31st Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, 2016

Marisa Kayyem
Program Director, Continuing Education , Christie’s Education, New York Faculty
New York, United States

Irene Tsatsos
Gallery Director & Chief Curator at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena
California, United States

Seb Patane
Artist
London, United Kingdom

Xiaoyun Zhang
Curator, Founder & President of Arts Without Borders Foundation Corp.
China

Holly Myers
Writer, Critic and Curator
New Mexico, United States
Anat Propper Goldenberg, Nancy V. Ridenour, Diane Schroeder, Ezio Cicciarella, Cecil Gresham Sr., Allan Redd, Pat Sollows, Celina Baldasarre, André Laplante, Adam Horrigan, Wenjianglin, Daniel Ortega Buitrón, Nora Sidoine, Yueli Guo, Victoria Estacio Huckins, Vassilina Dikidjieva, Danielle Miller, Akina Tokiyoshi, Eelze J Ploegh, Liz Walinski, Sylvia McEwan, Kaethe Haase Kornstein, Alain Schroeder, Esther Huser, Sophia Pistofidou, Xi Zhang, Rodrigo López Gómez, Fátima Sarute, Dongze Huo.
Entitled to receive cash prizes of $1000 each:
Federico Fernández Gärtner, Rebecca Lomshek, Lesia Maruschak, Sergio Spalter, Joy J. Rotblatt
Entitled to a review in ARTisSpectrum magazine:
Mauricio Mallet, Naoko Ochi, Bernd Steinert
Entitled to one year of exposure on ART-mine.com, which includes an artist statement composed by ARTmine’s talented art writers:
Christine Kern, Iwauko Murakami, Simone Rosti, Juan Eugenio Ochoa, Yegana Azadova
Entitled to an Honorable Mention and a complimentary entry to the 32nd Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (Feb. 2017):
Anthony Viscardi, Candelaria Palacios, Steve Pennisi, Betsy Lewis, Yan Zhisheng, Yosuke Hasegawa, Victoria Manganiello, Ivonne Fuentes, Anna Ryman, Maggie Venn.
Note: Agora Gallery is proud to sponsor the competition, but Agora Gallery and its employees had no input or influence in the selection process. All selection decisions were made by the competition jurors.
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Jurors’ Pick – 2016 Selected Artists

Akina Tokiyoshi
Room number 30700 book
Mixed Media 39 x 24

Alain Schroeder
Procession, Belgium
Photography 16 x 20

Allan Redd
Blow
Drawings 11 x 18

Anat Propper Goldenberg
Toxic #5
Paintings 120 x 150

andré laplante
Courtisane
Paintings 66 x 52

Anna Ryman
Motherfish
Paintings 32 x 32

Anthony Viscardi
The first colonist
Drawings 72 x 42

Betsy Lewis
Surrogates (detail)
Sculpture 5 x 4

Candelaria Palacios
Nada I (Nothing I)
Paintings 17 x 12

Cecil Gresham Sr.
Invisible Man #1
Photography 21 x 16

Celina Baldasarre
MINA
Sculpture 79 x 59

Christine Kerns
Sculpture 55 x 27

Daniel Ortega Buitrón
Espécimen
Sculpture 3 x 2

Danielle Miller
Aqua Orchid (Cat Eye Marble Series)
Sculpture 9 x 13

Diane Schroeder
Storm/Power Surge 05
Paintings 24 x 24

Dongze Huo
Cos cob Park #1
Paintings 9 x 12

Eelze J Ploegh
lek
Photography 23 x 35

Esther Huser
Gunnera 2
Paintings 39 x 28

Ezio Cicciarella
Untitled
Sculpture 43 x 23

Fátima Sarute
Paraíso Atlántico
Drawings 59 x 59

Federico Fernández Gärtner
Cupcake (cover)
Paintings 50 x 35

Ivonne Fuentes
Biniyoo (our people)
Prints 15 x 15

Iwauko Murakami
HOME works 2015 Modality
Photography 20 x 24

Joy J. Rotblatt
Meiji #I
Paintings 20 x 16

Juan Eugenio Ochoa
Lirica-analitica (series)
Paintings 63 x 32

Kaethe Haase Kornstein
UNVERLOREN 4
Drawings 43 x 9

Lesia Maruschak
GRAPHOS
Photography 13 x 19

Liz Walinski
Silence Variation X
Paintings 12 x 12

Maggie Venn
Ocqueoc Falls, size variable
Sculpture 192 x 288

Mauricio Mallet
Jardim do Renascer #39
Paintings 32 x 51

Nancy V. Ridenour
Cement Sculpture Abstract-2
Photography 36 x 24

Naoko Ochi
Midnight Rainbow(same artwork-when we...
Paintings 20 x 26


Pat Sollows
Lion in Black
Paintings 48 x 36

Rebecca Lomshek
6-6-1907
Drawings 4 x 4

Rodrigo Lopez Gomez
Axiom III
Photography 18 x 12

sergio spalter
PORT2
Paintings 12 x 16

Simone Rosti
Windows
Photography 120 x 70

Sophia Pistofidou
Alice in Wonderland
Paintings 28 x 20

Steve Pennisi
Out to Sea
Paintings 36 x 24

Sylvia McEwan
SYLVIA McEWAN_PINK ABSTRACT no1
Paintings 36 x 24

Vassilina Dikidjieva
Grexit: Runaway Caryatid (tetraptych)
Photography 32.5 x 40.5

Victoria Manganiello
Gwondana
Paintings 32 x 20

Victoria Estacio Huckins
Endless
Mixed Media 12 x 12

Xi Zhang
MLGS03E10 Sandy and Bob
Paintings 58 x 72

Yan Zhisheng
Evening Breeze
Paintings 51 x 64

Yegana Azadova
Heritage _ riverse site of the picture
Mixed Media 19 x 15

yueli guo
side face
Paintings 22 x 15

Yosuke Hasegawa
Money Soldiers
Mixed Media 20 x 28

Adam Horrigan
1F
Sculpture 24 x 24

George A. Gonzalez, Pieces of a Mystery, Oil on Wood, 16″ x 20″
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Art submitted to the competition will be reviewed by a rotating panel of expert jurors, each representing a different field in the art world, ensuring a fair and balanced selection process.