Fine Art - Photographic Awards and Exhibitions
Jurgen Dabeedin
Blink once - and you will have missed the moment. 'A Fleeting Glimpse' is the name of a London exhibition of British photographer Jurgen Dabeedin. He captures the brief moment when a drop seems to virtually explode while hitting the water surface. The fugacious water figures are full of life. Jurgen Dabeedin uses Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta: "I love the Baryta paper for my work. It has exceptional depth of colour while retaining a finely textured surface. Much of my work contains very vibrant colours, often hovering on the edge of the colour gamut which Hahnemuehle papers deal with exceptionally well.
National Portrait Gallery - 10 Nov 2011 to 12 Feb 2012
Entry is now open for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2011, the leading international photographic portrait competition, which celebrates and promotes the very best in contemporary portrait photography. The competition is open to everyone aged 18 and over from around the world. The winner of the competition will receive £12,000. In addition the judges, at their discretion, will award cash prizes to one or more shortlisted photographers.
Organised by the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Prize has established a reputation for its diversity of photographic styles submitted by a range of photographers, from gifted amateurs and photography students to established professionals. In the Prize’s search for excellence, photographers are encouraged to interpret ‘portrait’ in its widest sense of ‘photography concerned with portraying people with an emphasis on their identity as individuals.’ In 2010 the exhibition featured sixty selected works and was seen by over 65,000 people at the National Portrait Gallery. The 2011 Prize exhibition will run at the National Portrait Gallery from 10 November 2011 to 12 February 2012. |
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| Wafa by Felix Carpio, 2010 © the artist |
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2011
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition with prizes totalling £18,000 on offer, artists are invited to submit up to four works for the 2011 exhibition. Entry is £15 per work. Regional collection points throughout the UK are available. Deadline for entries in London is 2 July 2011. The most prestigious annual watercolour event is one of the few remaining prizes to celebrate the diversity and beauty of the frequently undervalued medium of watercolour.
The selection committee will award the prizes and also choose approximately 100 works from those works submitted for the 2011 exhibition. The judges will be looking for work that makes the most imaginative or otherwise impressive use of a water based medium. There will be four prizes totalling £18,000.
Approximately 100 works will be exhibited at the Mall Galleries from 12 to 18 September 2011. During the exhibition there will be a series of workshops and discussions. (The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5BD).
The National Open Art Competition 2011
The National Open Art Competition with £40,000 of art prizes to be won. The organisers are looking for representational or non-representational work including painting, drawing or print making in any medium. They will also accept multimedia assemblages but they must be able to be wall hung, no larger than 183 x 183 cms and protrude from the wall no further than 18cms. A maximum of 6 works may be entered into the competition.
All artwork entered into the competition must be for sale and must be priced at reasonable market rates to enable the public to make purchases. Limited edition prints can be sold at two prices; with or without a frame.
Entries close on 18 September 2011
Newcastle University Fine Art Degree Show 2011
The 2011 MFA Fine Art Degree Show runs from August 20th to September 3rd 2011 , with the opening and Private View event on the evening of Friday 19th August, from 6pm till 8pm.
The ambitious goal of all our students is to present themselves as professional artists and to test their ideas in the public arena. This aspiration to excel motivates them to work together as well-organised groups thoughout their final year arranging fundraising events such as the annual Postcard auction, sponsorship, publicity and an extremely well-attended opening night. Both the Undergraduate BA and Postgraduate MFA exhibitions are highly regarded events and are some of the most popular in Newcastle's exhibitions calendar.
London Photographic Association Competition - 10 June to 23 Sept 2011
The Nude - In Association with Gallery 1839 - Send the LPA your photographs of the human form in all its complexity - whether your visual opinion is driven by an aesthetic, documentary or, even a political perspective. "As always we encourage photographers to interpret the brief in the widest sense. The surreal playfulness of Man Ray’s muse or Bill Brandt’s contortion of the female body in front of a coastal landscape are both great examples. You may enter a single image or a series of up to six related images". You do not have to be an LPA member to enter this competition, but you do need to register.
BBC Countryfile Photographic Competition 2011
Countryfile Photographic Competition - The photo the judges declare best in each class will appear in the Countryfile Calendar for 2012 sold in aid of Children In Need. The overall winner – as voted for by Countryfile viewers – will be declared “Best in Show”. You can enter up to four photos in total but you must declare which class you want each photo to be judged in.
The person who takes the winning photo gets to choose from a range of the latest photography equipment to the value of £1,000. The person who takes the photo the judges like best gets to choose equipment to the value of £500. Last year’s calendar raised almost £1.2m for Children In Need. The closing date for entries is Friday 12th August 2011.
"Watercolour Abstract” Competition for the 2012 Hahnemuhle Calendar
The Hahnemuhle Fine Art Artist’s Calendar is always a real collector’s item, become part of it and enter your artwork for the 2012 edition. The subject is “Watercolour Abstract” and entries must be on Hahnemuhle paper. Submit your watercolour artworks to the competition, we look forward to receiving your creative ideas and hope you have lots of fun creating them!
Initially only digital photos of the watercolours for the Hahnemuhle calendar should be submitted by email or on CD by 30 June 2011 – please do not send originals! CDs will not be returned. Hahnemuhle will request the original paintings for final selection. Only unpublished watercolours painted in 2010 and 2011 will be accepted. The originals must be painted on Hahnemuhle paper and be at least 40 x 30 cm in size, in landscape format. The winners will be announced in autumn 2011. Each winner will receive an exclusive creative package worth 350 euros comprising premium products from Hahnemuhle, Schmincke and da Vinci and 10 x 2012 calendars. Download entry conditions from Hahnemuhle.
For more information or advice on these events call Adrian Chambers or Tim Sale on 0117 952 0105 or use the contact form to tell us about your event, exhibition or award.
