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- See also the German blog post about the event and the announcement on our basic website!
Small-format pictures, on-screen presentation
of larger artworks and book presentation
Town Hall Gallery in Cologne-Kalk: March 09 – April 03, 2020
Group exhibition with 36 artists from 26 countries (3 – 10 small-format artworks of each artist)
With special presentations by the award-winning artists Hyun-JIN Kim from Taiwan and Cleo Wilkinson from Australia. They each received the first jury prize for mixed media and print graphics in 2019 and an integrated solo exhibition as a reward:
- Solo exhibition: Hyun-JIN Kim, Taiwan
- Town Hall Gallery Collogne-Kalk
- Solo exhibition: Cleo Wilkinson, Australia
The gallery in the town hall of the very lively district of Kalk is a well-known art center in Cologne. High quality art exhibitions regularly take place there and it is a well-attended art center, partly thanks to the various advanced evening courses that take place there almost every day. See also the whole tour of the exhibition below! The exhibition was extended due to the Corona crisis. The images could be viewed until July 28, 2020.
On-screen art show with winner and book presentation
“A Fine Art Journey”
In addition, 98 large-format pictures from 35 countries will be shown by an on-screen presentation. They will be published in the art gift book A Fine Art Journey:
- On-screen: Sirkka Laakkonen 3, Finland
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- Video with 98 large pictures
Each picture is shown for 30 seconds on screen. The film can be stopped or relaxing music added. There is also a list of all participants in this book project – on the wall. You will find all pictures and the winners of the on-screen presentation in the following blog post. Please click on the red link:
Gallery with one selected artwork of each artist
(small-format exhibition)
Random sorting: Click on a picture to enlarge it and start the picture carousel!
- Peter Kadrmas 1, Spain, La Hierba, 2017, Mixta, 10 x 10 cm
- Kurt Ries 1, Germany, Tango Triste, 2012, Radierung, 26 x 19 cm
- Valentina Anopova 2, Russia, The Carnival, 2000, Etching, Water Color, 12 x 14,8 cm
- R. Geoffrey Blackburn 10, USA, Canyon Jewel, 2006, Pigment Print, 11.7 x 14 cm
- Maud du Jeu 4, France, Sérénité, 2013, Bronze, 29 x 30 x 30 cm
- Jani Jan J. 2, Austria, Dancing Queen, 2019, Mixed Media on Canvas, 50 x 50 cm
- Derwin Leiva 1, USA, The Blue Guitar, 2018, Oil on Canvas, 152 x 122 cm
- Takanori Iwase 3, Japan, Dawn Song, 2019 Wood Engraving, 18 x 18 cm
- Maria Heed 1, Sweden, White 2, 2017, Ink, 27 x 20 cm
- Gerhardt Gallagher 2, Ireland, Rocky Detour, 2017, Aquatint Etching, 18 x 22 cm
- Ai-Wen Wu Kratz 6, USA, The Gift of Life, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 61 x 76 cm
- Bie Flameng 06, Belgium, Adam & Eve, 2014, Digital Graphic Art (Mixed Media), 13 x 10,4 cm
- Aya Swoboda 3, Austria, Without Title, 2010, Acrylic on Canva, 100 x 100 cm
- Elina Autio 2, Finland, Twilight II, 2018, Monotype, 28 x 20 cm
- Ivana Gagić Kičinbači 1, Croatia, Story from the Beginning, 2019, Indian Ink on paper, 570 x 220 cm
- Nuria Pena 3, Spain, The Pause, 2020, Digital Print and Additive Tecnique, 19 x 19 cm
- Gerhard Rasser 6, Austria, Searching XI-III, 2019, Mixed Media, 14 x 14 cm
- Bie Flameng 01, Belgium, Dream 1, 2017, Digital Graphic Art (Mixed Media), 13 x 9,2 cm
- Rune Baashus 2, Norway, Vansjø in Blue, 2019, Photo/DGA, 20 x 10 cm
- Hyun-JIN Kim 1, Taiwan, Poem#1, 2019, Mixed Media, 20 x 28,7 cm
- Agata Dworzak-Subocz, Poland, Space_5773, 2018, CGD, 10 x 10 cm
- Julia Dubovyk 1, Ukraine/USA, Notes, 2017, Acrylic, Marker on Paper, 15 x 15 cm
- Eva Laila Hilsen 1, Norway, Growth I, 2019, Linocut, Digiprint 2 + 3, 28,5 x 20 cm
- Cleo Wilkinson 18, Australia, Witness II, 2016, Mezzotint, 10 x 10 cm
- Rowena Božič 1, Slovenia, Sun, 2006, Dry point, 25 x 20 cm
- Tamara Rogozina 2, Ukraine, d’Orsay, 2018, Watercolor, Watercolor, Liner on Paper, 18 x 27 cm
- Carla Kleekamp Ferdinandus 1, Fake News, Etching, Aquarelle Blindfolded, Dry Point, 16 x 16 cm
- Ping He 3, China, Pulse Series 3, 2019, Acrylic on Paper, 20 x 29 cm
- Ann Dunbar 2, France, Giverny Lakeview, 2018, Embroidery & Watercolour, 15 x 19 cm
- Yvonne Welman 5, Netherlands, Three Graces, 2015, Painting, Digital Print, 9,5 x 14 cm
- Nuria Pena 1, Spain, Let it go, 2020, Digital Print, Etching on Copper, 19 x 19 cm
- Cinla Seker 4, Turkey, d, 2018, Digital Print, 10 x 14 cm
- Viggo Salting 1, The Clown 2019, Acrylic on Paper, 18 x 27 cm
- Sophia Koopman 1, Netherlands, Tulip I, 2006, Photo, 11,5 x 14 cm
- R. Geoffrey Blackburn 7, USA, Castle Tower, 2012, Pigment Print, 10.5 x 14 cm
- Ana Galvão 2, Portugal, Moon, 2015, Copper etching, 10 x 8,5 cm
The focus of this special small-format exhibition is once again on award winners and finalists, with invited guests also taking part. Many exhibiting artists are featured in our books “Excellent Art” and “Kunstretreat 2019”, which we also present in the exhibition:
Ai-Wen Wu Kratz, Gerhard Rasser, Gerhardt Gallagher, Takanori Iwase, Yvonne Welman, Ana Galvão, Bie Flameng, Maud du Jeu, Rowena Božič, Sophia Koopman, Derwin Leiva, Ivana Gagić Kičinbači, Cinla Seker, Ann Dunbar, Kurt Ries, R. Geoffrey Blackburn, Valentina Anopova, Ping He and Jani Jan J.
The event is accompanied by the lyrical presentation of the hosts: Gabriele Walter is once again presented with haiku poems, that are fitting for the topic “Traveling”. About 60 haiku poems are sealed in foil and attached to the railing of the gallery.
Welcome to our exhibition tour:
We have the pictures largely sorted by colors and embedded in our meditative concept “relaxation with art and color”. It begins in the hallway with “colorful”, followed by black-white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet.
Click and start the show! The artist names correspond to the picture frames from left to right.
- Viggo Salting, Aya Swoboda, Yvonne Welman
- Tamara Rogozina, Carla Kleekamp Ferdinandus
- About the exhibition concept: art, color and meditation
- Book presentation “Excellent Art”
- Entry to the gallery hall
- Solo exhibition Cleo Wilkinson
- Cleo Wilkinson, Takanori Iwase
- View to the colors black and white
- Barry Cottrell
- Nuria Pena, Ivana Gagić Kičinbači, Valentina Anopova
- Derwin Leiva
- On-screen: Tatiyana Kraevskaya
- On-screen: David Whitfield + award and book presentation
- Table with give aways
- On-screen: Sylviane Leblond, Frames: R. Geoffrey Blackburn
- On-screen: Elisabeth Ernst – View to the color orange
- Solo exhibition Hyun-JIN Kim
- View to colors red and orange / yellow
- Hyun-JIN Kim and poems on the railing (The title of her pictures is “Poems”)
- View to the colors yellow and green
- Maria Heed, Eva Laila Hilsen, Gerhard Rasser, Peter Kadrma and poems on the railing
- Maria Heed, Eva Laila Hilsen, Gerhard Rasser, Peter Kadrma
- Elina Autio, Ann Dunbar, Maud du Jeu, Rowena Božič, Gerhardt Gallagher, Cinla Seker
- Elina Autio, Ann Dunbar, Maud du Jeu
- Rowena Božič, Gerhardt Gallagher, Cinla Seker
- Rowena Božič, Gerhardt Gallagher, Cinla Seker
- View to the color blue with haiku poems on the railing
- Jani Jan J, Julia Dubovyk, Bie Flameng
- View to the color blue with poems on the railing
- Ping He, Kurt Ries, Sophia Koopman, Ai-Wen Kratz
Book presentations in the exhibitions:
- “A Fine Art Journey” (LOUNGE 2 – volume 1) Leaf through the online book! Click here!
- “Excellent Art 2019” – (LOUNGE 3 – volume 1) Leaf through the online book!
Opening times of the Town Hall Gallery in Cologne-Kalk:
Participants
Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA + Germany by the hosts
Group exhibition with small-format pictures:
AUSTRALIA
Cleo Wilkinson (first jury prize – print 2019) – integrated solo exhibition
AUSTRIA
Aya Swoboda
Gerhard Rasser (two jury prizes 2019)
Jani Jan J. (guest artist)
BELGIUM
Bie Flameng (book design award – cover “Excellent Art”)
CHINA
He Ping (finalist 2019)
CROATIA
Ivana Gagić Kičinbači (book design award – title page “Excellent Art”)
DENMARK
Viggo Salting (finalist 2019)
FINLAND
Elina Autio (Amber Award 2019)
FRANCE
Ann Dunbar (guest artist)
Maud du Jeu (book design award – back cover “Excellent Art”)
GERMANY
Kurt Ries (host)
IRELAND
Gerhardt Gallagher (finalist 2019)
JAPAN
Takanori Iwase
(grand juror 2019, first jury prize 2018, jury prizes excellence 2016, 2017, 2019)
NETHERLANDS
Carla Kleekamp Ferdinandus (guest artist)
Sophia Koopman (book design award – back cover “Excellent Art”)
Yvonne Welman (book design award – back cover “Excellent Art”)
NORWAY
Eva Laila Hilsen (finalist 2018)
Rune Baashus (book design award – title page “A Fine Art Journey”)
POLEN
Agata Dworzak-Subocz (finalist 2019)
PORTUGAL
Ana Galvão (finalist 2019)
RUSSIA
Valentina Anopova (finalist 2019 “A Fine Art Journey”)
SLOVENIA
Rowena Božič (honorable mention 2019 + finalist 2019)
SPAIN
Nuria Pena (jury prize excellence 2016)
Peter Kadrmas (guest artist)
SWEDEN
Maria Heed (finalist 2019)
TAIWAN
Hyun-JIN Kim (first jury prize – mixed media 2019) – integrated solo exhibition
TURKEY
Cinla Seker (jury prize excellence 2019 “A Fine Art Journey” + finalist 2019)
UKRAINE
Julia Dubovyk (guest artist)
Tamara Rogozina (guest artist)
UNITED KINGDOM
Barry Cottrell (finalist 2018 and 2019)
USA
Ai-Wen Kratz (guest artist)
Derwin Leiva (guest artist)
Geoffrey Blackburn (finalist 2017)