The “Enter into Art – Lounge” includes our special gift book series, with a contest and an art show taking place as well. These are mixed media books and events, which we offer as extraordinary opportunities. Artists can freely choose the size and style of their works of art.
The aforementioned book will present your picture on a full page. It will be bilingual (i.e., in English and German). It will be printed in both soft- and hardcover versions. The artist can then choose what he or she prefers. It is, above all, the poetic context that sets our art books apart from others. This art book will be a gift book with travel-inspired poems and an entertaining preface. The book and the numerous awards are powerful PR tools (e.g., the first prize is an extra solo book). The winners will also receive a German blog post as a gift.
The book presentation takes place in the Studio Gallery “Apollinaire” in Bonn-Königswinter and in the city of Cologne with an exquisite video installation. It will also be documented on the Internet.
Enter into Art – LOUNGE 2
71 artists from 30 countries (please also see below!)
Participating pictures:
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The online book and the photo mosaic with the art show will be published here at a later date!
The full list of entries and further documentation will also be published with the publication of the book and the art show. This is expected to take place by spring 2020. The pictures in the art book will be published under design considerations as well as in order of registration. The number of the picture behind the names of the artists only is given here on the website; it will not be included in the book. The information about further submissions or participating pictures (your three artworks) will be published on a PDF list.
Since this is not a traditional catalog, but a gift book with a similar kind of images, the awards will be not mentioned in the book. We want to give each artist equal recognition and benefit from the book. Winners, finalists and jury members will all receive a printable certificate, which will be sent by email, at the latest with the publication of the book. Please also read below about the “Rewards”!
There are 16 awards and 13 finalists. The following winners were determined from 82 pictures:
Jury Awards
1 – 3 Jury Prizes
Isao Kobayashi 3, Japan, The α Box No.17, 2018, Digital Print, 100 x 125 cm
Iris Geneviève Lahens 1, Canada, Cosmos Visit, 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 150 cm
Ulla Wobst 2, Germany, Rendezvous In A Beautiful Town, 2007, Mixed Media on Canvas, 100 x 140 cm
Rune Baashus 1, Norway, Sky High No. 3, 2014, Photo printed on Hanemühle Fineart Pearl Paper, 110 x 70 cm
Cinla Seker 1, Turkey, 1, 2018, Digital Print, 5 x 16,6 cm
Gerhard Rasser 2, Austria, No Mans Land III, 2018, Watercolour, Gouache, 39 x 24 cm
Herbert Hermans 3, The Netherlands, Train Missed, 2019, Oil on Linen, 80 x 60 cm
Editorial awards
Honorable Special Prize
Camila Zaccarelli 1, Chile, Impermanence I, 2017, Inks and Pigments, 48 x 67 cm
Honorable Mentions
Majlinda Kelmendi 1, Albania, Memory Is The Diary, 2017, Oil on Canvas, 140 x 120 cm
Sylviane Leblond 1, France, Winter Landscape, 2013, Chinese Calligraphic Painting on Rice Paper “marouflé”
Additional awards:
Rowena Božič 3, Slovenia, Traces, 2017, Etching, Aquatint, 33 x 40 cm, paper 50 x 70 cm
Lukas Kandl 2, France, The Annunciation’s Angel, 2004, Oil on Canvas, 195 x 162 cm
David Whitfield 2, France, Group, 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Pnina C. Gagnon 3, Canada, Ebb And Flow ,1999, Watercolor and Pigments on Handmade Paper, 150 x 120 cm
Veryal Zimmerman 1, USA, Yellowstone Eruption Gone A Rye, 2019, Pastel, 50,8 x 33 cm
Marianne Reim 1 Canada, Migration ACAA, Photo-Transfer on Steel, 86 x 74 cm
Finalists – nominee:
Adelheid Niepold, Belgium; Asuna Yamauchi, Japan; David Beeri, USA; Gerhardt Gallagher, Ireland; Igor Smirnov, Latvia; MP Le Bohec, France; Roswitha Eisenbock, Austria; Sirkka Laakkonen, Finland; Somsak Chaituch, The Netherlands; Takanori Iwase, Japan; Tatiyana Kraevskaya, USA; Valentina Anopova, Russia; Valerie Ghoussaini, USA
Jury-members:
Grand Juror: Takanori Iwase (Japan)
Barry Cottrell, United Kingdom
Elmar Peintner, Austria
Gerald Hushlak, Canada (Professor)
Kelli Valk, Estonia
Kouki Tsuritani, Japan
Lurdi Blauth, Brazil (Lecturer)
Majlinda Kelmendi, Albania (Professor)
Meint van der Velde, The Netherlands
Peter Hriso, USA (Professor)
Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir, Iceland
Vicky Tsalamata, Greece (Professor)
Watana Kreetong, Thailand
Rewards
All 10 prizes will be accompanied by a powerful PR communication in German on the Internet. This will take the form of mini-websites with our aesthetic considerations of your three pictures (EXAMPLE). They will be published within a year. The images of the additional awards will be featured in a summary blog post. The jury prize winners will be highlighted in the art show (book presentation) in a special way.
The first prize winner will receive a solo art book. Additionally, his or her picture will be shown on the cover of the book, A Fine Art Journey. Images of both second prize winners’ picture will be shown on the back cover, while an image of the third prize winner’s picture will appear on the title page of the book.
Blog posts:
For links to the German blog posts – please see on our main website – CONTEST! Alternatively, you can visit the category Art Excellence in the German blog journal. You will find Google Translate at the bottom of the German website. When all posts have been published, the links will be added also here.
Isao Kobayashi, Japan, 1st Prize
Iris Geneviève Lahens, Canada, 2nd Prize
Ulla Wobst, Germany, 2nd Prize
Rune Baashus, Norway, 3rd Prize
Cinla Seker, Turkey, Excellence Award
Gerhard Rasser, Austria, Excellence Award
Herbert Hermans, The Netherlands, Excellence Award
Finalists – nominee:
Grand Juror: Takanori Iwase (Japan)
