Winners Selected and Announced for the My Art Space South of France Competition
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Winners Selected and Announced for the My Art Space ‘South of France’ Competition
Winners for the first annual myartspace “South of France” atr retreat competition have been selected and announced. Two winners were selected by popular vote — Sue Cook and Scott Talley. Two winners were selected by Jury decision — Ilona Niemi and Micke Tong. Almost 700 artists competed from over 20 countries.
New York, NY — The first annual myartspace “South of France” competition concluded on July 14th, 2006. Winners of the competition were selected by two methods — popular vote and jury vote. Two top-winners were selected from each. Catherine McCormack Skiba, Co-Founder and Creative Director commented, “We are very pleased at the results of the myartspace competition. We had an incredibly diverse body of work from almost 700 artists around the globe. We look forward to working with interesting and emerging artists to provide a contemporary forum for them to highlight their work.”
The jurors have selected the following winners:
Best in Competition:
Ilona Niemi from Piikkio, Finland
Micke Tong from San Francisco, California
Runners Up,joint second place:
Larz Eldbage from Sigtuna, Sweden
Rachel Papo
Michael Berkowitz from Brooklyn, New York
Runners Up, joint third place:
Yolanda Rosa from Mexico
Jason Michael Aumann from San Francisco, California
Marine Penvern from Paris, France
Suzette Troche from Santa Clarita, California
Short listed:
Craig Gordon
Jennifer Chu from Chicago, Illinois
Julianne Ingles from Chicago, Illinois
Zachar Vaks from Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Joris Van Daele from London, United Kingdom
Tadashi Terada from Japan
The winners of the popularity vote were as follows:
Best in Competition:
Sue Cook, Painting, from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Scott Talley, Photography from Lockhart, Texas
Runner Up, second place:
Gabriela Calleja, Artist, from Chile
Runner Up, joint third place:
Hans Ohman, Artist
Corrigan Clay, Photographer, from Coos Bay, Oregon
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