The book 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. All winners received a German blog post as a gift (see below).
Book presentation with art show
A stroke of luck and a surprise for the participating artists was the four-week presentation in the Townhall Gallery of Cologne-Kalk in March 2020. We could announce the book there and introduce the winners. All pictures of the book were displayed by an exclusive on-screen presentation, which was integrated in our exhibition with small-format pictures. More information you can find here:
On-screen: David Whitfield + award and book presentation
In addition, a book presentation will take place in the Studio Gallery “Apollinaire” in Bonn-Königswinter after the book has been published.
Enter into Art – LOUNGE 2 – volume 1
98 large-format pictures from 35 countries
82 participating pictures in the contest – 71 artists from 30 countries:
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Since this is not a traditional catalog, but a gift book with similar kinds of images, the awards are 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:
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 – nominees:
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 are accompanied by a powerful PR communication in German on the Internet. This takes the form of mini-websites with our aesthetic considerations of your three pictures (see below). The images of the additional awards are featured in a summary blog post. The jury prize winners will be specially highlighted in our art shows (book presentation).
The first prize artwork 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:
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. Please click on a link to read the blog post:
Adrianna Bonomi – Le Cor, France; Alexander Gurevich, Israel; Barry Cottrell, United Kingdom; Bie Flameng, Belgium; Elisabeth Ernst, Austria; Ferenc Sebök, Belgium; Raya Grinberg , Israel; Sivi Davey, United Kingdom; Tamara Rogozina, Ukraine; Viviane Briscolini, Luxembourg; Wenjun Fu, China.
Due to the composition of the jury, the competition took place in summer 2019. Later, other artists signed up to participate in the book.
The project was shown as a screen and video presentation in several art installations 2018, 2019 and 2020 in:
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Finalists – nominees:
Grand Juror: Takanori Iwase (Japan)
