Our fifth Art competition “Portrait” started in March 2023 and concluded on April 13, 2023. Art Room Gallery received entries from many countries around the world: China, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Australia, South Korea, United States, Israel, New Zealand, Romania, Austria, Canada and South Africa. The Portrait theme in this competition included a diversity in types, styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, graphite, photography, digital, bronze). 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 114 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!
Jiaqin Liu - Girl
(oil on linen)
61 x 50 cm
Statement:
A national first-class artist and professional painter, his oil paintings have participated in art exhibitions in the United States, France, Italy, Russia, Japan, South Korea and other countries for many times and won awards. Oil paintings have been published on the covers of "Chinese Fine Arts", "Oil Painting World", "History of Chinese Art", "Hundred Years of Chinese Oil Painting", "100 Outstanding Chinese Contemporary Calligraphers and Painting Artists", "Exhibition Ceremony of Authentic Works of Contemporary Calligraphers and Painters in the World" and other publications.
Wenjun Yuan - Dream back to Loulan
(oil on linen)
100 x 120 cm
Statement:
Yuan Wenjun, graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Hunan Normal University; he further studied in the Realistic Oil Painting Advanced Research Class of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. In 2006, the oil painting "Iron Lock and Door Panel" won the Bronze Award of the Third Xinjiang Oil Painting Exhibition; in 2014, the oil painting "Milan" participated in the Third China Realistic Oil Painting Invitational Exhibition (Shenzhen); in 2015, the oil painting "Girl Playing the Qin" "Participated in the 4th China Realistic Oil Painting Invitational Exhibition (Shenzhen); in 2015, the oil painting "Red Wall Past" participated in the 6th Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition of Guangdong Province (Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum); in 2015, the oil painting "Red Wall" "The Past on the Wall" participated in the Fifth National Youth Oil Painting Exhibition (National Art Museum of China). In 2018, the oil paintings "The Past on the Red Wall" and "Dream Back to Loulan" participated in the "Concept·Knowledge-French Tour Exhibition of Outstanding Chinese Artists" (Paris, France). Representative works of oil paintings include "The Past on the Red Wall", "Dream Back to Loulan", "The Tajik Old Man in the Sunshine" and "The Spring of Fallen Leaves".
Jiahui Xue - Yuan Longping, Father of Chinese Hybrid Rice
(watercolor on paper)
25.4 x 20.4 cm
Statement:
Xue Jiahui, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a national first-class artist, and the chief artist of the French Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Published more than a thousand works in newspapers and magazines, participated in many domestic and foreign art exhibitions and won awards, and his works were displayed on the big screen in Times Square in the United States and incorporated into national textbooks.