The awards are separated into PRINT and MIXED MEDIA.
Jury Awards
1 – 3 Jury Prizes
Cleo Wilkinson 1, Australia, Witness II,
2016, Mezzotint Print, 10 x 10 cm
Hyun-JIN Kim 1, Taiwan, Poem#1,
2019, Mixed Media, 20 x 28,7 cm
Alina Jackiewicz-Kaczmarek 1, Poland, Svalbard IV,
2019, Mezzotint, 12,5 x 17,5 cm
Gerhard Rasser 1, Austria, Going,
2018, Mixed Media, 29 x 20 cm
Atsushi Matsuoka 1, Japan,
The Night Sky Gem, 2017,
Wood Engraving, 11,7 x 10,4 cm
Sigurborg Stefansdottir 1, Iceland, Relate,
2018, Mixed Media, 25,4 x 17,7 cm
Excellence Jury Prizes
Hyejeong, Kwon 2, Korea, Monologue 2,
2014, Etching, Aquatint, 17,5 x 25 cm
Linda Lasson 1, Sweden, Landscape I,
2019, Etching, Embroidery, 20 x 29 cm
Kathie Pettersson 2, Sweden, Volcanic Rock,
2018, Etching, 9 x 11,80 cm
Agron Bytyçi 1, Kosovo, Cominacation,
2015, Drawing, 20 x 29 cm, 350
Lurdi Blauth 1, Brazil, Biguás IX,
2019, Polyester Lithography, 21 x 15 cm
Anna-Maija Rissanen 1, Finland, Clair de Lune,
2019, Mixed Media (Watercolour, Etching),
10 x 7 cm
Takanori Iwase 3, Japan, Dawn Song, 2019
Wood Engraving, 18 x 18 cm
Alexander Gurevich 1, Israel, Sirin, 2016, Cardboard, 19 x 25 cm
Editorial awards
Honorable Special Prize
Joanna Gibbs 1, United Kingdom, Alchemy 1,
2018, Digital Print With Stitching, 20 x 29 cm
Carlos Laos Brache 1 France, L’Homme et les
Mediations dans l’Ombre Bleue du Paysage,
2018, Water Color, 20 x 29 cm
Honorable Mentions
Dimo Kolibarov 1, Bulgaria, Between The Sky and Earth,
2008 Etching Aquatint 2011 15,5 x 19,5 cm
Ivy Stevens-Gupta 2, USA, Red Rock, 2018,
Mixed Media on Yupo, 15,24 x 15,24 cm
Cynthia Milionis 2, USA, Untitled, 2018,
Mixed Media Monoprint, 10,16 x 10,16 cm
Silvia Anton 1, Romania, Reflections,
2019, Oil and Cardboard, 17 x 24 cm
Amber Awards
Hanna Popruha 2, Poland, Elementum II – Aqua,
2019, Etching, Digital Background, 16 x 16 cm
Mira Satryan, USA, Travel to the Unknown,
2018, Mixed Media, 20 x 28 cm
Elina Autio 2, Finland, Twilight II, 2018,
Monotype, 28 x 20 cm
Susana Carvalho 1, Portugal, Blue Mirror, 2018,
Acrylic Ink, Pen and Marker, 28 x 19,5 cm
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
Amongst other things, each winner will receive a German blog post, which will be published within a year. The both first prize winners (PRINT and MIXED MEDIA) will receive a solo exhibition and a German blog post about their solo event.
Blog posts:
Links to the German blog posts – please see on our main website – CONTEST! or the category Art Excellence in the German blog journal. You will find Google Translate at the bottom of the German website.
Print
Cleo Wilkinson, Australia, 1st Prize
Alina Jackiewicz-Kaczmarek, Poland, 2nd Prize
Atsushi Matsuoka, Japan, 3rd Prize
Hyejeong Kwon, Korea, Excellence-Prize
Kathie Pettersson, Sweden, Excellence-Prize
Lurdi Blauth, Brazil, Excellence-Prize
Takanori Iwase, Japan, Excellence-Prize
Joanna Gibbs, United Kingdom, Honorable Special Prize
Dimo Kolibarov, Bulgaria, Honorable Mention
Cynthia Millionis, USA, Honorable Mention
Hanna Popruha, Poland, Amber Award
Elina Autio, Finland, Amber Award
Mixed Media:
Hyun-JIN Kim, Taiwan, 1sr Prize
Gerhard Rasser, Austria, 2nd Prize
Sigurborg Stefansdottir, Iceland, 3rd Prize
Linda Lasson, Sweden, Excellence-Prize
Agron Bytyçi, Kosovo, Excellence-Prize
Anna-Maija Rissanen, Finland, Excellence-Prize
Alexander Gurevich, Israel, Excellence-Prize
Carlos Laos Brache, France, Honorable Special Prize
Category “WETTBEWERB Kunst” (CONTEST Art) in the German blog journal.
Solo exhibitions for the 1st prizes:
In addition, we will report on the solo exhibitions, which will be integrated in the exhibitions 2020. Please see “Solo exhibitions 2020”!
Finalists – nominee
(PRINT and MIXED MEDIA: 79 finalists)
After a pre-selection the Grand Juror selected a part of the pictures, which served as the basis for the jury’s selection of the jury awards.The pictures of the jury members are automatically among the finalists. The jury members are selected by us according to professional as well as intercultural aspects. Please click on a picture!
Agata Dworzak-Subocz, Poland, Space_5773,
2018, CGD, 10 x 10 cm
Alejandra Sánchez 1, Mexico, Complexity,
2018, Acuatint + Chine-Collé, 9,7 x 9,7 cm
Alfred Postmann 1, Austria, Umbria 1,
2018, Acryl, 21 x 14 cm
Amaryllis Siniossoglou 1, Greece, Transition IV,
2019, Multiple Block Linocut, 9,5 x 9,5 cm
Ana Galvão 1, Portugal, Mater,
2018, Etching (Copper), 17,5 x 7,5 cm
András Mengyán 2, Hungary,
Polyphonic Visual Space, 2019,
High Quality Print, 28 x 20 cm
Andy Owen 1, USA, Wiggins Pass IV, 2018,
Solarplate, Intaglio, Relief Combination, 10 x 10 cm
Ann Löwenstein 1, Sweden, Opening,
2018, Monotype, 7 x 7,5 cm
Anna Mäkelä 1, Finland, Composition,
2014, Oil Pastel, 20 x 26 cm
Anna Sihvonen 1, Finland, Red Flowers,
2019, Woodcut, 19,5 x 14,5 cm
Antoni Kowalski 3, Poland, Tree of Life-Aurora II,
2017, Mezzotint, 12 x 16 cm
Ariel Chavarro Avila, United Kingdom,
Untitled, 2019, Painting on Canvas, 29 x 20 cm
Barbara Niscior 1, Poland, Occurrence,
2018, Gouache, 7 x 11,8 cm
Barry Cottrell 1, United Kingdom, I Knew Him Well, 1985, Engraving, 14 x 10 cm
Béa Verheul 1, The Netherlands,
Bosrand, 2019, Monoprint, 12 x 12 cm
Beverly Ashcraft-Johnson 1, USA, The Good Sleep,
2018, Mezzotint & Digital, 16 x 16 cm
Chikako Kamaga 1, Japan, Window,
2014, Etching, Aquatint, 10ｘ15 cm
Cinla Seker 1, Turkey, Crowd 1, 2018,
Digital Print, 6,4 x 25,4 cm
Denise Antonini 1, France, Melancholic Light,
2018, Watercolor, Torn Poster, 20 x 24 cm
Diana Kleiner 1, Argentina, The Aleph I,
2018, Mix Media, 14 x 22 cm
Dorte Bundesen 2, Denmark, On Duty 2,
2018, Photo and Linocut, 20 x 20 cm
Eleanora Hofer 1, South Africa, Letters from Afar Iv,
2018, Collage, 20 x 20 cm
Elmar Peintner 1, Austria, Remembrance,
2019, Etching, 25 x 19,2 cm
Elsa Charalampous 1, Greece,
Venus of the Dragon Crowned, 2018,
Digital Art Print, 20 x 21 cm
Else Juhl Lundhus, No. 1, Denmark,
Landscape Lofoten,
2017, Aquarell, 27,5 x 20 cm, 60
Emil Dobriban 2, Romania, Flying High,
2014, Acrylic, 20 x 29 cm
Gerald Hushlak 2, Canada, Spirits of the Clearcut #2,
2019, Digital Print, 20 x 28 cm
Gerhardt Gallagher 2, Ireland, Ash Grove,
2014, Aquatint Etching, 18 x 25 cm
Gordana Petrović, Serbia, Gold Fish, 2012,
Mixed Media, Dry Point, Linocut,
12 x 15,5 cm
Graziano Tieppo 1, Italy, Metamorfosi,
2019, Ink Drawing, 20 x 20 cm
Grand Juror: Takanori Iwase (Japan)
