On Oct. 10, 2025, the Circle Foundation for the Arts (CFA) Director Myrina Tunberg Georgiou informed Karel Vereycken he won, with his engraving Farmers of Sudan, the « Top in Category Award » in Printmaking for the 11th International Artist of the Month Contest.

« Your work really stood out to me and you have been selected as Top in Category. It is clear to me that you have a solid vision, your practice is cohesive and the work is aesthetically remarkable » she wrote.