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UK &
International
Emerging Artist
Awards
Visual Art Open 2024 Overall Winner Sofía Ruíz
Artwork: Mysterious Allies
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 61 x 61 cm
Description: It explores a sense of lost of identity that I felt while my mom suffered from amnesia during my childhood. I felt like an outsider in my own family this is why my art features kids that are isolated or disconnected from their surroundings through scenes full of fragmented memories.
£5500
Visual Art Open 2024 Illustration & Drawing Category Winner Flo Meissner
Artwork: Growing Apart
Dimensions: 4000 x 5000 px
Description: Growing apart from oneself.
Growing apart from the natural world.
Holding on to what's left.
£500
Visual Art Open 2024 Young Artist Category Winner Nicole Sheppard
Artwork: Intra-action: I
Medium: Hempcrete, mortar, cotton, steal, flax, plant dye, wool
Dimensions: 173 x 50 x 50 cm
Description: The work explore the entanglement of matter, using natural materials. Crucial to this investigation is exploring the role of Culture-Nature Dualism in western society and the role of the naturalised other. As a multimedia practitioner she explores her place within the world.
£500
Visual Art Open 2024 Photography & Digital Art Winner Alyson J Barton
Artwork: "Illumine"
Medium: Chromogenic Silver Halide on Glass
Dimensions: 11 x 11 inches
Description: “Illumine” references the eternal lacuna between memory and myth, portraying the sublime elements of nature through tonalist pictorialism. Elements of emotionalism and romanticism emphasise mood, mystery, and the sublime. Painterly chemical photographic techniques have been deployed in the darkroom to describe light, shadow, soft focus, abstract form and atmospheric perspective.
£895
alysonjbartonalchemyandartworks.com
Visual Art Open 2024 Sculpture Category Winner Zizi Liu
Artwork: YIN
Medium: Iron metal, wool, mohair, silk, cotton, linen, polyamide, polyester covered spandex yarn
Dimensions: 250 x 80 x 70 cm
Description: In the collision of diverse cultures, my identity thrives in the transitional environment through Lao Zi's dialectics. I engage with varied fibers, creating a trinity of active and passive interweaving. Exploring the dynamics of identity, belonging, and insecurity within the knitting process,in the state of "overcoming firmness by gentleness".
£8000
Visual Art Open 2024 Painting, Mixed Media & Printing Category Winner Uygar Kucuk
Artwork: Encounter
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 70 x 120 cm
£2000
https://uygarkucuk.myportfolio.com
@thebonusman
Description: "Encounter" is a thought-provoking oil painting that portrays a dark, misty forest, where a central light creates a dramatic and theatrical ambiance. Within this scene, the presence of fighting soldiers and a deer conveys the inner struggle of human existence, evoking a sense of mystery and anxiety.
Visual Art Open 2024 People's Choice Winner Serena Rogers
Artwork: Cardboard Kitchen
Medium: Cardboard and paper tape
Dimensions: 300cm x 200cm
Description: I collected free waste cardboard from businesses, creating a piece inspired by the cost of living crisis. Set in the 1980s the start of what would become a 40 year inequality between rich and poor. The majority of bills for the home are generated from the kitchen.
£5000
@serenarogersart
