Book design awards:
(cover, backcover, title page, music pages, chapter pages)
The book design awards are part of the “Enter into Art” book projects. For more information please see the title page and also the chapter pages in the books! Click on the red links for the books below!
International jury contest “LOUNGE 2021”
184 international artists
The “LOUNGE” contest 2021 is part of the “Enter into Art” free services. It includes the participating artists of the following books:
All artists in the “Enter into Art” books are invited and nominated:
- Excellent Art 2020
- Moonlight Sonatas for Beethoven
- Art Retreat – Living with pictures
- Flowers for Monet
Please see the nominated artists in the books. Please click on the red links!
(From the book “Art Retreat” only the “Featured Artists” take part in this contest. There was a separate contest in the spring 2021 for the small-format pictures.)
The international “LOUNGE” contest is divided into the following award categories:
- 1 – 3 prize and Honorable Special Prize
- Excellence Jury Prizes
- Honorable Mentions
- Amber Awards
- Finalists
- Artists Nominee
Jury Awards
1 – 3 Jury Prizes
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- Jette van der Lende, Norway, The Beauty Of Transition, 2012, oil on canvas, 70 x 105 cm
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- Gerhard Rasser, Austria, Strange World, mixed media, 2020, 21 x 30 cm
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- Kathleen Kilchenmann, Germany, Am Anfang des Frühlings, 2020, Mischtechnik, Collage, Papier, Sand, Asche, 100 x 100 cm
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- Hyun-Jin Kim, Taiwan, Poem#3, 2019, mixed media, 20 x 28,7 cm
1st Prize: Jette van der Lende – 2nd Prize: Gerhard Rasser + Kathleen Kilchenmann– 3rd Prize: Hyun-Jin Kim
Excellence Jury Prizes
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- Ai-Wen Wu Kratz, USA, Upon Far And Near, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91 cm
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- Alexander Gurevich, Israel, Compositor, 2017, oil on canvas, collage, 80 x 100 cm
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- Alina Jackiewicz-Kaczmarek, Poland, Arktyka II, 2013, aquatint, 122 x 93 cm
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- Rawan Ita, USA, Count It All Joy, 2020, mixed media on paper, 23 x 30 cm
Editorial awards
Honorable Special Prize
Atom Hovhanesyan, USA, Study After Giorgione’s “Sleeping Venus”, 2016, oil on canvas, 76 x 122 cm
Honorable Mentions
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- Manuel Morquecho, Mexico, The Widow, 2020, 2/5, digital photography, 50,8 x 66 cm
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- Sophia Koopman, The Netherlands, Cyclameus, 2010, photograph
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- Bingjib Huang, USA, The Spring Of 2020, 2020, red/blue/black ink on Rice Paper, 72 x 36 cm
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- Maria Gruber, Austria, Rittersporn und Dahlien, Aquarell, 56 x 40 cm
Amber Awards
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- Mae Jeon, South Korea/USA, Willing Mind, digital art, 2015, 50.8 x 61 cm
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- Betty Collier, Australia, Sculpture, 2014, beyond the bend, pilbara jade on granite, 31 x 29 x 31 cm
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- Patricia Karen Gagic, Canada, Escape To Reality, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 100 cm
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- Kenan K, Turkey, Twinkles, 2019, scarves paper bands enamel oil on plywood, 83 x 62 cm
Finalists
Angela P Schapiro, USA; Ann Dunbar, France; Aomi Kikuchi, Japan; Barry Cottrell, United Kingdom; Bas Bongers, The Netherlands; Bogdan Dyulgerov, Bulgaria; Carla Kleekamp Ferdinandus, The Netherlands; Carolin Rechberg, USA; Cinla Seker, Turkey; Derwin Leiva, USA; Dorte Bundesen, Denmark; Eleanora Hofer, South Africa; Eriko Kaniwa, Japan; Evan Siegel, USA; Gro Folkan, Norway; Hans Johansson, Sweden; Hee Sook Kim, USA; Henrik Brøndsted, Denmark; Herbert Hermans, The Netherlands; Hiromi Kawano, Japan; Ida-Marie Hellenes, Norway; Irena Orlov, USA; Irina Kassabova, USA/Bulgaria; Josefine Temin, Mexico; Judith E. Stone, USA; Kaisu Fanit, Finland; Karin Guni, France; Kazuko Misawa, Japan; Kurt Freundlinger, Austria; Leyla Yildiz, USA; Makotu Nakagawa, Japan; MANO (Nora Komoroczki), Hungary; Megan Vun Wong, Canada; Natalia Rose, Denmark; Patricia Pascazzi, Argentina; Peter Kadrmas, Spain; Ramón Rivas, Spain; Rowena Božič, Slovenia; Rusu Carmen Cecilia, Romania; Steven Lamb, Canada; Suzan Lotus Obermeyer, USA; Sylvia Langshausen, Germany; Takanori Iwase, Japan; Tove Andresen, Denmark; Trudie Noordermeer, The Netherlands; Wendy Yeo, United Kingdom; Yas Crawford, United Kingdom; Yuriko Terao, Japan
Jury members:
Grand Juror: Hyun-Jin Kim, Taiwan (first prize winner)
- Cleo Wilkinson, Australia (first prize winner)
- Gerhard Rasser, Austria (first prize winner)
- Iosif Mihailo, Romania (professor)
- Kumnam Baik, South Korea (professor)
- Lurdi Blauth, Brazil (lecturer)
- Melinda Kostelac, Croatia (professor)
- Majlinda Kelmendi, Albania (professor)
- Takanori Iwase, Japan (first prize winner)
- Vicky Tsalamata, Greece (professor)
Rewards
- All “LOUNGE” winner prizes will be rewarded in the form of PR publication (special blog post “Art Interpretation” in German) on the Internet. The blog posts for the prizes 1 – 4 name the artist in the title.
- The winners of “Excellent Prize”, “Honorable Mention” and “Amber Award” will be rewarded with a respectiv joint blog post. All posts will be marked with our award banners.
- The blog posts will be published within one year. The winners will then be informed.
- All “LOUNGE” winners will receive a certificate.
Blog posts:
Alternatively, you can visit the category Art Excellence in the German blog journal. You will find Google Translate at the bottom of the German website. Please click on a link to read the blog post:
- Jette van der Lende, Norway – 1st Jury prize
- Gerhard Rasser, Austria – 2nd Jury prize
- Kathleen Kilchenmann, Germany – 2rd Jury prize
- Hyun-JIN Kim, Taiwan – 3nd Jury prize
- Atom Hovhanesyan, USA – Honorable special prize
- Ai-Wen Wu Kratz, USA – Excellence jury prize
- Alexander Gurevich, Israel – Excellence jury prize
- Alina Jackiewicz-Kaczmarek, Poland – Excellence jury prize
- Rawan Ita, USA – Excellence jury prize
- Manuel Morquecho, Mexico – Honorable Mention
- Sophia Koopman, The Netherlands – Honorable Mention
- Bingjib Huang, USA – Honorable Mention
- Maria Gruber, Austria – Honorable Mention
- Mae Jeon, South Korea/USA – Amber Award
- Betty Collier, Australia – Amber Award
- Patricia Karen Gagic, Canada – Amber Award
- Kenan K, Turkey – Amber Award
For links to the German blog posts – please see also on our main website – CONTEST