“City” Art exhibition

Our second Art competition City started in May 2020 and concluded on June 09, 2020. Art Room Gallery received entries from many countries around the world: USA, Germany, Canada, Italy, France, Australia, Israel, Bulgaria, Poland, UK, Ireland and China. The City theme in this competition included a diversity in types, styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, photography, digital, mixed media, collage, watercolor, pen and ink on paper, graphite pencil, charcoal and autoclaved-aerated-concrete). The following evaluation criteria has been used for judging the artwork: creativity, interpretation of the theme, originality and quality of art, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and usage of medium. Jury decided to select 82 artworks for inclusion in the exhibition. Aside from First, Second, and Third place Jury also presented Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards.

Thank you, and enjoy the exhibition!

 

 

First place

 

 

Haimi Fenichel

Complex 1

autoclaved-aerated-concrete (Ytong) carving

 

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Haimi Fenichel - Complex 1 (autoclaved-aerated-concrete)

90 x 25 x 20 cm

haimifenichel.com

 

 

Statement:

I live in a society in flux, still in search of its cultural identity. Born into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a society divided by politics, my art engages with an elusive Israeli quality, of which I am part yet which I also confront and question. My work is informed by images and materials that are part of growing up in this country, such as sand, Terrazzo tiles, puddles and mud, ants in the back yard, local architecture, factory-made furniture impaired by humidity and heat, exposed concrete, thistles, open fields devoured by construction. All these elements of Israeliana are accompanied by the constant hum of bereavement and loss, a collective memory of those who died in battle. In my work, such elements are explored and manipulated as components that make up a new, charged whole, allowing multiple emotional and conceptual readings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second place

 

 

 

Michael Bignell

Fifth Avenue

(acrylic)

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Michael Bignell - Fifth Avenue

(acrylic)

 

40'' x 32''

michaelbignell.com

 

 

Statement:

Michael A. Bignell is an award winning artist. Born in the rural South Coast of England, he has returned to painting after a successful career as an architect. His painting influences have included Andrew Wyeth, Richard Estes, and the renaissance painters Velasquez and Vermeer, as well as the photographers Michiel Wijstma of the Netherlands, John van Horn of North Carolina and Rose Delaplain-Sklaroff of Maryland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third place

Zhenhuang Huang

Bird's eye view of Nankai

(pen and ink on paper)

oubioubi@163.com
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Zhenhuang Huang - Bird's eye view of Nankai

(pen and ink on paper)

 

54.8 x 79 cm

oubioubi@163.com

 

 

Statement:

Zhenhuang Huang, male, was born in Longyan, Fujian in August 1985. Lecturer, Department of Art Design, School of Liberal Arts, Nankai University, Deputy Secretary-General of the Pen and ink Painting Professional Committee of the Tianjin Artists Association, and Director of the China Pen and ink Painting Alliance. He has studied painting since childhood and loves the art of painting. His main focus is on pen and ink painting, and he is good at landscape art and animal pen and ink paintings.

 

Arthur Karasik

City Nights

(acrylic)

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Alexander Bijev

The chimney sweeper

(oil sticks on canvas)

al.bijev@abv.bg
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Kimberly Beltrame

Out of the Darkness - Milan

(mixed media)

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Barbara Bielecka Wozniczko

City in flames

(oil on canvas)

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Jayne Gaskins

The Lowly Fire Hydrant

(details)

(fiber sculpture)

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Jayne Gaskins

The Lowly Fire Hydrant

(fiber sculture)

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Duncan Cunningham Reid

Fuel Stop

(photography)

nomad@conxx.com
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R.A. Smoller

Sheltered

(digital painting)

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Luke Roche

Rhythm of a City

(acrylic and ink)

freemanluker@gmail.com
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Steve Golliot-Villers

Stone City Tsunami

ink on paper

gwendrael@hotmail.com
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Iriina Ge

Secret Geometry in city architect

(pen)

irinakaa21@yahoo.com
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Irina Ge

City Flower

(black pen)

irinakaa21@yahoo.com
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Lisa Korff

Walking around the City

(charcoal)

korfflisa@gmail.com
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Eirca Kyle

Dream a Little Dream of Paris

(acrylic)

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Erica Kyle

A Walk in Montmartre

(acrylic)

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Elena Frolova

Kaliningrad from the cafe's window

(drawing)

alenka.frolova@gmail.com
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Elena Frolova

Cristmas in Copenhagen

(drawing)

alenka.frolova@gmail.com
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Lillian Blouin

Inner World

(oil on canvas)

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Barbara Bielecka Wozniczko

Loneliness in the city

(oil on canvas)

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Chengyingzi Zhou

The Red Roof Of My House

(digital painting)

164096330@qq.com

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Rick Lingo

Times Square

(photography)

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Kristi Richter

My Alley or Yours

(acrylics)

keddywumpus@yahoo.com
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Kristi Richter

Leaving Chicago

(acrylics)

keddywumpus@yahoo.com
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Gabriele Gracin

Landmark

(digital)

gblkhwk@gmail.com
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Jade Lam

A quiet corner in the city

(asian ink and watercolor on rice paper)

 

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Marcia Berg Haskell

City Park Pigeon Feeder

(digital photography)

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Marcia Berg Haskell

Boston Traffic

(digital photography)

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Barbara Browne

Hanoi window

(photography)

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Rashmi Musale

Unlock the mind

(charcoal)

connect@rashmimusale.com
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Rick Lingo

Regression

(photogtraphy)

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Gabriele Gracine

Abandoned

(digital)

gblkhwk@gmail.com
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Michael J Duke

FLorence Italy

(digital photography)

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Dyna Klumbys

Rainy Day In the City

Dinadomark@yahoo.co.uk
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