🥟 World of Dumplings Art Contest 2026 🥟
Please take a look at the entries below, then select your top 3 at the bottom of the page.
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Munazza's Artwork
Artist Statement: While creating this artwork i had a very basic idea that i wanted to show dumplings running the world that is why i showed them by fashion show, cooking and them as houses in harry potter. This blend of creativity and chaotic dumpling world makes the whole art look like 'The World of Dumpling. While it was my original idea i used canva to make it brighter and clear for audience otherwise the theme and all the work is entirely mine.
Medium: Digital (mobile and canva)
Dimensions: 2 +- centimeters
Medium: Sketches, Pen in blue, Pencil
Daniel - kimahri dumplings!
Daniel's Artwork
Artist Statement: This is my drawing of my favorite dumplings my mom used to make called "kimhari dumplings." This is a classic Georgian dish, and it represents my Georgian culture and background.
Medium: Oil pastilles
Dimensions: 10X7inch
Nicole - The Greedy Dumpling Dragon
Artist Statement: ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nicole is a happy and energetic 6-year-old girl. She loves learning new things and has lots and lots of fun ideas! She really loves to draw and enjoys using bright colors to make beautiful pictures. At school, her favorite subjects are Chinese, Math, Art, and PE. At home, Nicole likes to play the piano and loves watching movies with her family. It makes her feel warm and happy inside.
Nicole loves swimming the most! She likes splashing in the pool, and she also loves going to Hawaii where she can swim in the ocean and play in the sunshine. So fun! She really, really loves animals, especially fluffy hamsters! On hot days, Nicole loves eating ice cream and popsicles-they make her smile so big!
Nicole is always full of curiosity and loves discovering new things. She's ready for her next adventure-do you want to come along?
Medium: Story With AI app
Dimensions: 8.5x8.5
Averie - My Gyoza with Friends
Artist Statement: I remember eating gyoza (Japanese style dumplings) with my friends and I was having so much fun
Medium: Digital app
Dimensions: 22.5x 16.875
Riga Aditya - Warmth in Flavor and Stories
Artist Statement: “Warmth in Flavor and Stories” is my interpretation of the theme “Dumpling World Tour.” Through six different types of dumplings—gyoza, shumai, xiaolongbao, sambosa, ravioli, and mandu—I explore how food can connect people across cultures and become part of meaningful everyday moments.
Beyond their different shapes, flavors, and cultural origins, dumplings share a universal role: they accompany moments of togetherness, friendship, family, celebration, and even quiet moments of self-care. The illustration portrays these simple yet precious experiences, showing how food can carry stories, create connections, and bring warmth into our lives.
Through this work, I hope to convey that although dumplings come from different parts of the world, the stories and emotions surrounding them can be universally understood. In the end, dumplings are not only about food, but also about the people, memories, and moments that make them meaningful.
Medium: Digital illustration
Dimensions: 8.3 x 8.3
Elyse - Festival of the Dumplings
Elyse's Artwork
Artist Statement: Dumplings always reminds me of spending time with other people, so in my mind, dumplings are a way that people connect with one another.
Medium: Mixed Media
Artist Statement: I’m a toy artist who loves turning food into art you almost want to eat. Inspired by nostalgia, culture, and the foods I grew up with, I recreate familiar favorites with a playful twist and lots of tiny details. My goal is always the same: make it look real, even though it’s fake.
Medium: Vinyl toy, polymer clay, mixed media
Dimensions: 3" x 4" x 5"
Debjani - Dumplings Forever !!
Artist Statement: “Dumplings Forever” imagines a planet where love is abundant enough to be air-dropped into the wilderness, where even the most remote corners of the earth are included in the circle of nourishment and joy.
This project celebrates “dumpling” as world art: a shape that travels, adapts, and unites. My work is an act of devotion to the idea that love is made in repetition, in ritual, in the patient folding of care into something we can give away.
Through this lens, “dumpling” is more than a dish—it is a language of love that needs no translation.
Medium: Digital art
Dimensions: 8*8 inches
Esther - Let’s have Lunch Sometime!
Esther's Artwork
Artist Statement: Hi! My name is Esther, I enjoy drawing wholesome, collage style art. I hope to achieve the same sense of wonder you get from when you were a child looking at all the colors from around you and turning it into art!
Medium: Digital Arr
Dimensions: In printed form, 10 x 10 in
Shin Tsz Lucy - Passing Down the Pleat
Artist Statement: Dumplings have always been more than food in Chinese culture - they are an act of gathering, patience, and care. In this photo, that tradition crosses cultural lines as our friend guides beginners, of a different cultural background, through the rhythmic, delicate process of pleating dough and sealing filling. The flour-dusted hands and shared laughter around the table capture food as a universal language: one where heritage isn't kept behind closed doors, but generously offered, learned, and celebrated together.
Medium: photography
Sarah - Pigon Holding Dumpling
Sarah's Artwork
Artist Statement: Sarah Feingold is a ceramic artist, writer, and maker whose work explores the intersection of nature and urban environments. She is also an adjunct professor, public speaker, playwright, and attorney. She lives in New York City with her spouse, child, and tiny dog. Her first children's book, T is for Traffic Cone: The City Pigeon's Alphabet, comes out in late 2026.
Medium: Procreate digital illustration - i drew this myself - NO AI
Artist Statement: To me, a dumpling is more than food. It is something we carry with us: a recipe, a memory, a language, and a connection to the people who came before us.
As a Chinese American, I see my family’s story in the hands that make a dumpling. My grandmother’s heritage begins in Beijing, my mother’s life continued in New York, and mine has unfolded in San Francisco. Three places, three generations, and one tradition connect us.
In my painting, three generations gather around a single jiaozi. My grandmother’s hands hold the tradition, my mother’s hands continue the craft, and my hand reaches forward to carry it into the next generation. The dumpling’s folds become a metaphor for the layers of our family history: shaped by where we came from, where we have lived, and what we choose to preserve.
For me, this is a quiet form of Asian heroism. It is found not only in extraordinary acts, but in the everyday courage to remember, adapt, and pass something meaningful forward. Every time we fold a dumpling, we are also folding a little piece of home into the future.
Medium: pencil, watercolor
Dimensions: 9 × 12 inches
Coey - Pan-Fried Dumplings
Artist Statement: As a child, one of my favorite lunches was a plate of fried corn and pork dumplings. My mother and grandmother would always make them for me on the weekends, so I associated pan-fried dumplings with comfort and the warmth of home. I decided to draw my original character enjoying the same dumplings I enjoyed in my childhood. Although I have eaten many types of dumplings in my life, the pan-fried, corn and pork dumplings will always stand out in my memory and remind me of my family’s love.
Medium: Digital painting
Dimensions: 21.33 x 21.33 inches
Shirley - A Serving of Dumplings
Artist Statement: This illustration is of a girl holding a plate of xiaolongbao(soup dumplings) and dressed in a short qipao (aka short cheongsam), a dress that evolved during the 1930s, China. The short qipao represents how I was born in America but was highly influenced by the cultures of my family, who are from China (since the short qipao was a dress influenced by western fashion). The number of dumplings on each plate represents the people I care most about. The first plate has five dumplings, representing my family. The second plate has three dumplings, representing my three best friends. Lastly, the last plate, with only one dumpling, represents me. I specifically chose soup dumplings because those are the dumplings I had the most happy memories with. Whether it was eating them with my family, or getting soup everywhere because there was too much soup, I’ve always enjoyed eating soup dumplings.
Medium: Drawing (Digital illustration)
Marcelline - Lucky Dumplings
Artist Statement: First of all, I love dumplings, in all shapes and sizes, across different cuisines. Lucky Dumplings celebrates the many shapes, names and personalities of dumplings found around the world. From shumai and gyoza and mandu to xiao long bao and more, I was inspired by how something as simple as dough wrapped around a filling can connect so many different cultures.
I gave each dumpling its own playful personality, surrounding the drawings with handwritten names and layered color to create the feeling of a crowded, joyful gathering. For me, dumplings are comfort food! They bring joy to me, whenever I eat them, and even better, I get more joy out of sharing them.
Medium: acrylic paint, ink pens
Dimensions: 6" x 8"
Voon's Artwork
Artist Statement: Painting watercolor is a way for me to express my worldview. Layers of transparent colors interact with the texture of the paper. There is a contrast between the dark tone and white space—the balance of warm and cold color temperature. I can't control or change anything that happens in this world, but I can try to create a sense of balance and harmony in my painting.
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 24” x 18”
Geraldine Eve - The dumplings meeting
Artist Statement: I imagine dumplings traveling around the world.Each dumplings represents a different country,with its own culture and traditions...
Medium: Drawing
Dimensions: 9,53x16,5 inches
Kelsi - A world in every bite
Artist Statement: This piece hold a lot of memories especially for me , it represents a whimsical journey around the world through a child’s eyes...
Medium: Coloured pencils, crayons, pencil and didgita, media vis procreate
Dimensions: 8.27* 11.69 (A4)
Wareesha - Silk Road Steamer
Artist Statement: This piece highlights mantu: a traditional Pashtun dumpling that’s found across Pakistan and Afghanistan...
Medium: Acrylic markers and alcohol markers on paper
Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5
Donald - Secret War of dumplings
Artist Statement: My name is Donald Chan (White Eyes Oni), and I would like to submit my illustration work for the World of Dumplings 2026 Art Contest...
Medium: Digital illustration by Procreate
Dimensions: 2048 px x 2048 px
Lauren - SOY LONG, SUCKERS
Artist Statement: For Dumpling World Tour, I thought I'd send little pieces of Thailand out into the world (although apparently they refuse to travel quietly)...
Medium: Digital Illustration (Procreate)
Dimensions: 12" W x 8.38 " H
Donna - "Dumpling World Olympics"
Donna's Artwork
Artist Statement: I believe that everyone and everything has a beautiful and sacred story to tell. My artworks tell stories celebrating the human spirit and simple things in life...
My artwork, “Dumpling World Olympics,” is illustrative of what a dumpling would see if it traveled the world.
Medium: Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Dimensions: 12"x12"
Sheera - On Top of The Wonton
Sheera's Artwork
Artist Statement: I am a young artist who is still exploring many art mediums and styles through my art i like to represent and add cultural elements to my piece. Homage to my country Indonesia
Medium: digital art
Dimensions: 8x8
Kaylee - Dumplings in Space
Artist Statement: Dumplings are launched into space and are orbiting the Earth.
Medium: Drawing
Audrey - Dumplings Galore
Artist Statement: Dumplings are unique and are different around the world.
Medium: Drawing
Jocelyn - Homemade Dumplings
Artist Statement: I drew people making dumplings at a dumpling dinner table because my fondest memories with dumpling is the process of making it. It brings my family and I together and it's pretty fun.
Medium: digital art
Fatima's Artwork
Artist Statement: (No artist statement provided)
Medium: Black fine line pen
Dimensions: 2.5 and 3.33 inches