KAROLINA WOJNOWSKA PATEREK, PhD.
Title: IDOLIZED YESTERDAY, EXHUMED TOMORROW
KHARLAL NISHA SARFUDDIN
Title: ALGORITHMIC FOLKLORE: REIMAGINING PUTERI SAADONG
KHARLAL NISHA SARFUDDIN
Title: CONFLICT_409 (UNRESOLVABLE)
LEE ZI SHYUAN
Title: MY MAGICAL VIBRANT AND COLOURFUL PAINT BRUSH
LEVAN BALAKHADZR
Title: TOGETHER AND ONE
LOW MUN KEI, CHAI ENN TING, TAN JIA WEI
Title: CULTIVATED DEPENDENCY
LOW MUN KEI
Title: EVERYTHING IN ITS ORBIT
MOHAMAD ‘ABID SAFWAN MOHAMAD TAIB| MUHAMAD FAIZAL ABDUL JALIL
Title: LEGENDS ONE ON ONE
MOHD KHAIRY ISHAR, P.Tech, CHONG MEI XIN, THONG MEI ZHIN
Title: DIGITAL WARLORD: THOUSANDS EYES SPECIAL OPS
MOHD SAIFUL AMMAR ZAINAL APANDI
Title: WALKING INTO THE LIGHT
MUHAMMAD ASYRAF MHD PAUZI
Title: DAILY PROCESSING
NAFISA ISLAM ANANNYA
Title: THE HOURGLASS OF HUMANITY AND MACHINE
NAFISA ISLAM ANANNYA
Title: THE DUALITY OF EVOLUTION
NAFISA ISLAM ANANNYA
Title: ROOT MEMORY WHERE HUMANITY MEETS THE MACHINE
NUO SHEN
Title: NOOSPHERE II COLLECTIVE VEIL
NIK SYAHIDA SABRI
Title: SYNTHETIC SYMBIOSIS
NHAT PHAM HONG, AGNIESZKA KIEJZIEWICZ, PhD., RICARDO ARCE, KOK YOONG LIM, PhD
Title: LATENT INTERSECTION
ROSNANI ABDUL RAHMAN, MOHD IKHWAN MOHD MARZUKI, IRIS SAFFIYA MOHD IKHWAN
Title: MONA TEJA: REIMAGINING TUN TEJA THROUGH THE VISUAL ICONOGRAPHY OF MONA LISA
NUR SARIFAH HASAN, P.Tech
Title: SPECIMEN FUTURE
PIOTR WAJDA, PhD., TOM HUU NGUYEN, AP JUSTIN MICHAEL BATTIN
Title: THE POST-DIGITAL PALIMPSEST: (IM)POSSIBLE FUTURES OF THE BASON BRIDGE
SOUSHI MAEDA
Title: BIBLIO ENGINE: GHOSTS OF LITERARY QUALIA – LLM HALLUCINATIONS AS CREATIVE EXTENSION
WAN SAMIATI ANDRIANA W MOHAMAD DAUD, PhD
Title: EXTENSION EXTINCTION MOTIF SONGKET AND ISLAMIC PATTERN
ZHARIF FIKRI SUANDI| MUHAMMAD SYAHMI ABD AZIZ
Title: THOUSAND EYES, THOUSAND
MAI MOHAMED ABD ELLATIF
Title: NAIIVE DREAMS
Featured Artworks
All submissions must be digitally created artworks. Selected works will be exhibited either as printed visual pieces or digital motion works.
Digital Still Works (Print Display)
Digitally produced static artworks presented in high-quality print format.
Examples include:
- Digital Illustration
- Digital Painting
- Photography
- Graphic Design
- Digital Collage
- Generative Art
- AI-Assisted Visual Art
- Digitally Composed Mixed Media
Digital Motion Works
This category highlights time-based digital artworks that incorporate movement, animation, or experimental visual narratives. All motion-based submissions must not exceed 30 seconds in duration.
Examples include:
- Motion Graphics
- Experimental Visual Works
- AI-Generated Motion Visuals
- Short Video Art
Eligibility
Submissions are open to:
- Professional artists
- Designers and creative practitioners
- Researchers and academics
- Undergraduate and postgraduate students
- Emerging creative talents
Two participation categories:
- Open Category
- Student Category (Higher Institutions)
AI Usage Declaration
Artworks using AI tools are welcome. Artists must declare:
- The AI platform used (e.g., Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Runway)
- The extent of AI involvement
- The artist’s conceptual and creative contribution
Priority will be given to works demonstrating clear artistic direction and meaningful creative authorship
Important Dates
Call for Entries Opens: 14 March 2026
Extended Submission Deadline: 24 May 2026
Notification of Acceptance: 5 June 2026
Exhibition Launch: 2 July 2026
Exhibition Period: 2 July – 2 August 2026
How to Submit
Selected artist statements will be invited to present at NextSymp 2026 in September 2026 and will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Creative Multimedia (IJCM) Special Issue.
InventX Creative Exhibition serves as a platform where selected artworks transition from exhibition to scholarly discourse.
How to Submit
Selection Process
All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of curators and industry professionals.
Please note that artworks containing elements related to 3R (Race, Religion, and Royalty) that may be considered sensitive or inappropriate will not be accepted and will be automatically rejected.
Selected artists will be notified via email and provided with further instructions for exhibition preparation.
The curatorial team reserves the right to decline works that do not meet the technical requirements or exhibition guidelines.
Artwork Requirements
Digital Still Works (Print Display)
Files must meet high-resolution requirements for large-format printing.
Specifications:
- Format: JPEG / PNG / TIFF / PDF
- Resolution: Minimum 300 DPI
- Minimum size: A1
- Colour mode: RGB or CMYK
- Orientation: Portrait or Landscape
- File size: Maximum 30 MB
Digital Motion Works
Time-based digital artworks.
Specifications:
- Duration: Maximum 30 seconds
- Format: MP4 / MOV
- Resolution: Minimum Full HD (1920 × 1080)
- Aspect ratio: 16:9 preferred
- Frame rate: 24–30 fps
- File size: Maximum 80 MB
Judging Criteria
A panel of curators and art professionals will evaluate submissions based on:
- Creativity & Originality
- Technical Execution
- Composition
- Conceptual Relevance to Theme
- Emotional & Intellectual Impact
- Interpretation of AI and Creative Futures
Awards
The exhibition will recognise outstanding works with:
- Gold Awards
- Silver Awards
- Bronze Awards
All selected artists will receive E-Certificates.