Londons Global Art Prize

2015

Foreword
Since its launch in 2012 and the successful conclusion of its first two
cycles in 2013 and 2014, ArtGemini Prize has widened its constituency,
reaching out to artists from an astoundingly rich variety of disciplines
across the world. This years innovation is the Selfie, with a heartening
and inspiring response.
An added boost to ArtGemini Prize this year is the featuring of a
selection of the Prize entries in the Affordable Art Fair, Singapore,
which attracts a highly diverse array of collectors and is a prestigious
coming together of international artists in a cultural hub of exceptional
repute.
Any new art prize could not have wished for a more satisfying start
than the reception accorded ArtGeminis launch cycle in 2013 and the
second cycle in 2014. This years entries demonstrate that encouraging
trend as well as a growing response from the European and particularly
UK graduates. Artists working in an impressive diversity of genres and
styles have competed through these three years for international
recognition, making the most of the platform offered by ArtGemini
Prize.
The extraordinarily inclusive appeal of ArtGemini Prize continues to
draw international artists which, as before, has been apparent in new
entries.
As ArtGemini Prize moves into the next cycle it remains steadfast in
pursuing its stated mission of helping artists achieve those goals
irrespective of geographical boundaries.
Sajid Rizvi
Chair, Selection Committee

Preface

Returning to the latest cycle of ArtGemini Prize, its third since its highly popular launch in 2013, it gives me great pleasure to present the new range of
works by artists who are taking part in this years competition.

As before, the diversity and range of talent on display in submissions for the
2015 cycle is both gratifying and inspiring, reinforcing the confidence and faith
of both the judges and the organizing committee. As viewers will note, our
judging panel expanded appreciably during the course of bringing this years
cycle to fruition.
Whilst the opening years ArtGemini Prize brought together a thrilling total
744 works from 33 countries across the world, this years tally is even more
impressive, with 956 entries from 34 countries countries. This aesthetically
enriching international response once again is a welcome validation of the
rationale for the continued development and growth of ArtGemini Prize.
Just as the inaugural 2013 cycle was a culmination of many months of
preparation, after the idea of the prize was born, this years diversification
in the media and disciples accepted by the judges is an indication the prize
grows from strength to strength. I feel honoured and privileged to be
hosting this vast array of artists for the 2015 series of events accompanying
the prize, the winners exhibition in London and further shows in Singapore
and possibly elsewhere. None of this could have been possible without
consistent support of a growing number of artists, our judges and their
colleagues and friends among art curators, our many partner organisations
and their networks, colleagues and friends.
My thanks also go to all those who have lent their generous support to the
prize, including the sponsors of Prize elements. I look forward to working
again with artists, art organisations and art sponsors for the next edition, the
ArtGemini Prize 2016.

Jimmy Lek
Founder, ArtGemini Prize

ArtGemini Prize 2015 Finalists

Karolina Albricht
Zoe Alleyne
Roger Aslin
John Brennan
Mark Brooks
Caroline Burraway
Justin Carey
Caitlyn Chisamore
Nicholas Cobb
Nigel Cox
Jody Craddock
George Digalakis
Annamarie Dzendrowskyi
Sharon Farrelly
Justine Formentelli
Alberto Fusco
Maciej Gador
Tessa Gray
Sharon Griffin
Roberto Grosso
Nick Hais
Lorraine Hamilton
Michael Hilton
Jane Hobson
Mat Kemp
Grace Law
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Teresa Lawler
Christopher Leeks
Doris Leuschner
Philippe Liezi
Daniel Lloyd
Edwin Lue-Shing
John MacAulay
Heitor Magno
Kaori Homma
Darren Nisbett
Brian Ord
Emma-Leone Palmer
Paola Paredes
Brian Parker
Petra Regent
Reka Ritt
Fiona G Roberts
Catherine Sales
Simona Sarafudinova
Sarah Shaw
Perdita Sinclair
Yuxi Tan
Jane Tudge
Adriaan van Heerden
Terry Vital
Jane Ward

Painting &
Sculpture

ALBERTO FUSCO Oceano, 2015

Mixed media on canvas (100 x 100cm) 2,700

ANNAMARIE DZENDROWSKYI Haunted-Poland II, 2014

Oil on canvas (28 x 38cm) 400

BRIAN ORD Summer Suns Are Glowing, 2014

Print,oil,resin on canvas (56 x 71cm) 1,818

BRIAN PARKER Niki, 2014

Acrylic on canvas (76 x 102cm) 1,200

CAITLYN CHISAMORE
Are you through the woods yet?, 2015
Oil on panel (50 x 41cm), 500

CAROLINE BURRAWAY Untitled 18, 2014

Charcoal drawing (120 x 120cm) 3,500

ZOE ALLEYNE Wendy, 2015

Oil on board (75 x 75cm) 628

NIGEL COX Heart Shaped World, 2014

Oil on linen (85 x 85cm) 5,800

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EMMA-LEONE PALMER Violet Yellow, 2015

Oil on canvas (91 x 91cm) 5,270

MARK BROOKS Still Life with Peas, 2014

Oil on canvas (34 x 26cm) 985

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SHARON FARRELLY The Bastards, 2014

Mixed media (73 x 58cm) 900

TESSA GRAY

Grotto 1, 2015
Oil on wooden panel
(91 x 60cm) 1,300

PETRA REGENT

Lamp, Spiegelzaal, Berlin, 2013

Photogravure etching
(40 x 30cm), 1 of 35, 245

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NICK HAIS Stacked Plastic Chairs, 2015

Acrylic on canvas (56 x 56cm) 1,600

DORIS LEUSCHNER Genesis-Fetus Singularius, 2015

Wood, copper, wax (22x45x25) 1,800

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JUSTINE FORMENTELLI
May the kitsune spirit guide you, 2015
Acrylic,collage on canvas (80 x 60cm) 1,450

JOHN MACAULAY Unfolding Drama, 2013

Acrylic on linen (40 x 40cm) 750

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JODY CRADDOCK Angels with dirty wings, 2014

Oil (103 x 103cm) 1,700

KAORI HOMMA, Approaching the clearing with more

questions than answers
Fire etching (71 x 89cm) 1 of 3, 1,500

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MACIEJ GADOR Meeting, 2014

Oil on canvas (110 x 100cm) 2,000

JANE TUDGE And Kitty wore her grandmas perfect little

petticoat, 2013
Wax, pigment on board (76 x 71cm) 650

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JOHN BRENNAN

Experiments in Movement:
Part 1, 2014
Oil on canvas
(100 x 100cm) 1,900

REKA RITT

Just stood there and watched,

2013
Oil on copper
(40 x 40cm) 750

SARAH SHAW One for sorrow, two for joy

Oil on canvas (57 x 89cm) 2,250

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FIONA G ROBERTS Annie, 2015

Acrylic on canvas (55 x 55cm) 1,000

EDWIN LUE-SHING African Violet, 2015

Acrylic mixed media (71 x 51cm) 1,087

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PERDITA SINCLAIR The Mill Pond, 2015

Oil on canvas (90 x 90cm) 2,220

ROGER ASLIN Blue Bar, 2015

Acrylic on canvas (102 x 76cm) 2,800

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TERESA LAWLER Threshold 2, 2014

Oil on canvas (64 x 74cm) 1,800

KAROLINA ALBRICHT The Jump, 2015

Oil on canvas (50 x 60cm) 1,000

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SHARON GRIFFIN Faun, 2015

Ceramic, (45x45x35cm) 450

MAT KEMP Youll never walk alone, 2014

Reclaimed Olivetti (25x25x26cm) 2,000

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Photography

ROBERTO GROSSO

ADRIAAN VAN HEERDEN

Sleeping Ute, 2014

Brushed metal print
(84 x 59cm)
Edition 3 of 8, 1,000

Ode to Mortality, 2015

Lambda C-Type Print
(92 x 61cm)
Edition 1 of 15, 950

DANIEL LLOYD Swear Im here, 2015

Digital print (60 x 30.8cm) 345

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JANE HOBSON Homeless in Lisbon, 2015

C-Type Print, 350

CATHERINE SALES Loch Lomond, Scotland, 2015

Photography (40 x 61cm), Edition 1 of 150, 205

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YUXI TAN We are here, 2015

Injet print (100 x 100cm) Edition 1 of 8, 600

CHRISTOPHER LEEKS Hunting the beach, 2015

Lambda C-Type Print (60 x 40cm) Edition 1 of 30, 480

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LORRAINE HAMILTON Memory Block #2a, 2015

Photographic print (50 x 30cm) 150

GRACE LAW Infinity, 2015

Print on metallic paper (53 x 80cm) Edition 1 of 8,
1,000

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JUSTIN CAREY Surf Club Solitude, 2013

Archival Giclee Print (56 x 34cm) Edition 1 of 5, 349

NICHOLAS COB Giverney 2, 2015

Inkjet print, (49 x 64cm) Edition 1 of 3, 280

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GEORGE DIGALAKIS Trees with Birds, 2014

Photography (50 x 50cm) Edition 4 of 20, 600

MICHAEL HILTON The Shape of Love, 2015

C-Type Print (40x 50cm) Edition 1 of 10, 375

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DARREN NISBETT Nursery Rhymes, 2014

Photographic print (75 x 75cm) Edition 1 of 15, 725

PAOLA PAREDES Unveiled, 2014

Digital print (80 x 56cm) 100

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PHILIPPE LIEZI Dance in Taiwan 2, 2015

Digital print (60 x 90cm) 1,200

JANE WARD Highlands, 2015

Digital print, dissolved ink (120 x 90cm) 2,400

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SELFIE

HEITOR MAGNO

TERRY VITAL

SIMONA SARAFUDINOVA

SINGAPORE
12 -15 November 2015
Private View: 11 November 2015, 6 -10pm
ArtGemini Prize will be exhibiting at the
Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2015

Stand 3D - 17
Affordable Art Fair
F1 Pit Building
1 Republic Boulevard
Singapore
affordableartfair.com/singapore/

Selected works showing at AAF Singapore

Ellie Davies, Stars 14, 2014

C-Type print on Fuji archive paper
(60 x 90cm)

Jane Ward, Water Falls, 2012

Digital print on paper with dissolved ink
(60 x 90cm)

Rene Ramirez, El Senor de los pajaros, 2015

Ink & gouache on paper
(76 x 56cm)

Brian Ord, Breakfast Bar Boogaloo, 2015

Digital print, oil, resin on canvas
(70 x 100cm)

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Acknowledgements and thanks

We would like to thank the following individuals
and organisations who have given their
generous support to ArtGemini Prize 2015:
Angus Pryor, Akua Obeng-Frimpong,
Dr Christina Bradstreet, Vanessa Champion,
Thorsten Overgaard,Zoe Whishaw, Gay Hutson,
May Kim, Andy Laffan, Belinda Shi, Sarah Ryan,
Sajid Rizvi, Rebecca Schumacher, Elaine Wong,
Stella Toh, Kim Winter, Michael Wong, Paul Ryan,
Clare Hanley-Humphries, Nikki Kerr, Peter Bradley.
20/21 International Art Fair, Art News, Art Radar,
Art Rubicon, Artlyst, Axis, Chinatown Art Space,
Domaine des Jeanne, Eastern Art Report, F-STOP,
Kidscape, Music For London, PhotoAid,
Photography Blog, photographyprint,co,uk
Staffords Gallery, World Arts, Zealous.
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