Congressional Art Competition
2025 CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION WINNER
Congratulations to Nolan Chu, our winner of the Congressional Art Competition!
City Mosaic by Nolan Chu will be featured in the Cannon Tunnel throughout 2025-2026 as the winning piece for California's 11th District's Congressional Art Competition.
“City Mosaic,” Winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition.
CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION
2026 SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!
Each spring, my office participates in Artistic Discovery, The Congressional Art Competition. This nation-wide high school arts competition gives Members of Congress an opportunity to celebrate and showcase artistic talent from their Congressional District. The deadline for the 2026 Congressional Art Competition is April 18, 2026. Please be sure to review the Rules for Students and Teachers, fill out the Submission Form and submit a high-resolution image of your artwork along with the Student Release Form to CA11.ArtCompetition@mail.house.gov.
The Artistic Discovery Contest is open to all high school students in our District. The winning artwork of our district's competition will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington will include the winning artwork from all participating districts from around the country. The winning artwork is also featured on House.gov's Congressional Art Competition page.
The following is a summary of the Congressional Art Competition rules:
Artwork entered in the contest may be up to 28 inches by 28 inches, may be up to 4 inches in depth, and not weigh more than 15 pounds. If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it must arrive framed and must still measure no larger than the above maximum dimensions.
- Paintings - including oil, acrylics, and watercolor
- Drawings - including pastels, colored pencil, pencil, charcoal, ink, and markers (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.)
- Collages - must be two dimensional
- Prints - including lithographs, silkscreen, and block prints
- Mixed Media - use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.
- Computer-generated art
- Photography
All entries must be original in concept, design and execution and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws. Any entry that has been copied from an existing photo or image (including a painting, graphic, or advertisement) that was created by someone other than the student is a violation of the competition rules and will not be accepted. Work entered must be in the original medium (that is, not a scanned reproduction of a painting or drawing).
The rules, checklist, and release form for the competition are available on House.gov.
Submission Instructions
You must be a high school student living or attending school in California’s 11th Congressional District, or a teacher or parent submitting on behalf of a high school student within California’s 11th Congressional District.
- Please review submission rules and fill out the submission form here
- Please fill out the written Student Release Form and send with a high-resolution photo of the art to CA11.ArtCompetition@mail.house.gov.
Please contact our office at (415) 556-4862 or email CA11.artcompetition@mail.house.gov with any questions regarding participation in the Congressional Art Competition.
PAST WINNERS
- 2024: Isabella Blaney, Contoured Landscape
- 2023: Isabella Pearson, Self Portrait
- 2022: Alexander Tseng, Front Line Worker
- 2021: Nancy Hu, The Third Eye: From The Other Side
- 2020: Jackson Vu, Dead Air
- 2019: Valentin Nguyen, "I am a Star?"
- 2018: Khianna Byrne, Self Portrait
- 2017: Sofia Riley, Women at Work
- 2016: Jenny Situ, Fading Light
- 2015: Marisa Ling, Surgery and Haircuts: A Song of Farewell
- 2014: Kai Lun Qu, Trees
- 2013: Man Hei Cheung, Portrait of a Friend
- 2012: Reilly Sandine Jones, Self-Portrait
- 2011: Sophia Lin, Safety vs. Freedom
- 2010: Claire Kowalewski Marsh, Blue Bottle
- 2009: Brandon Wu, Three Lanterns
- 2008: Coral Murakami, Down the Drain
- 2007: Celia Kitchell, Father
- 2006: Priscilla Wong, Virtue, Vindicated?
- 2005: Alvin Tam, Vanity
- 2004: Aya Ino, San Francisco Ladies
- 2003: Jason Wang, Dusk at the Gate
- 2002: Janice Hsiao, The Flag Still Stands
- 2001: Minh Tu Duong, Music and Tea
- 2000: Sophia Knapp, Self-Portrait
- 1999: Chika Nakamoto, Victorian House
- 1998: Felipe Merida, Remembering California's Mexican Heritage
- 1997: Helen Fannie Chow, Raccoons
- 1996: Ernesto Giuaman, Mi Barrio
- 1995: Alice Edward, Oishi Ekibu
- 1994: Peregrine Lannin-Honig, Baby (Youth and Plastic Surgery)
- 1993: Hilary Ciment, Fruit and Vegetable
- 1992: Hilary Ciment, Self-portrait